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BEIJING, Nov. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

Located in southeast China, Jiangxi is ringed on three sides by mountains,

bordering rivers and lakes on the north. Mountains and hills undulate in the

region, with large basins scattering in the middle. The complex and diverse

terrain, is a cradle for a variety of plants.

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The humid and hot monsoon climate safeguards their growth. Soils of red,

yellow, and other "colors" are highly-favorable for medicinal plants. The

excellent environment makes Jiangxi one of the major birthplaces of the

traditional Chinese medicine culture. There is a saying that goes "Nowhere can

you find. More Chinese medicine than in Zhangshu, and nowhere can you have

better Chinese medicine than in Zhangshu." Cutting is one of the specialties of

Zhangbang medicinal materials, which has a history of more than 1,800 years.

Zhang Xiaobo, 52 years old, is a national intangible cultural heritage

inheritor of traditional Chinese medicine processing, passing down the

specialized processing techniques of Zhangbang traditional medicine and

dedicating to this mission for two entire decades. "White peony root into the

air" is the ultimate embodiment of Zhangbang's specialized cutting technique.

An experienced technician can cut an inch of white peony root into more than

300 pieces. And the key to this skill is the moistening of medicinal materials.

The slices will be affected when cutting, and the white peony root is cut into

pieces in the blink of an eye. One cutting after another, and day after day,

the spirit of Zhangbang in traditional Chinese medicine has no difference. For

more than a thousand years, this is not only the inheritance of techniques, but

also the insistence of benevolent hearts. "The white peony root slices can fly

into the air, the tangerine peel is like a thread." The pursuit of the ultimate

techniques and medicinal properties has made Zhangbang's Traditional Chinese

medicine processing technique, one of the four major traditional processing

schools in China. Jiangxi accounts for half of the traditional Chinese medicine

sector.

The traditional Chinese medicine culture represented by Jiangxi follows the

Chinese people through five thousand years of ups and downs. In theory and

practice, between inheritance and innovation, traditional Chinese medicine has

been passed down generation after generation.

SOURCE  CCTV+