Beijing Yushengtang Museum of traditional Chinese Medicine

Beijing Yushengtang Museum of traditional Chinese Medicine

Beijing Yushengtang Museum of traditional Chinese medicine is located near Wangfu, xiaodangshan District, Beijing. It was opened to the public in 2003. It is a museum of traditional Chinese medicine, which integrates the collection of historical relics, medicine equipment, medical records and specimens of traditional Chinese medicine.

Introduction to the library

Beijing Yushengtang Museum of traditional Chinese medicine is the first private museum of traditional Chinese medicine in Beijing. It was originally located in Fengtai South Road, Fengtai District, Beijing, and later moved to Wangfu apartment in Beiqijia Town, Changping District. It was opened to the public in 2003. It carries nearly 400 years of history of Yushengtang's old drugstore. At the beginning of its establishment, it has been focusing on sorting out Yushengtang's own historical materials, but there are a large number of other well-known time-honored brands in its nearly 10000 collections. Under the advice of many experts of folk culture and Museum, Yushengtang Museum of traditional Chinese medicine has shouldered the historical responsibility of inheriting the essence of Chinese medicine theory and protecting the historical relics of traditional Chinese medicine. The collection scope has also been expanded to cover all the time-honored drug stores and even the historical relics and materials of traditional Chinese medicine. It has become one of the three major museums of traditional Chinese medicine in China today.

In the museum, you can feel the long history of traditional Chinese medicine from the nine needles and Bian stones in the era of Neijing to the black glazed medicine jar in Song Dynasty, and then to the advertisement packaging of old medicine shops in Ming and Qing Dynasties; from the keel with oracle bone inscriptions, Han bamboo slips, Imperial prescriptions for Tongzhi emperor, to the old herbal specimens with a hundred years history, you can experience the relationship between traditional Chinese medicine and traditional culture Close contact. Other examples include jade needles in Liangzhu culture, handkerchiefs used to wrap needle tubes in Liao Dynasty, Ganoderma Lucidum with a history of 300 years, massagers in Tai hospital in Qing Dynasty, medical refrigerators in Qing Dynasty, Hu Qingyu hall, a famous doctor in Qing Dynasty Lao Zheng and "Jiangnan medicine king", medical records used by Shi Jinmo, the first of the "four famous doctors" in the capital during the Republic of China, Yusheng hall, Tongren hall, Henian hall and Hu Qingyu hall The medicine items and prescriptions of Qingyu hall, the medicine jar, medicine spoon, medicine pestle and other traditional Chinese medicine utensils of various dynasties They carry the history of the development of traditional Chinese medicine, but also show the magic of Chinese medicine.

The cultural relics display of Yushengtang Museum of traditional Chinese medicine is divided into seven parts: the old medicine shop of Yushengtang in the Qing Dynasty, the statue of the medicine king of all dynasties, the utensils of traditional Chinese medicine of all dynasties, the specimens of ancient Chinese herbal medicine, the packaging of ancient Chinese herbal medicine, the medical books and periodicals of all dynasties, and the medical records of modern medicine. In addition, Yushengtang also displays more than 10000 pieces of ancient Chinese ceramic toys and more than 2000 pieces of ancient Chinese advertisements. Traditional Chinese medicine has a long history, broad and profound, and has its own system. Here, you can see the reproduction of the Yusheng Hall pharmacy in Qing Dynasty, appreciate thousands of precious medical relics collected in Yusheng hall, understand Shennong, Bian Que, Hua Tuo, Sun Simiao, Li Shizhen and all the famous medical celebrities in the past, and see the essence of Chinese medicine culture treasure house.

As a time-honored brand of traditional Chinese medicine, "Yushengtang" has a profound history. Today, Yushengtang has the world's most abundant Museum of traditional Chinese Medicine - Beijing Yushengtang Museum of traditional Chinese medicine, as well as a modern research center of traditional Chinese medicine, a diagnosis and treatment center of traditional Chinese medicine, and a production and cultivation base of traditional Chinese medicine. Yushengtang Museum has developed the world's first Chinese medicine preparation for the treatment of H1N1 influenza A - Jinhua Qinggan prescription, which has been put into mass production and clinical application, making an important contribution to the global fight against influenza A.

Collection

The exhibition of the museum is divided into seven parts: the old medicine shop landscape of Yushengtang in Qing Dynasty, the traditional Chinese medicine utensils of the past dynasties, the ancient Chinese herbal medicine specimens, the ancient Chinese herbal medicine packaging, the medical books and newspapers of the past dynasties, the modern medical prescriptions and medical cases, and the copy advertisements. There are more than 2000 exhibits. The important collections include jade needles of Liangchu culture period, bone needles of Neolithic age, bronze needles of Warring States period, bianque needles, plum blossom needles, red wood of medical refrigerator in Qing Dynasty, pictures of Tongren Mingtang, medical records of Shi Jinmo, ceramic medicine cans, etc. In addition, there are also various kinds of precious medical souvenirs presented to doctors of Yusheng hall by the neighbors of Qing Dynasty. Yushengtang treasures thousands of ceramic medicine pots from song, yuan, Ming, Qing and Republic of China. On the front of each pot are the names, shop names, addresses and names of the old medicine shops written in underglaze color.

architectural composition

In terms of layout, the museum has restored the "Yushengtang old Drugstore". In the museum, the plaque of Yushengtang personally inscribed by Emperor Qianlong shows the glory of the drugstore in its heyday, while the statue of Shennong in Ming Dynasty holding Ganoderma lucidum, the rusty iron hook with a mottled wooden cover, the statue of the king of medicine standing on the old medicine cabinet, and the wooden medicine box for outpatient service on the counter All kinds of gold and silver medicine utensils, old medicine cabinets, old account books used in Yusheng hall are displayed according to the old appearance at that time, as well as the keel with Oracle Bone characters, bear gall, red coral, keel, rhinoceros horn and other precious medicinal materials used in Yusheng hall at that time. You can experience the feeling of crossing time and space, and feel the scene of people coming and going and prosperous business in front of the old medicine shop hundreds of years ago. We can even see the whole process of the imperial doctor's treatment for the emperor and the changes of the emperor's condition in the process of applying the medicine.

Development history

Yushengtang was founded in 1608, the 36th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty. It is a medicine shop and trade name that focuses on medicine, Chinese medicine and collecting antiques. Yushengtang was originally located in the east gate of Yuci County, Shanxi Province, and later to Beijing, Hebei and other places. In the early years of Qianlong reign of Qing Dynasty, Yushengtang's career developed to its peak. The pills were genuine, fair to both the old and the young, and had a good reputation. The good reputation affected Shanxi, Shandong, Hebei, Shaanxi and other northern areas. At that time, local officials once regarded Yushengtang's Apricot virtue as the basis of local official administration Emperor Qianlong was very happy when his achievements were reported to the imperial court. He thought that the world was well governed and the people wanted it. He wrote a plaque on Yusheng hall and gave it to Bai Lingyun, the seventh generation successor of Yusheng hall. From the Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty, Yushengtang was in full swing for nearly 300 years. In the middle of last century, Yushengtang's descendants began to prepare for the construction of Yushengtang's Museum of traditional Chinese medicine, aiming to show the precious cultural relics of traditional Chinese medicine used, collected and inherited by Yushengtang people of all ages to the world.

After the 1980s, Yushengtang was handed down from generation to generation. After years of preparation, Bai's descendants established the first private Chinese medicine exhibition room in Beijing in 1998, and then held the "Yushengtang Centennial Chinese medicine cultural relics collection exhibition" in Tianjin, which caused a sensation. In 1999, Yushengtang Chinese Medicine Museum in Beijing was formally established. Since then, Yushengtang has successively held "Yushengtang's 100 year old advertisement collection exhibition", "Yushengtang's medical prescription Copy Collection Exhibition", "Yushengtang's collection of 1000 pieces of Ancient Ceramic Dog Toys Exhibition" in Beijing century altar and other places. Yushengtang Museum aims to promote Chinese traditional culture and provide a place for Chinese cultural researchers and Chinese medicine professionals to enjoy and learn from. Chinese medicine culture has been paid more and more attention by Chinese people and even people all over the world. Yushengtang Museum of traditional Chinese medicine gives full play to its resource advantages, holds exhibitions and undertakes various cultural publicity activities of traditional Chinese medicine. We have established extensive contacts with many large museums at home and abroad. Plan international tour exhibition and domestic tour exhibition in large and medium-sized cities. Beijing Yushengtang Museum of traditional Chinese medicine is known by the industry as a large-scale museum of traditional Chinese medicine with the largest collection and the best collection quality in China. It is known by experts as "cultural treasure of traditional Chinese medicine" and "Encyclopedia of traditional Chinese medicine in the world". He was awarded the title of "Chinese medicine culture propaganda and education base" by the State Administration of Chinese medicine.

Library status

Yushengtang Museum of traditional Chinese Medicine - Beijing Yushengtang core resource library. Yushengtang Museum of traditional Chinese medicine from the Warring States period to the Republic of China, the value of the collection of medical books and prescriptions is amazing to the experts of Chinese medical history, literature and archaeology. What's more valuable is the collection of endless treasures - Royal recipes, Royal health care skills, beauty tips And classical Chinese medicine theory essence and thick traditional Chinese medicine culture accumulation.

All kinds of medical records, medical books and prescriptions in the collection have become the core resources in the fields of medicine, health food, cosmetics and health management of Yushengtang in contemporary Beijing, connecting the long history of Yushengtang yesterday and the rapid development of Yushengtang today, laying a solid foundation for the future glory of Yushengtang and becoming the foundation of Yushengtang in Beijing It is also the historical responsibility and mission of Beijing Yushengtang to refine, excavate and apply modern biotechnology to develop various medical, health, beauty and beauty recipes, so that they can serve the health and happiness of modern people.

Visit information

bus line

BRT line 3 to pingxifu intersection south station, about 300 meters west of the intersection in Wangfu apartment yard;

Subway route

Subway line 5, Tiantongyuan north station, 487, 537, 984, 985, 426, 430, etc. wait until pingxifu intersection station, about 300 meters west of the intersection, in Wangfu apartment.

Self driving route

1. Beijing Tibet Expressway (formerly Badaling) is at the exit of Bei'an river. Drive about 10 km eastward at the traffic lights to Wangfu apartment community

2. Go straight to Litang Road, turn left, turn right when you see the traffic lights on the southbound Road, and turn west to Wangfu apartment on the north side of 300m road.

3. Anli road - Litang road - Wangfu apartment about 300 meters west of pingxifu intersection.

geographical position

Wangfu, Beiqijia Town, Changping District, Beijing

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