A Research About Birth And Parenting Of Dunhuang In Tang And The Five Dynasties

The medical system and the continuous improvement of medical education be welldeveloped of Tang and the Five Dynasties, children’s health issues are of great concern.People accumulated rich medical knowledge and experience in child birth and rearing inchildren’s birth nurture. There are many treatment data reflects the ancient Dunhuangarea of pediatric diseases in medical literature and ancient Dunhuang murals. From themedical improvement in Dunhuang to start the Tang and the Five Dynasty,combinemedical knowledge and custom, Dunhuang discussed medical and health care awarenessat the process of raising a child from two sides of the give birth and raise in Tang and theFive Dynasties.Feudal society attaches great importance to men, there are various kinds behaviorsof prey a boy among the people,so did Dunhuang. People often seek some pray childactivities with the purposes of longing for children in Dunhuang, such as physicalconditioning in accordance with common sense, pray to the gods and the like. Ancientpeople had understood pregnant woman how to care health, extremely attention to thechild’s ancient culture, so the woman began prenatal care from pregnancy, miscarriage atthe same time pay attention to the problem, there are prescription Dunhuang Medicalliterature on tocolysis. Ancient Chinese medical technology and the level is relativelybackward, when the fetus is born, whether it is maternal or fetal are facing great danger.Besides utilize medical science to deliver a child, people also use superstitious ways toprey mother and child both doing well.In this process it produced many customsassociated with fertility.How to carry out nursing is very important after the baby was born. In theDunhuang documents，we can learn that people attach great importance to the livingcuisine and feeding of the newborn in Dunhuang. Feeding the newborn is very important,ancient physicians had advocated breastfeeding. Breast-feeding for infants and youngchildren, there are two ways, one is personally breastfeeding by the mother, is hiring amilk replacer. Children will be confronted with a great variety of illness.There are a lot ofancient medical side in a large number of the Dunhuang Library Cave testament, itreflect children’s health has received attention of physicians and society. Because of thelimited medical level, when physician can not cure the patient, usually people use otherways to cure,such as to religion for help,superstitious divination and so on. People have realized a series of behavior for children’s health in everyday life in the process of raisingchildren，and have noticed the importance of health care and disease prevention.many ofDunhuang grottoes murals can be reflected.