The most famous medicinal materials distribution center in the north is Anguo Traditional Chinese Medicine Market, which is one of the four major pharmaceutical capitals in the country.
Anguo Medicine Capital has also been included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage lists. It has national key cultural relics protection units—Yaowang Temple and Anguo Traditional Chinese Medicine Culture Museum. The market covers an area of ??1.5 square kilometers, with a construction area of ??about 600,000 square meters. It is divided into upper and lower floors. There are more than 1,000 medicine dealers, selling more than 2,800 kinds of medicinal materials.
During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Anguo was the largest and most famous traditional Chinese medicine distribution center in the north. It not only traded medicinal materials, but also exchanged technologies such as identification, planting and processing of traditional Chinese medicine, and gradually formed a system for growing, making, selling and using medicines. Anguo medicine culture. The reason why Anguo City was named Anguo is because the large amount of Chinese medicinal materials produced in Anguo can cure diseases, save people, and stabilize the people and the country, so it is called Anguo.
Almost every household in Anguo City is engaged in medicinal material-related industries, engaged in medicinal material planting, processing, sales, research and development and other work.
There are more than 300 varieties of medicinal materials grown in Anguo City, among which the eight major varieties are chrysanthemum, yam, aster, adenophora, barley, mustard, angelica, and pollen. For thousands of years, Anguo medicinal materials have been famous for their authentic cultivation, excellent quality and exquisite processing technology. Therefore, they have won the praise of "the herbs are used to prepare medicines in Anguo, and the medicines are fragrant only after passing through Qizhou".
The eight varieties of Qi chrysanthemum, Qi mint, Qi barley, Qi aster, Qi angelica, Qi muxiang, Qi rhubarb, and Qi moxa are known as "the treasures of Anguo and the eight major Qi medicines". It was also rated as a "famous and excellent" product by Hebei Province.
The Anguo Traditional Chinese Medicine Market is located in the Oriental Medicine City in Anguo City. It is located on the west side of the Baoheng Line of the Provincial Highway. There is a centralized trading hall. In front of the hall is a tall ginseng, which is very spectacular. After entering, it is divided into many halls, each hall is classified according to the parts of the medicinal materials from different sources.
Pharmacists from all over the country come here to select medicinal materials and negotiate prices. Especially after the fight against the epidemic this year, the task of packaging and shipping is even heavier. Oriental Medicine City is the largest professional market for Chinese medicinal materials in the north, but it adheres to the traditional medicine market business model and only opens in the morning.
Oriental Medicine City is the largest professional market for Chinese medicinal materials in the country. The market area is 600,000 square meters, with more than 2,000 listed varieties, an annual turnover of 3.88 billion yuan, and a throughput of 100,000 tons of medicinal materials.
The Oriental Medicine City, built in 1993, is one of the first professional markets for Chinese herbal medicines to be opened in the country. 84 pharmaceutical companies and manufacturers across the country have set up branches and offices here, with a daily visitor flow of 20,000. The annual turnover is 6.3 billion yuan. The annual Anguo International Medicinal Materials Festival attracts many domestic and foreign merchants to negotiate trade and sightseeing.
Anguo Pharmaceutical has a long history and is a famous distribution center for traditional Chinese medicinal materials with a history of thousands of years. The traditional Anguo Medicine King Temple Fair has not only become a commercial activity, but also a folk culture with regional and industry characteristics. During the temple fair, in addition to holding a variety of cultural and artistic activities, Yaowang Temple also held sacrificial activities, and gradually formed a unique form of honoring gods and worshiping etiquette.
In recent years, whether it is traditional temple fairs spontaneously formed by the people or medicinal material exchange meetings and international medicinal material festivals organized by the government, the number of participants can reach tens of thousands. While trading medicinal materials, various large-scale theatrical performances and folk cultural activities are held.