Cupping therapy is popular in foreign foreign media said refraction China's soft power to ascend

Time: 2016-10-11

Source: reference news network

On October 10, reference news network reported Foreign media said that this year's Olympic Games in Rio, the world swimmer Michael Phelps' dark red circle marks, let the external therapy of traditional Chinese medicine "cupping" burst at the moment. Seal the game with a cupping of swimmers, such as the United States gymnastics team and belarus olympians, cupping their return is a method of exercise training.

Attaches great importance to the cupping The revitalization of traditional Chinese medicine be vividly portrayed

According to Singapore's lianhe zaobao website reported on October 8, cupping therapy is a household name in China, many families are equipped with cupping apparatus, physical infirmities, drawing on cans immediately feel "cans to disease". The "great circle marks" popular in the world's top events, natural many people see it as the victory of the Chinese medicine, Chinese medicine again for success the world cheered.

A year ago, inspired by traditional Chinese medicine classics, medical tu due to the developed antimalarial drug artemisinin was awarded the Nobel Prize, also let a lot of Chinese people. Although artemisinin is extracted by means of chemical synthesis and theory of traditional Chinese medicine decoction "boil", there is no relationship, but the discovery of artemisinin means that Chinese traditional medicine can be scientific research, for the urgent need of revitalization of the Chinese medicine is a good lesson.

Reported that cupping therapy to the world, scholars of traditional Chinese medicine in global medical honorary award, the revitalization of traditional Chinese medicine be vividly portrayed. In China, the official is also spare no effort to promote the development of traditional Chinese medicine from the specific policy.

In August of this year, China's first national laws of traditional Chinese medicine the method of traditional Chinese medicine (draft) "in the second instance, put forward to change the past review of Chinese traditional medicine" to the standard to judge the Peking Opera ballet "approach, to allow" classic Cuban side doesn't do clinical trials ", greatly simplify the traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) approval process. In addition, country level at the beginning of the year for the first time introduced the strategic plan for development of Chinese medicine (2016-2030) will be included in the national development strategy of traditional Chinese medicine.

Chinese medicine seems to present revival. Statistics show, Chinese medicine has spread to 183 countries and regions in the world, Chinese medicine acupuncture clinic has reached more than thousand, acupuncturist more than 300000 people, more than fifty thousand people registered doctors. Acupuncture has been listed in the "human non-material cultural heritage representative work list".

According to the report, however, the current situation of China's traditional Chinese medicine still has some room to improve. In the international market, China's share of Chinese medicine very few: in 2015, China's exports of Chinese herbal medicine ratio from 3.6% to 2% in 2001, far behind Japan and South Korea, India, Thailand and other countries.

The Confucius institute to drive Chinese learn Chinese hot global number has reached one hundred million

According to the report, with strong economic and political status of China's rise, want to borrow "harmony" and but different "Confucian philosophy to explain China's image to the world of the Confucius institute is considered to be the representative of China's soft power.

Since 2004, the first Confucius institute in Seoul, South Korea, in 2005, Europe's first Confucius institute in Stockholm, Sweden, since its establishment, the university time in less than a decade, five continents have Confucius institute takes root.

According to hanban website, as of December 1, 2015, 134 countries (regions) has established 500 Confucius institutes and 1000 Confucius classrooms.

According to the report, by China's ministry of education of Confucius institute hanban management, to provide Chinese language and culture teaching, usually located in other countries' school directly. China's unique market opportunities and job opportunities, make Chinese hot continued in two hundred and thirty years.

According to official Chinese data, at the end of 2014 Confucius institutes and Confucius classrooms accumulative total registered students 3.45 million people, 61 countries and the European Union will be incorporated into the national education system of Chinese teaching, the number of global learning Chinese has climbed to nearly 30 million people from 2004 and one hundred million.

Continuous recognized Chinese heat is equal to Chinese culture?

Trees when polled said a professor from Beijing foreign studies university is given priority to with language, a professor at the Confucius institute is in size than the British council and Goethe institute and similar institutions, but in cultural influence is much less than the latter.

He said: "a nation's political influence and charisma is limited, the cultural influence by the ups and downs of the economy and simple language teaching, it is difficult to lasting and deep."

Reported that although Chinese heat is not the same as Chinese cultural influence has increased, but to a certain extent, promote Chinese learners' interest in Chinese culture. In Chinese history, not always lack of Chinese excellent culture identity. The Confucius institute, as the representative of China's soft power, in addition to providing language teaching overseas, can also be "into the night with the wind" to strive to promote the essence of Chinese culture.