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As soon as the news of the success of the Institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion of the Chinese Medicine Research Institute in imitating the orthodox copper figure was released, it attracted strong attention from the industry. Imitation acupuncture and moxibustion What is the value of a copper figure? What happened to the orthodox bronze men?

According to experts, the acupuncture and moxibustion bronze figure is engraved with acupoint hole, acupoint name and meridian. It is a practical human sculpture specially designed for the teaching and assessment of acupuncture and moxibustion. It is different from the bronze statues cast for worship and display in the past. Like is not the same thing. Wooden puppets used for acupuncture training appeared in the Han Dynasty of our country. Unfortunately, they were not widely spread because the material was easily damaged. By the Song Dynasty, there were many acupuncture and moxibustion mannequins made of different materials, so much so that the Song government felt it was necessary to create standard acupuncture and moxibustion mannequins. During the Tiansheng reign of the Song Dynasty, the government-made bronze needle moxibustion human body model was born, referred to as the acupuncture and moxibustion bronze man.

Historical records indicate that Wang Wei-yi, who was the minister of medicine and medicine in the palace at that time, was responsible for the repair and casting of the Tiansheng Bronze Figure. A total of two were cast and placed in the Medical Officials' Hospital and the Daxiangguo Temple respectively. The one in the Medical Office is naturally a teaching aid for study, study and examination; the one placed in the Daxiangguo Temple in a public place is also responsible for popularizing the knowledge of acupuncture and moxibustion. Since then, Tiansheng Bronze Man has become the standard for Chinese people to practice acupuncture and moxibustion, and may also be the first nationally issued medical standard in the world.

About 100 years later, due to the Jingkang Rebellion, the two bronze figures were lost among the people. According to expert research, one of them was transferred from the Southern Song Dynasty court to the Mongolian and Yuan government. After repairs, it was moved to Beijing in the Yuan Dynasty until it was annihilated in the war at the end of the Ming Dynasty. During the Zhengtong period, due to the severe damage to the Tiansheng Bronze Figure, the Ming government recast a cupuncture and moxibustion bronze figure, which was known as the Zhengtong Bronze Figure in history. Regarding the whereabouts of the other bronze figure, a common view is that it flowed to Japan via Korea at the end of the 16th century and is now in the National Museum of Japan.

Later, many acupuncture and moxibustion bronze figures were cast in our country. In addition to the orthodox bronze figures of the Ming Dynasty, there were also the Jiajing bronze figures of the Ming Dynasty, the Qianlong bronze figures of the Qing Dynasty, the Guangxu bronze figures of the Qing Dynasty, etc. It is not uncommon to see those made by the private sector. There are many bronze figures of Tongrentang's Le's Pharmacy in various places that have been preserved to this day. There are also acupuncture and moxibustion mannequins made of tin, wood and other materials scattered among the people. North Korea and Japan also have many acupuncture and moxibustion bronze figures produced in our country or made or imitated by them.

The orthodox bronze figure was recently successfully imitated by the Institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion of the Chinese Medicine Research Institute. The original was plundered from Taiyiyuan by Tsarist Russia when the Eight-Power Allied Forces invaded Beijing in 1900, and is now hidden in the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Experts say that orthodox bronze figures not only have aesthetic value in a general sense, but also have extremely high Acupuncture and Moxibustion technical value, which reflects our country’s superb metal casting technology and our country’s life sciences at that time. level of development. Its successful imitation provides a valuable reference frame for the standardization of acupuncture and moxibustion acupoint. It is also of great significance for clarifying the inheritance and evolution of acupuncture and moxibustion and solving some years of confusion in the academic community.