On December 22, on the day of the winter solstice, the Urban Community Department of the Yangtze Evening News and the Mohua Traditional Chinese Medicine Intangible Cultural Heritage Clinic in Pukou District, Nanjing jointly held the Winter Solstice Folk Day activity. For the citizens and readers who came to participate in the event, they were provided with free stomach-warming and heart-warming traditional tonic recipes "three taels and halves of chicken soup" and "three and a half stewed eggs" of the Zhuge family, which originated in Yuanzhong.
As the saying goes, "tonic in winter, fight tigers in spring". The winter master collection is a good period for supplementation. Folklore says that "every nine chickens, good health in the coming year". Entering the chicken every nine days is to integrate the way of health into the ordinary dietary life.
The auxiliary materials of three taels and halves of chicken soup are mainly made of one tael of astragalus, one tael of codonopsis, one tael of angelica, and half a tael of ox knee, totaling exactly three halves. In winter, three or two halves of stewed chicken and stewed eggs are nourished every nine days, which have the health care effects of tonifying the lungs, strengthening the spleen, benefiting the kidneys and nourishing the blood.
While the citizens and readers who participated in the event tasted the chicken soup, Professor Lu Ming, the inheritor of Nanjing's intangible cultural heritage "Chen's gall family", also gave free clinics to everyone.
Professor Zhu Yao of Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine brought a health lecture on "The Wisdom of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Winter Folklore" to the audience, explaining the principles of traditional Chinese medicine and dietary taboos for winter health preservation for residents, as well as the differences between winter diets in the north and south of China, and explaining the wisdom of traditional Chinese medicine contained in folk proverbs such as "eating radish in winter and ginger in summer, and doctors do not work to prescribe medicine" and "eating three pieces of ginger in the morning is like ginseng soup" from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine.
At the event site, there was also the on-site production and popularization of epidemic prevention sachets, intangible cultural heritage incense sticks, and incense sticks by Zhou Zhongying, a master of traditional Chinese medicine, and Professor Zhu also explained the epidemic prevention function, principle, use method and production process and function of incense sticks on the spot. It is very popular with citizens and friends.
The Mohua TCM Clinic also organizes staff to conduct on-site teaching of the traditional Chinese medicine ** "Baduanjin". Baduanjin ** is an independent and complete set of fitness**, which originated in the Northern Song Dynasty and has a history of more than 800 years. The ancients likened this set of actions to "brocade", which means colorful, beautiful and luxurious. It reflects its beautiful movements, and regards it as "dispelling illness and fitness, with excellent results;."Exquisitely choreographed;The action is perfect".
In the future, the Urban Community Department of Yangtze Evening News will also carry out a series of traditional Chinese medicine health preservation and free clinic activities according to the health needs of citizens and friends, combining intangible cultural heritage elements to bring health to residents.
Proofread by Faye Wong.