A national treasure that has been lost for thousands of years has actually appeared in an overseas museum, and this exciting news immediately caused a sensation in the Chinese medicine communityHowever,When the TCM experts saw this mysterious acupuncture bronze figure with their own eyes, they all exclaimed: "This is impossible!."It turns out that this bronze figure is not the original national treasure that was lost back then, and its origin is full of bizarre and dramatic.
In the 5,000-year-long history of Chinese civilization,There is a medical treasure known as the "Golden Needle of Medicine". This is the world-famous "acupuncture bronze man".
Acupuncture and moxibustion bronze figure is a human acupuncture point model used for acupuncture teaching and assessment in ancient China, which delicately depicts more than 300 acupuncture points of the human body, and plays an irreplaceable role in the development of acupuncture and moxibustion technology of traditional Chinese medicine. Among them, the "Tiansheng Acupuncture Bronze Man" made in the Northern Song Dynasty is even more famous, and is known as the most exquisite medical masterpiece since the Han and Tang Dynasties.
At that time, Emperor Huizong of the Northern Song Dynasty had a stubborn disease, and many imperial doctors used symptomatic medicines, but the results were unsatisfactory. One day, the emperor approached the doctor Wang Wei to consult, hoping that he could create a systematic set of acupuncture theories and methods to ensure that every doctor could administer needles accurately.
Wang Wei thought about it for a while, and finally put forward the idea of using bronze figures to simulate the distribution of acupuncture points in the human body. The idea was immediately approved by the emperor. So,After three years, Wang Weiyi finally created two bronze figures with exquisite craftsmanship. One of them was placed in Hallym Medical College for teaching and assessment;The other is for the public to visit and pay homage at the Great Xiangguo Temple.
These two "Tiansheng Acupuncture Bronze Figures" are known as priceless national treasures, and the more than 300 acupuncture points accurately marked on them have become the "guidelines" for later generations of doctors to learn. Their existence has revolutionized the theoretical research of acupuncture and moxibustion, and also promoted the rapid development of clinical acupuncture technology.
However, the good times did not last long, and after the fall of the Northern Song Dynasty, the whereabouts of these two national treasures were unknown, and they became the medical wonders that future generations talked about. One of them briefly appeared during the Southern Song Dynasty before appearing later apparently captured by the Mongol army. The other was never heard from until the middle of the 20th century, when it was seen in distant Japan.
In 1952,Chen Cunren, an expert in traditional Chinese medicine, was invited to visit Japan to see the development of local medicine. To his shock, in the Tokyo National Museum, he saw a lifelike bronze figure of acupuncture and moxibustion.
Over the years,Chen Cunren has studied ancient books in detail. He immediately recognized that this was most likely the long-lost Northern Song Dynasty "Tiansheng Acupuncture Bronze Man"!
This astonishing discovery immediately caused a sensation in the domestic medical community. Everyone is eagerly looking forward to confirming this conjecture, after all, this is a treasure of a country that has been lost for thousands of years!
But calm down and think about it carefully, there are also many medical experts who express skepticism. Why did this bronze man appear in Japan?Is it really the original product of the legendary Heavenly Sage?Various suspicions cast a veil of mystery over the matter.
In order to solve this thousand-year-old mystery, after the 70s, China sent several groups of expert teams to Japan to investigate. They carried out a comprehensive examination of the bronze figure and at the same time examined its origin.
The result was beyond everyone's expectationsThis bronze figure is not the original of the Northern Song Dynasty, but was made by a Japanese physician in the 16th century according to the imitation of the Ming Dynasty!
It turned out that during the Ming Dynasty, the imperial doctors had imitated an acupuncture bronze figure. This became a sample for Japanese physicians. Attentive experts found through comparison that there are eleven more acupuncture marks on the Japanese bronze figure than the original;And this bronze figure is naked, and a Chinese doctor with ancient etiquette would never make such an explicit model.
Various evidence shows that this bronze figure is not a once-in-a-lifetime national treasure. The TCM community is deeply disappointed by this conclusion, the mystery of thousands of years is still shrouded in fog, and the whereabouts of the country's treasures are still unknown.
The long-awaited treasure has finally seen the light of day at the beginning of the 21st century.
In 2003, Huang Longxiang, an expert in traditional Chinese medicine research, was appointed to Russia for investigation. In the museum in St. Petersburg, he stumbled upon an exquisitely shaped bronze figure of acupuncture.
Huang Longxiang, who has been studying for many years, immediately judgedThis is most likely a lost imitation of the Ming Dynasty!
After returning to China, Huang Longxiang couldn't wait to announce this discovery to his peers. China then set up a team of experts to conduct the identification. They used an infrared scanner to conduct a comprehensive examination of the bronze figure, and the results made everyone ecstatic - this is indeed the imitation of the Tiansheng acupuncture bronze figure of the Ming Dynasty, and the more than 300 acupuncture points depicted on it are completely consistent with the documentary record!
Despite this, the ** side refused to return this lost Chinese artifact. But for the Chinese medicine community, finally reaffirming the existence of the Tiansheng Acupuncture Bronze Man is worthy of eternal joy and pride!
After returning to the motherland,Huang Longxiang summoned medical experts and used modern technology to successfully create a replica according to the bronze man of the Ming Dynasty. This marks that the treasure of Chinese medicine has finally reappeared in the world, and the peach and plum are fragrant for thousands of years!
A bronze figure of acupuncture and moxibustion that has been lost for thousands of years, twice miraculously reappeared overseas, and twice confirmed that it is not the original, this magnificent tracing story reflects the strong cultural pride and self-confidence of the Chinese nation.
The Acupuncture Bronze Man carries the unique theoretical system of traditional Chinese medicine and is the cornerstone of the research of the treasure house of Chinese medicine. Its existence has provided a reliable basis for the development of traditional Chinese medicine. Even in the turbulent river of history, the treasures of Chinese medicine will always shine with the light of wisdom.
Today, in the process of pursuing the treasures of the homeland, Chinese medical experts have successfully copied the Tiansheng Acupuncture Bronze Man. This not only created a medical miracle, but also showed the world the greatness and profundity of Chinese civilization.
Who said that the ingenuity of the craftsman of the medical saint was annihilated?Who said that the splendor of the treasure trove of Chinese medicine was dim?We have recast this national treasure with wisdom and perseverance, so that the essence of Chinese medicine will always be alive and vibrant, and it will continue to grow from the precipitation of history!