| United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization(UNESCO) separately passed 4 documents during past 30 years,i.e.Convention Concerning the protection of the World Cultural And Natural heritage(1972),Resolution of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity(1997),Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural heritage(2003),and Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Culture Expressions(2005) for the sake of preserving the humanity heritages.The Chinese government,as one of the members of the UN has also signed these documents.Since 1980s,with the wave of World Heritage-Crazy,the preservation of cultural and natural heritages in China has gained more and more attentions from all walks.Chinese Government has been invested huge energy in cultural and natural heritages declaration and protection,which has yielded substantial result.Up to June,2007,China has succeeded to declare 39 world heritages, concluding 6 world natural heritages,26 world cultural heritages(including 1 cultural landscape),4 world cultural and natural heritages,4 world humanity oral and intangible cultural heritages.Especially after the UNESCO successively in 2003 and 2005 passed the documents Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural heritage,and Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Culture Expressions,and with the effort of all involved government departments and the men of insight,China has enhanced the arrangement,research,rescue,and protection of the Intangible Cultural heritage.In 2005,the First Declaration for Intangible Cultural Heritage launched in the nation.So far,among the nationwide 518 intangible cultural heritages have been declared,and in the future the declaration is in an orderly way.Traditional Chinese Medicine(TCM),for her great medicinal value which rises to her unique status in the antiquity and both the modern scientific-technical history, has attracted extensive social attention.People gradually notice that TCM not only concludes complete theory system and abundant clinical experience but also contains profound meaning.TCM is a course of natural science with distinct feature of humanities.At the same time,under the pressure of global economy and reform,like other traditional cultures,TCM reaches the time for its very survival.Therefore,TCM is opening its mystery veiled face,and present to the whole world a brand-new gesture as Culture,Intangible Culture and Intangible Cultural heritage.Furthermore, the declaration of TCM as the masterpiece of intangible cultural heritage is on the schedule.Since 2003,the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine has begun to prepare the declaration for TCM as intangible cultural heritage.The committee for this purpose was organized by the experts from all related areas and with a great deal of investigates about TCM and other ethnic minority medicine,the content of declaration has been drawn out.The draft decided to declare TCM as a macrocosm system,with details which involved the areas of TCM cognitive method on bionomy and diseases,TCM diagnostics,procession of Chinese crude drugs,TCM preparation method,acupuncture and moxibustion,Traditional Chinese Orthopedics and Traumatology,Culture of Tong Ren Tang Traditional Chinese Medicines,Culture of Hu Qing Yu Tang Traditional Chinese Medicines,and traditional Tibetan medicine. In 2006,the declaration for TCM as intangible cultural heritage formally started.The declaration also brought a lot of questions,such as the meaning of the declaration,the scientific and cultural feature,the original nature and modernity,as well as the flourish and endangerment of TCM,and the relations between these aspects and the declaration.At the same time,there is another voice which opposes TCM and even more asks to negate,abolish,and say farewell to TCM.Therefore,it is necessary to discus these questions concern on the declaration.By discussing these questions,we can refresh our understanding and definition of TCM from the angles of sociology,anthropology,and economics areas,instead of the points of view from pure theory and technique of medicine which we used to research into.There is theoretic and practical significance on the declaration,and also an excellent reference for the preserve of other traditional cultures and intangible heritages.This thesis is divided into 7 sections:(1) The panorama of TCM and intangible cultural heritage.Introducing and analyzing the definition of TCM,its brief history,its science system,the academic and professional specialty,the historic value as well as the practical meaning in the range of China and even the whole world in a certain extent;briefly introduce 9 items which was confirmed as the national intangible cultural heritages,i.e.①TCM cognitive method on bionomy and diseases,②TCM diagnostics,③Procession of Chinese crude drugs,④TCM preparation method,⑤Acupuncture and moxibustion,⑥Traditional Chinese Orthopedics and Traumatology,⑦Culture of Tong Ren Tang Traditional Chinese Medicines,⑧Culture of Hu Qing Yu Tang Traditional Chinese Medicines,⑨Traditional Tibetan medicine.(2) The background and meaning of the declaration of TCM as one of the intangible cultural heritages.Setting forth the cultural background of the declaration of TCM,and the promoting meaning for the development of TCM and traditional Chinese culture.(3) The scientific and cultural feature of TCM.Discussing the relationship of these two aspects.(4) The representation of TCM.Expatiating on the cultural presentation of TCM in System,which contents the below aspects.①Chinese,Chinese literature,and ancient documents,②Social,philology,and religious ideas,③Ethics and morals,④History,literature,and arts,⑤Folk customs and festivals,⑥Learning with masters,family and in government schools,⑦Wushu and Qigong,⑧Famous herbal medicine shop with hundreds years,⑨The Saint of TCM and the King of medicine,⑩Cultural relics and archeology.(5) The original nature and modernity of TCM.Describing the two opposite and complementary parts of TCM..(6) The flourish and endangerment of TCM.Anglicizing the paradoxical two parts.(7) Some advices for the declaration.Promoting to add 3 more contents: cultivation of herbs,massage and health preserving.Declaring acupuncture as independent project,building up the protective system for TCM as the intangible cultural heritage concluding by legislative protection,the protection of the museum, named protection and education protection.Through the discussion of the questions above,we can reach to the conclusion that TCM both has the scientific and cultural features,and with the specific presentation of humanity.The original nature and modernity of TCM decides that we should perfectly harmonize the relations of them for the declaration.The flourish and endangerment of TCM asks not to deny the achievement of TCM.At last,the author would like to give some advices for declaration.What we have discussed in this paper has profound theoretical and practical significance in the preservation,inheritance,development and innovation of TCM, and also has the reference meaning for the preservation and inheritance of other traditional cultures and intangible cultural heritages.
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