Zhuang Medicine

2015-09-04 01:39:50 Author：culture Source：National culture Browse number：0 Comment 0 A

Just as Yao people are talented medicinal Spa experts, Zhuang people are gifted doctors when it comes to combat various poisons. Living in the subtropical area where snakes and insects abound, they h

Just as Yao people are talented medicinal Spa experts, Zhuang people are gifted doctors when it comes to combat various poisons. Living in the subtropical area where snakes and insects abound, they have accumulated numerous methods to tackle snake bite, insect bite, food poison, arrow poison and even witchcraft poison. One of the greatest attributions of Zhuang medicine is the medicine for snake bite. A blessing for those unfortunate souls.

Festivals

Besides traditional Chinese festival including Chinese New Year, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid Autumn Festival, Double Ninth Festival, Zhuang people also stage their own festivals such as Zhuang New Year, Sanyuesan (March Third Festival or Gexu Festival), Si Yue Ba(April the Eighth), Liu Yue Liu (June the Sixth), Qi Yue Qi(July the Seventh), Luotuo Festival, Yabai Festival, Chili Festival and Longduan Festival. Among which, Sanyuesan and Zhuang New Year are two prominent ones.