QINGYANG, China, Sept. 21, 2026/ Xinhua-AsiaNet / --
On 19 th September, the 2026 Gansu Qingyang Qihuang Cultural Forum opened in Qingcheng County. This forum innovatively integrates two core IPs of Chinese civilization, including Qihuang Traditional Chinese Medicine and Nanzuo Prehistorical Civilization, gathering up to 500 domestic experts, scholars, medicine practitioners, and university representatives, exploring the ways of inheriting and innovating traditional medicine, and carrying on ancient Chinese civilization together.
At the opening ceremony, participators held the solemn traditional ritual of paying homage to Qibo, the originator of medicine. They respected the ancestor with rites and music, reciting classics, and offering local herbs from Gansu, passing down the long standing TCM civilization. The forum embarked on academic discussions around frontier topics such as intelligent TCM development, whole life cycle health management, and tracing the source of Chinese civilization at Nanzuo site, promoting the deep integration between traditional medicine and modern technology.
The event carried out public welfare free clinic, TCM wellness experiences, and academic research exchanges synchronously, letting the millennial Qihuang wisdom benefit people's livelihoods.
As the birthplace of Qihuang culture, Qingyang accumulates profound cultural heritage of Traditional Chinese Medicine. The Nanzuo site, awarded as one of the top ten new archaeological discoveries in China, is an important carrier of proving the 5,000 years history of Chinese civilization. This forum spreads Chinese civilization with the integration and innovation of dual cultural contexts, presenting the vitality and creativity of excellent traditional Chinese culture to the world.
