The millennium old traditional customs in Nanzhao are rejuvenated, with "golden leaves" flourishing, and the body of mugwort picking during the Dragon Boat Festival | modern | tradition

Release time:Apr 13, 2024 22:26 PM

In Nanzhao County, Nanyang City, Henan Province, a large number of people go up the mountains to pick mugwort around the Dragon Boat Festival every year. The collected mugwort leaves are made into various mugwort products by local enterprises and sold nationwide.

Recently, the Aicao Culture Festival was held in Nanzhao County, and reporters visited several local traditional Chinese medicine enterprises. Here, the traditional custom of picking mugwort during the Dragon Boat Festival is being given new vitality by the thriving modern traditional Chinese medicine industry in the local area.

The Dragon Boat Festival picking of Artemisia argyi has been given new vitality by the modern traditional Chinese medicine industry.

Dragon Boat Festival picking mugwort

The millennium old traditional customs in Nanzhao are rejuvenated, with "golden leaves" flourishing, and the body of mugwort picking during the Dragon Boat Festival | modern | tradition

Artemisia argyi has a long history of use in China. At the Xiaokong Mountain Site in Nanzhao County, archaeology has discovered relics of ancient humans using ice spheres to gather light and ignite mugwort to make fires about 30000 years ago. Therefore, mugwort, also known as Bingtai, is recorded in the "Records of Natural History" of the Western Jin Dynasty: "When the ice is cut to a round shape and lifted towards the sun, the mugwort is used to support its shadow, resulting in fire, hence the name Bingtai."

The custom of picking mugwort also has a long history in Chinese folk culture. As early as the pre Qin period, the Book of Songs recorded: "He Cai Ai Xi, disappeared in a day, like three years old."

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the Dragon Boat Festival is the day of the year when Yang energy is at its peak, and it is also the season when mugwort has the best medicinal properties. Every Dragon Boat Festival, every household goes out to pick mugwort, drink mugwort wine, wear mugwort tigers, hang mugwort leaves, or use moxibustion to ward off evil and drive away malaria. The "Jingchu Suishi Ji" records: "On the fifth day of the fifth month, before the rooster crows, collect mugwort and pick it from a place that resembles a human. Moxibustion is effective."

"The medicinal effect of mugwort during the Dragon Boat Festival is the best, and the purchase price is also the highest." said Shan Huijun, the general manager of Yizhicao Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. "The first batch of mugwort during the Dragon Boat Festival is purchased at a price of 1800 to 2600 yuan per ton; the subsequent second, third, and fourth batches of mugwort vary in quality price, ranging from around 1400 to 2300 yuan." She also told reporters that in her company, "mugwort during the Dragon Boat Festival must be used for moxibustion and body conditioning; after the Dragon Boat Festival, mugwort can be considered to be made into derivative products such as essential oils."

The planting area of traditional Chinese medicine in Nanzhao County reaches 420000 acres.

Increase income and become rich

A small mugwort plant carries the traditional customs of Nanzhao County that have lasted for thousands of years, and has also become the "golden leaf" for people in mountainous areas to increase their income and become prosperous.

Nanzhao County is located at the southern foot of Funiu Mountain, with nearly a hundred kilometers of native forest belt, rich in traditional Chinese medicine such as Xinyi, Cornus officinalis, Eucommia ulmoides, and Platycodon grandiflorus. Among the 365 medicines recorded in the Shennong Materia Medica Classic, there are 210 traditional varieties produced in Nanzhao. According to the National Survey of Traditional Chinese Medicine Resources, there are as many as 253 families and 1104 types of Chinese medicinal materials in Nanzhao.

However, it is not easy to directly convert the wild Chinese medicinal materials scattered throughout the mountains into economic benefits. A local entrepreneur told reporters that he once went up the mountain with a medicinal farmer to pick herbs. Due to the time-consuming and laborious process of distinguishing wild Chinese medicinal materials, the average daily harvest per person could only be sold for about 50 yuan.

Aitiao processing workshop.

To achieve income growth and prosperity, large-scale planting is also necessary. In Nanzhao County, there is a 10000 acre mugwort planting base and a storage base that can hold 15000 tons of raw materials. Huakang Aiye Group is the largest mugwort enterprise in the area, covering an area of 72600 square meters. The total investment of the mugwort industrial park exceeds 90 million yuan and it employs more than 300 production employees. In the mugwort processing workshop, the reporter saw the workers carefully operating the machine to roll mugwort sticks. Thumbs thick mugwort sticks kept rolling out of the machine, and the workers bagged and packaged the finished mugwort sticks. Boxes of mugwort products piled up like mountains.

Ji Liangyuan, General Manager of Nanyang Huakang Ai Products Co., Ltd., told reporters that the company has more than 20 sets of technologically advanced fully automatic production lines, producing 12 series of over 100 products, including mugwort sticks, mugwort patches, medicated moxibustion, smokeless mugwort, raw materials of mugwort leaves, mugwort fabrics, mugwort instruments, mugwort sets, daily chemical care, etc. The annual comprehensive production capacity reaches 3000 tons, and sales and services are provided to tens of thousands of customers and more than 5700 suppliers in 31 provinces, cities, and autonomous regions across the country.

More than 100 products.

From mugwort priced in tons to essential oils priced in grams, companies have extended their industrial chains through technological innovation, greatly enhancing the added value of their products. At Yizhicao Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., the company has collaborated with several top traditional Chinese medicine universities to build the first GMP standard 10000 level purification and dust-free workshop in the county. General Manager Shan Huijun told reporters that the company uses multiple processes such as cold extraction to make mugwort into pure dew and essential oil, which are popular both domestically and internationally. "Every ton of mugwort produces 1.5 to 1.8 kilograms of essential oil. The price per ton of mugwort is about 1500 yuan, and each kilogram of mugwort oil can be sold for over 4000 yuan," she said.

In addition to essential oil products, the company's Moxibustion Business School also has a professional Moxibustion Hall, providing whole store training output. Currently, it has attracted over a hundred franchisees from Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chongqing and other places to participate.

Hometown of Herbs

In Nanzhao County, the production of traditional Chinese medicine represented by mugwort has become an important industry in this small mountainous county.

31 professional cooperatives for the cultivation of traditional Chinese medicine have been developed here, planting more than 40 varieties such as Xinyi, Cornus officinalis, Eucommia ulmoides, Platycodon grandiflorus, Salvia miltiorrhiza, Gastrodia elata, Forsythia suspensa, Polygonatum sibiricum, Bai Ji, Dendrobium officinale, Chonglou, and Qingqianliu. The planting area reaches 420000 acres, with an annual total output of 6.3 million kilograms and a production value of 160 million yuan.

At Nanzhao County Lvfengyuan Agricultural Development Co., Ltd., General Manager Dong Baocun told reporters that the traditional Chinese medicine seedling base invested and constructed by the company in 2018 covers an area of 260 acres, with a total investment of 20 million yuan. It has built 100 high standard breeding greenhouses, carried out standardized, large-scale, and industrialized seed and seedling breeding, and promoted excellent varieties for local farmers.

At present, the enterprise supplies 20 million pieces of powder tetrandrum, 40 million pieces of yellow essence, 50 million pieces of white ginger, and 2 million pieces of sheep flower to the market every year, ensuring the production and quality of traditional Chinese medicine in Nanzhao County from the source.

Dong Bao has a high standard breeding greenhouse for high-quality seeds.

Today in Nanzhao County, thousands of traditional Chinese herbs reside and reproduce together with humans, composing a concerto of harmonious coexistence between humans and nature.

The UK has formed the largest exhibition group, with over 2200 companies from 28 of the top 30 countries and regions participating in the Service Trade Fair. Institutions | Organizations | Enterprises

The 2023 China International Trade in Services Fair will be held in Beijing from September 2nd to 6th. According to a press conference held by the State Council Information Office in Beijing today, this year is the first year for China to fully resume offline exhibitions. This year's Fair for Trade in Services has increased its offline invitation efforts, highlighting internationalization, authority, and professionalism, further promoting exchanges and negotiations between exhibitors, mutually beneficial cooperation, and win-win outcomes. More than 500 Fortune Global 500 and leading enterprises will participate in the 2023 Global Service Trade Summit offline, with an expanded scale and a higher level of offline guests. Some foreign dignitaries, ministerial level guests, and international organization leaders will be invited to attend and deliver speeches. The host country of this year's Service Trade Fair is the United Kingdom, which has formed the largest exhibition group since the exhibition. 51 countries and 24 international organizations will be established offline in the name of national governments or headquarters

The National Grand Theatre has built the world's largest theater complex, and the three major buildings of the Beijing Urban Sub center have been fully completed. The museum | Beijing | Conclusion

25 kilometers east of Beijing, the water of the Grand Canal flows leisurely. On both sides of the canal, large-scale greening is quietly spreading, and the three major buildings of Beijing's urban sub center are rising from the ground. On the 15th, the reporter visited the three major buildings that were about to be completed. The Beijing Art Center, which looks like a big curtain, shimmers with silver under the sunlight. The Grand Canal Museum seems to be covered with five sails scattered all over the roof, and the Beijing City Library, supported by 144 "ginkgo tree trunks," looks like a sea of forests. At the end of September, the "Three Major Buildings" met the conditions for completion and acceptance. Sha Gang, Deputy General Manager of the Three Major Construction Project Department of Beitou Group's Urban Sub center, introduced that as of now, the main structure and exterior facade decoration works of the three major construction projects have been fully completed. 95% of indoor electromechanical engineering has been completed, 90% of indoor decoration engineering has been completed, and 80% of outdoor municipal and landscape engineering has been completed

More than 3000 people were trapped in three trains in Mentougou mountain area. Fengsha Railway, which was damaged in rainstorm, resumed operation last night | more than 3000 people

On the evening of August 8th, it was learned from the Beijing Railway Bureau of China that after 71 hours of emergency repair, at around 18:30 on August 8th, as the track rolling locomotive slowly passed through the Zhuwo Station of the Fengsha Railway, the Fengsha Railway finally resumed traffic. The Fengsha Railway was completed and opened to traffic on June 30, 1955. It is a mountainous railway and the first mainline railway in the Beijing Tianjin Hebei region. It is also an important channel for transporting coal from Shanxi to other regions. On July 30, affected by rainstorm for several days, some sections of Fengsha Railway located in Mentougou District of Beijing were seriously damaged. Train K1178, K396 and Z180 were stranded in the mountains, and nearly 3000 passengers and attendants were stranded. After the joint cooperation of the railway department, armed police soldiers, and firefighters, all passengers and crew members were able to escape from the trap for 5 days and arrived at Beijing West Station and Beijing Fengtai Station respectively

The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences releases major achievements on a monthly basis, and the "History | Theory | Series of the Party's Centennial Struggle Historical Experience Series" is published

The key publication of the Central Propaganda Department's theme publication, "A Series of Historical Experience of the Party's Centenary Struggle," has been released recently. On the morning of the 4th, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences organized a "Monthly Conference on Major Achievements of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences" in Beijing, focusing on introducing this theoretical achievement. The "Historical Experience Series of the Party's Centennial Struggle" is a masterpiece that examines and summarizes the history of the CPC from the perspective of historical experience. It is based on the historical resolution passed at the Sixth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, deeply implementing the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, and based on the ten historical experiences accumulated from the Party's century long struggle clearly pointed out in the resolution, it is independently written from ten aspects: Party leadership, people first, theoretical innovation, independence and autonomy, the Chinese path, embracing the world, exploring and innovating, daring to struggle, united front, and self revolution. According to the introduction, the Party

The millennium old traditional customs in Nanzhao are rejuvenated, with "golden leaves" flourishing, and the body of mugwort picking during the Dragon Boat Festival | modern | tradition

During the Dragon Boat Festival, there has been a custom of picking mugwort in Chinese folk culture since ancient times. The "Jingchu Suishi Ji" from the Northern and Southern Dynasties period records: "On the fifth day of the fifth month, picking mugwort as a person, hanging it on the door to ward off poisonous gas." To this day, many regions still retain the custom of picking mugwort on the Dragon Boat Festival. In Nanzhao County, Nanyang City, Henan Province, a large number of people go up the mountains to pick mugwort around the Dragon Boat Festival every year. The collected mugwort leaves are made into various mugwort products by local enterprises and sold nationwide. Recently, the Aicao Culture Festival was held in Nanzhao County, and reporters visited several local traditional Chinese medicine enterprises. Here, the traditional custom of picking mugwort during the Dragon Boat Festival is being given new vitality by the thriving modern traditional Chinese medicine industry in the local area. The Dragon Boat Festival picking of Artemisia argyi has been given new vitality by the modern traditional Chinese medicine industry. The Dragon Boat Festival picking of mugwort has a long history of use in China. At the Xiaokong Mountain Site in Nanzhao County, archaeology

Important news

The boundless scenery is always new-General Secretary Xi Jinping guides the construction of digital society, review and development | education | society Unswervingly Promote and Improve the Comprehensive and Strict Party Governance System Xi Jinping | Strict Party Governance | System "Seeking Truth" magazine published an important article by General Secretary Xi Jinping "Improving the Comprehensive and Strict Party Governance System and Promoting the New Great Project of Party Building in the New Era to Develop in Depth" State | President | Xi Jinping General Secretary's thoughts are still in my mind, learning from the season | building a modern marine ranching power | developing | the ocean Leading the way with a heavy load | More vitality in opening up to the outside world, stronger momentum in science and technology innovation - Strong development momentum in the ancient capital of Xi'an Automotive | New energy | Opening up to the outside world Chinese Stars | 210 Seconds Review of the Victory of Aerospace Heroes on their Way Home! Flying | Divine Boat | Hero

Political situation

What are the remaining obstacles in the investigation and undercover investigation by the law enforcement inspection team of the Municipal People's Congress? This work evaluates that Shanghai has always been at the forefront of garbage classification | garbage | law enforcement Looking forward to the global high-quality engineering enterprise layout in Shanghai, Mayor Gong Zheng meets with the President elect of the World Federation of Engineering Organizations | Global | Quality To jointly discuss and deepen cooperation and exchange in counterpart support, Chen Jining and Nie Zhuang led a discussion on the work of the party and government delegation in Kashgar, Xinjiang Chen Jining and Gong Zheng jointly inspected and discussed, jointly serving the overall development of the country! Yin Li and Yin Yong led a Beijing delegation to Shanghai to inspect the delegation's development and overall situation Contributed about 1/4 of the GDP of Shanghai, currently with 70000 foreign-funded enterprises in Shanghai. The Youth Association of Shanghai Foreign Countries has helped each other in terms of membership and GDP The representative group of Yangpu Street helps to alleviate public concerns, with garbage belts turning back into green belts and street lights lighting up again in residential areas | Representative | Yangpu

Economics

What else can I rely on for growing vegetables?, Agricultural Experiment of a Group of Young People: Lettuce without Heaven or Earth | Physical Strength | Agriculture Very few have been rejected at once... Shanghai Automotive Engine Factory has presented 49 automotive grade chips to solicit domestic alternatives to SAIC | Netherlands | United States | Lingang Pujiang International Science and Technology City | Substitution | Import | Localization | Automotive grade chips Is there still a "flower head" in domestic blockchain?, No Bitcoin, First Blockchain Technology National Standard Released Web3.0 | Blockchain | Domestic These top domestic and international beverage cold drink brands have rolled up like this, in order to welcome the overall recovery of the consumer market as a brand | Sugar Tea | International Making a dojo inside a snail shell allows the city's scraps to make a comeback. This European style garden in Shanghai used to be a "stone" on the road. Shanghai Pocket Park | Sparrow Little Dirty | Making a dojo inside a snail shell 23 industry associations (business and academic) in the Yangtze River Delta have established alliances to provide trade adjustment assistance, and the foreign trade situation is complex and severe. | Trade | Alliance

Regional situation

Shanghai Charity Foundation Successfully Issued First Electronic Donation Receipt Community | Activity | Shanghai Charity Foundation Carry out normalized social theater performance activities, and the "hometown of drama" Songjiang Xinbang will resume stage and social theater | Drama | Songjiang Xinbang How to promote and replicate the "near rail model"? Changfeng Xincun Street Building Party Building 4.0 Model | Building Committee | Jintie The largest single scale near zero energy consumption building in Shanghai will be built, and the construction area of the first batch of "Jiabao Smart Bay" in Jiading New City will start | plot | first batch Jing'an creates "one park, one theme", and the art exhibition "Painting Life and Coloring" opens at Jing'an Sculpture Park to experience | Art | Jing'an The highlights of the Xuhui exhibition area at the first Carbon Expo are frequent, including waste plastic recycling and environmental protection roads, Shanghai's first near zero carbon community, low-carbon | green | community

Viewpoint

"White carbon" is on the rise, and there are many colors of carbon? This is definitely not sensationalism, carbon dioxide emissions, color Where does the trend go: "China-Chic" cultural and creative market status, development trend and innovation path Cultural and creative | Chinese goods | China-Chic He demonstrated the essence of the revolutionary ideology and spiritual qualities of communists, and during his brief 40 years of life, Secretary Yu Xiusong's ideology What is the relationship between the "four major functions" and the "five centers"? Accurately grasp these two key elements | functions | relationships Why mention "Clean Your Plate Campaign" again?, Today's life | leftovers | CDs To find the balance between digitization and greening, experts say that excessive digitization may increase energy consumption. Digital | Green | Digitization

Vision

Celebrating the Second Anniversary of the US Army's Withdrawal, [Looking at the World] Afghan Taliban Armed Security Personnel March Typhoon | Taliban | Afghanistan It's more convenient to buy book exhibition tickets offline today, including ID card, cash, and old-fashioned mobile phones. Lu Xun | Book Exhibition | Mobile Phone These spaces create multiple interactive viewing experiences for citizens and tourists, playing with weekend aesthetics | Design | Citizens The opening ceremony will continue as usual. [Looking at the World] The opening match of the Women's World Cup. A shooting occurred in Auckland City, resulting in three deaths. The World Cup | Event | Opening match World Blood Donor Day: Oriental Pearl TV Tower, Shanghai center and other city landmarks light up Life Red World Blood Donor Day Take the artwork home for a thousand yuan? Many people come to this exhibition for their "treasure hunting" works | gallery | to take home