Reflect on the Ancients’ Health and Cares in the Dunhuang Murals

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10.2991/assehr.k.220706.009How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Health cares; Epidemic Prevention; Murals; Traditional Chinese Medicine

Abstract

Dunhuang murals are artworks painted according to local customs in the process of spreading Buddhist culture, and have a lot of mural content, showing the scientific methods and concepts of ancient ancestors in epidemic prevention, health care and hygiene. The ideas of “Cure a disease before its onset” and “the thought of man’s imitation of nature” reflected in the lives of the ancients. Embodied in the characteristics of building, environmental protection, epidemic prevention and management of personal hygiene, funeral hygiene and so on. By sorting out and summarizing these contents and learning the wisdom of the ancients, it can provide reference for epidemic prevention and health care of ordinary people under the background of normal epidemic.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Lamei Wang
AU  - Ni Wang
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/07/14
TI  - Reflect on the Ancients’ Health and Cares in the Dunhuang Murals
BT  - Proceedings of the 2022 3rd International Conference on Language, Art and Cultural Exchange（ICLACE 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 35
EP  - 39
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.220706.009
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.220706.009
ID  - Wang2022
ER  -