Materia Medica culture is an important part of China’s excellent traditional culture. Since ancient times, Chinese herbal medicine has been widely used in people's lives for disease prevention, treatment, and health maintenance. Aromatic herbal medicine has a special status and value in Chinese herbal medicine. Far before the advent of medical monographs, aromatic materia medica appeared in literary masterpieces such as The Book of Songs, The Classic of Mountains and Seas, and Li Sao. Herbs were the carrier of praise and expression by literati in the past dynasties. The great patriotic poet Qu Yuan used more than 20 names of vanilla in his famous poem "Li Sao", such as "Hujiang Li and Pi Zhi Xi, Ren Qiulan admires it", "Yu Ji Zhilan is the ninth one" "Wanxi, there are hundreds of acres of luxuriant trees" and so on. Among them, Jiangli, Pizhi, Qiulan, orchid, huili, etc. are all herbs.
In addition to using herbs to treat and prevent diseases, the ancients also wore spices on their bodies as a means of maintaining health. It was called "clothing therapy" in ancient times. It is a natural external health therapy that the Chinese nation has had since ancient times. : Make different aromatic herbs into accessories that can be worn or combined with clothing, pillows, toys, etc. By wearing, lying on pillows, playing with, etc., the herbs are in contact with and absorbed by the skin and respiratory tract, which plays a role in health care Health-preserving effect.
Li Shizhen, a medical scientist in the Ming Dynasty, recorded the commonly used aromatic medicines at that time in the "Compendium of Materia Medica", and listed two categories: "aromatic grass" and "aromatic wood", with a total of 91 aromatic medicines. Yi Yin, the right minister of Shang Tang, was the inventor of Chinese herbal medicine. Before he invented the decoction, he guided the villagers in Bodi (today's Shangqiu) to choose vanilla and made it into wearables to repel mosquitoes and evil spirits, which greatly improved the people's physical fitness and quality of life.
The Liu family’s traditional incense-making skills, which inherit and carry forward Yiyin’s Peixiang health culture, are rooted in Yiyin’s hometown. The Yiyin Peixiang Workshop was created based on Yiyin’s invention. Five generations of people have adhered to the ancestral herbal fermentation secret recipe and devoted themselves to Peixiang. Research on the culture of incense and health care, using aromatic herbs from the ancient Yellow River basin, adhering to the ancient production methods, and using more than ten production processes to produce a variety of cultural and creative products such as fragrant bead bracelets, incense brand pendants, and sachets and sachets. At present, It has been listed as an intangible cultural heritage by the local government.
In order to fully explore and inherit the traditional Chinese herbal culture, carry forward Yiyin's idea of ??benefiting the people by using vanilla to repel mosquitoes and evil spirits, and let more people enjoy the "Liu's traditional herbal incense making skills" In order to promote the health care effect of wearing fragrance and promote the concept of wearing fragrance and keeping healthy, we specially held a prize-winning essay competition of "Fragrant fragrance with you, talking about health maintenance" in Yiyin Peixiang Square.
1. Essay genre and requirements There is no limit to the essay genre, including poetry, prose, novels, documentary literature, stories and legends, calligraphy, and paintings. The author is also welcome to send specimens, pictures, etc. related to aromatic herbal culture. Authors can participate in essay writing activities by focusing on the inheritance of aromatic herbal culture, aromatic natural health care, exploring the health care methods of wearing incense, Yiyin herbal culture, Gudao herbal culture, etc., popularizing the knowledge of aromatic Chinese medicine, etc. The best works will be selected and published on the WeChat platform of "Yiyin Peixiangfang". The author is also welcome to come to Yiyin Peixiangfang for on-site experience.
2. Submission method: Follow the WeChat official account of "Yiyin Peixiangfang" and add 19903700159 WeChat to submit. All submissions must be accompanied by a brief introduction, mailing address and contact information of the author. The deadline for submissions is May 31, 2023.
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3. Essay evaluation and prize setting Essay evaluation: adopt a method that combines the click-through rate of the "Yiyin Peixiangfang" WeChat platform and expert evaluation to determine the winning categories and winners. Contributors can follow the WeChat public account of "Yiyin Peixiangfang" to learn about the publication status.
Award setting: This essay competition will award 2 special prizes, 5 first prizes, 10 second prizes, and 20 third prizes. Excellent works are collected and printed in a timely manner.
Rewards: Each of the special prize winners will be awarded a cash prize of 1,000 yuan and a medicinal-scented bracelet (soothing the mind and aiding sleep); each first prize winner will be awarded a medicinal-scented bracelet (soothing and sleeping); The second prize winners will each be awarded a medicinal scented bracelet (soothing the liver and regulating qi type); the third prize winners will each be awarded a medicinal scented lotus pendant.
4. Location and contact information of Yiyin Peixiangfang
Address: Western section of Mamu Old Street, Chengguan Town, Yucheng County.
Contact information: Add 19903700159 WeChat to contact.
Yiyin Peixiangfang
April 19, 2022