Cultural relics fled to other countries.
What is an acupuncture bronze man? On the surface, it is acupuncture for copper people. But in fact, it's just a model. Acupuncture bronze statue was a product of Song Dynasty, and it was also the only bronze statue made by Emperor Wang, the medical officer of Hanlin at that time. The appearance is similar to that of normal adults, and the material is copper. The bronze man's chest and back can be opened and closed, and he is also engraved with realistic internal organs, which can be disassembled at will, just like a real person.
There are acupuncture points carved on the surface of the bronze man, and there are more than 300 acupuncture points on the human body. There are so many acupoints on the surface of the bronze man, and the names of the acupoints are engraved next to them. In order to facilitate accurate acupuncture, yellow wax was coated on the surface of the bronze man, and then water was injected into the bronze man. If there is water flowing out during acupuncture, it means that the point selection is accurate, otherwise it means that the point selection is inaccurate and the acupuncture needle cannot penetrate the point. It must be said that the wisdom of the ancient working people is infinite.
The bronze statue of acupuncture and moxibustion is a mannequin created by Wang on the basis of summarizing predecessors' experience in order to improve the efficiency and effect of acupuncture and moxibustion teaching, combined with his own opinions. Such an ingenious teaching method has greatly improved the effectiveness of acupuncture for students and future generations. This acupuncture bronze man is not only a teaching prop for acupuncture teaching, but also an important model for assessing acupuncturists.
Why did you suddenly want Wang to cast a bronze man? Acupuncture is the general name of acupuncture, and it has always been the most distinctive treatment method of traditional Chinese medicine in China. Acupuncture techniques are also varied, and there are many acupuncture points in the human body. A little carelessness may bring great harm to patients.
In the Northern Song Dynasty, although there were many books and documents about acupuncture, there were also many accidents in the process of acupuncture. In order to solve this problem, two bronze figures are made, one is * * *, which is convenient to use.
The two bronze statues cast in the Northern Song Dynasty have been handed down from generation to generation, and later generations also regard them as standards and role models. Because it was observed and studied by many people, the two bronze statues in the Northern Song Dynasty were "unrecognizable" and the names of acupoints were unclear, so later generations imitated the bronze statues and made another one.
With the change of dynasties and wars, one of the two bronze men is long gone, but the other is still there. After the demise of the Qing dynasty, the Chinese nation suffered from national turmoil and war, and the invaded country could not protect itself. At this time, many cultural relics were gone, and the last bronze statue was gone.
1952, the "tiansheng bronze man" of the northern song dynasty came back to life. It turned out that an old Chinese doctor from China came across this acupuncture bronze man while attending the Japan Medical Expo. Because the handwriting on the bronze statue is illegible, it is impossible to judge whether it was in the Northern Song Dynasty, but the caption of the Japanese Museum clearly says that it was introduced from China. The old Chinese doctor is not sure whether he is an acupuncture bronze man in the Northern Song Dynasty. The discovery that the old man speaks softly has never been taken seriously.
Thirty years later, a Chinese medicine expert named Chen also came to the museum in Tokyo, Japan. He also saw the bronze man, just like the old man thought 30 years ago. He thought it was an acupuncture bronze man in the Northern Song Dynasty. At this time, the development of the country tends to be stable, and he has enough time and opportunities to make textual research. After his detailed textual research and verification, it is determined that this is Chen Tiansheng, a bronze man in the Northern Song Dynasty. He published an article about it, which flowed into the field of traditional Chinese medicine in China.
For colleagues, experts go into battle together
Natural colleagues are a model of Chinese medicine and a treasure of the Chinese nation. Experts in the field of traditional Chinese medicine read Chen's article and learned about the whereabouts of the treasure. They were all shocked and excited. All Chinese medicine experts can't sit still. They want to see for themselves and study the bronze man. So the Chinese Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine sent a delegation to Japan, saying that it was to inspect acupuncture medicine. In fact, the important purpose is to study the bronze statue in Tokyo Museum.
When the expert came to the museum, he saw the bronze man at a glance. The first impression of Tong Ren is that it is somewhat different from other existing Tong Ren in China. This bronze man is made of bronze, and his height is lower than the average height of adult men, only 162 cm. The appearance is simulated with black paint, and each meridian is connected with acupuncture points, which is represented by small holes. The staff of the museum said that the viscera of the acupuncture bronze man was made of wood, but it had been in disrepair for a long time because of its age.
Experts in the field of traditional Chinese medicine found that the acupuncture bronze man in the Tokyo Museum was the same according to the record of the natural bronze man in Dong Qiyu Ye, and carefully compared the acupuncture points on the bronze man with those in the acupuncture picture book, and found that each acupuncture point can correspond one by one.
So some experts boldly put forward their own ideas. The acupuncture bronze man in the Tokyo Museum is the Tiansheng bronze man in the Northern Song Dynasty. However, as for why China's Northern Song Dynasty fans appeared in Japan, everyone has different views and ideas, and it is impossible to prove it after a long time.
This is fake?
Hearing the opinions of some experts, some people gave a negative answer, saying that this might be a bronze man in China, but not in the Northern Song Dynasty. First of all, regarding acupoints, experts say that everyone has more than 300 acupoints, and they are all in the same position. Is it difficult to be a bronze man and do 400 acupuncture points? What's more, Chinese medicine was inherited and discovered from China, so it is inevitable that bronze statues are similar.
China's ancient thought was very conservative, while China's traditional thought was that he could not be topless, and there was no open mind of modern people. So the only bronze figure designed by Wang is that only the upper body is naked and the lower body is dressed.
After all, it is a very shameful thing to let naked copper people watch in public, which is detrimental to etiquette and elegance. However, the bronze statues of acupuncture in Japanese museums are all nude bronze statues, which do not conform to the ethics of ancient people in China.
Every dynasty has more or less records about Tiansheng Copper Man. In some maps, the bronze man's hand is in a posture of five fingers lying flat and naturally drooping. But the hand of the bronze man in Japan is the opposite. His left palm is backward, and his thumb and middle finger are buckled together to form a ring.
So many examples make some experts deny the view of others that the bronze statue of acupuncture in Tokyo Museum is not a sacred bronze statue in the Northern Song Dynasty. The sacred bronze statue may not be found somewhere in China, or it may have been destroyed long ago, but it can't be Japanese.
In fact, it doesn't matter what the truth is, because if it is Tiansheng Copper Man, even in Japan, it can't change the fact that it is China. If not, it means that Chinese acupuncture has spread to Japan. What's important is that the culture and spirit of acupuncture were developed in China, and it has been recognized by more and more countries. It is worthy of our ancestors' painstaking efforts to carry forward acupuncture and moxibustion.