A visitant astatine the "Chinese Acupuncture and the world" accumulation successful Caxton House/the Confucius Institute for Traditional Chinese Medicine (CITCM) astatine London South Bank University (LSBU). [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
The "Chinese Acupuncture and the world" accumulation was opened connected 15 September 2022 successful Caxton House/the Confucius Institute for Traditional Chinese Medicine (CITCM) astatine London South Bank University (LSBU).
With images, texts, books and acupuncture instruments connected display, the accumulation covers 5 aspects of Chinese acupuncture - intangible taste practice of humanity, past of Chinese acupuncture and moxibustion, diagnostic and attraction techniques of Chinese acupuncture and moxibustion, inheritance and acquisition of acupuncture and moxibustion, and planetary communications and interactions successful acupuncture and moxibustion.
LSBU's Vice-Chancellor Professor David Phoenix and Deputy Vice-Chancellor Professor Deborah Johnston attended the reception. Also contiguous were Director of the Shulan College of Chinese Medicine Professor Shulan Tang, Director of London Academy of Chinese Acupuncture Professor Tianjun Wang, Director of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Oxford Institute Professor Yuling Ma, on with implicit 50 invited guests, including members of assemblage bodies specified arsenic the British Acupuncture Council, the Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and Chinese Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine Alliance UK.
Executive Director of CITCM Professor Yinong Xu hosted the reception. Professor Phoenix, acknowledging that Chinese medicine and Western medicine person their ain distinctive features successful mentation and practice, expressed his large appreciation and enactment for CITCM's publication to promoting communications and exchanges betwixt Chinese and Western medicines. Professor Johnston reiterated the 3 missions of CITCM: to heighten cross-cultural knowing and engagement, to assistance section superior and secondary schools instrumentality Chinese connection learning and teaching successful their ceremonial curriculum, and to make Chinese acupuncture and related alternate medicines successful the UK.
Afterwards, CITCM's Co-Director Dr Bo Sheng from Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine and the visiting student Dr Bo Ouyang from the National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine respectively spoke to the audience, emphasizing that Caxton Acupuncture Clinic is simply a apical acupuncture session successful the UK, and expressing their beardown willingness for aboriginal multi-lateral collaboration.
On behalf of the organizer, Professor Xu introduced the intent and inheritance of the accumulation and elaborated connected what was mentioned by each of the speakers. He besides expressed his sincere acknowledgment to the Caxton House squad for their industrious and nonrecreational work, and to each the guests for their information successful the event.
With healthcare, well-being and non-pharmacological therapies gaining popularity successful the UK successful caller years, Chinese acupuncture has besides received expanding attraction and recognition. This accumulation provides a accidental to showcase Chinese acupuncture arsenic an intangible taste practice of humanity. The guests astatine the reception commented that this accumulation enabled them to person a deeper and broader knowing of Chinese acupuncture and its history, and to bespeak much connected the existent concern and improvement of acupuncture. The accumulation volition stay unfastened until 11 November to the nationalist escaped of charge.
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