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NEIQIU, China, July 2, 2020 /Xinhua＝KYODO JBN/--

Deep in the Taihang Mountains in north China, a group of workers are busy

planting local authentic traditional Chinese medicines (TCM) in the Bian Que

TCM Valley, the largest TCM planting base in Neiqiu County, Xingtai City, Hebei

Province. The valley is home to 28 varieties of TCM, covering more than 6,000

mu in planting area. A Chinese herbal medicine seed processing workshop is also

under construction in the valley. Upon completion, more than 100 tons of

Chinese herbal medicine seeds can be produced and processed annually to meet

the demand for genuine Chinese herbal medicine planting in the surrounding

areas of Taihang Mountains.

Neiqiu County, located in the central part of Taihang Mountains, has profound

TCM culture and abundant wild herbal medicine resources within its territory.

It is recognized as the birthplace of Bian Que, a well-known TCM physician

during the Spring and Autumn period and the Warring States Period (407-310 BC).

It has also been rated as a national TCM culture branding and education base.

According to historical records, the Pengque Mountain in Neiqiu County was the

territory, place of medical practice and burial for Bian Que. The Bian Que

Temple in Neiqiu, which has the longest history and the largest scale of its

kind in China, is listed as a national key cultural relic site under protection.

On the west side of the Bian Que Temple, the newly-built Bian Que TCM culture

tourism and health care base "Yizu Hall" is of primitive simplicity and

magnificence, echoing the largest Bian Que sacrifice temple group in the

country. The "Yizu Hall" has an ancestral hall of TCM and the Bian Que TCM life

hall. Among them, the ancestral hall of TCM, as a popular science platform for

Bian Que's TCM culture, is the only platform in China to sort out, study,

display, promote and inherit the famous physician's TCM culture.

Neiqiu County, known as the hometown of Xingtai wild jujube seeds in China, is

the largest distribution center for the production, processing and sales of

wild jujube seeds in the country. The processing and sales of wild jujube seeds

account for more than 70% of the national market share.

Walking along the Taihang Mountains Expressway into the Bian Que TCM tourism

and health care base is like walking into a picture scroll of Pengque Mountain.

Surrounded by mountains and rivers, the base's primitive and natural architectural

style and spiritual artistic layout are integrated with nature. A stay in such a picturesque

place makes people relaxed and happy, offering a taste of the simple and unsophisticated

slow-paced life in the Taihang Mountains.

Source: Convergence Media Center of Neiqiu County

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City, Hebei Province