Title: The Cultural Origins and Expressions of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Abstract: 本文对中医药的文化渊源与文化表现形式进行了比较系统的阐述,将中医药的文化表现形式概括为十个方面:汉语、汉字与古籍文献;社会、哲学和宗教思想;伦理道德;历史、文学、艺术;民俗节庆;师传、家传与官办教育;武术气功;百年老字号;医圣药王;文物考古。通过对中医药文化渊源与文化表现形式的考察,笔者认为中医药在表现形式上具有显著的人文特征,是体现着鲜明的中华民族特色的非物质文化遗产。 To expound the cultural origins and expressions of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) systematically, the cultural manifestations covers a wide range of content, including the following ten aspects: Chinese, Chinese characters and ancient literatures; society, philosophy and religious ideology; ethics and morals; history, literature and arts; folk festivals; learning from masters, family and government schools; martial arts and Qigong; lifetime honored Brand; King medicine; cultural relic archaeology. In this research, It was found that TCM, in terms of the form of expression, has a lot of remarkable humanistic features, and it is the intangible cultural heritage reflecting the distinguished Chinese national characteristics.