BEIJING Falcons Tevin Coleman Jersey , July 1 (Xinhua) -- Though her work schedule is always busy, You Hongwen, a cellist from Taiwan, makes time for her studies. She is currently completing a three-year course at Hope Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) School in Beijing.
"TCM is more than just therapy, it is a way to learn more about yourself," said You.
She travels to Beijing every two weeks to join her classmates for a weekend of classes at the school. They also study online during the week.
Classes begin at 9:00 a.m. with Kungfu, a Chinese martial art, then the students study ancient medical literature and practise acupuncture techniques, which involve inserting thin needles into a patient's body at exact points that can relieve pain and ease the symptoms of many ailments.
"The school employs over 20 teachers with medical licenses and ten doctors work at its clinic," said Xu Wenbin, founder of the Hope TCM School.
Founded in 1999, the school offered the three-year course for the first time in 2009. Enrollment is capped at 96 students to ensure a high standard of teaching.
Xu said that Hope uses various approaches to attract more people to study the traditional practices. Five of the school's teachers will conduct a ten-day course in Japan this month, to increase knowledge of TCM outside China.
In addition, Xu previously hosted a radio show interpreting the Huangdi Neijing, or Inner Canon of the Yellow Emperor, the fundamental doctrinal text for Chinese medicine for more than two millennia.
The show attracted over three million listeners on Lizhi FM, a popular Chinese radio platform.
Hope TCM School also has a public account on China's messaging app WeChat, offering a free subscription service that enables its 2,700 followers to discuss their cases online and seek professional advice.
TCM is seen by many as a Chinese national treasure due to its unique theories and practices, such as herbal medicine, acupuncture, massage and nutritional components.
China hopes to revive this ancient knowledge and a revised law on TCM came into force Saturday.
The legislation will help to protect TCM and tackle the shortage of health resources in China, said Chen Luojia, head of China Association of Research and Development of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
Fuelled by continued innovation, TCM has gained growing momentum in China. By the end of 2016, 45 TCM research projects had won national scientific and technological awards.
The new law puts TCM and Western medicine on equal footing in China,with each learning from and complementing the other. In 2016, over 3.42 billion U.S. dollars in TCM products were exported to 183 countries or regions.
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LONDON, March 13 (Xinhua) -- During the upcoming Easter holiday, Britons will be given the chance to own their very own pier, with three of its 18th century piers being put up for sale.
Two of the piers are in the Northern England seaside resort of Blackpool, and the third in the North Wales resort of Llandudno.
The owners of the piers, Cuerden Leisure, have posted an asking price of almost 19 million U.S. dollars for all three.
Llandudno pier, which opened in 1877, is 695 meters long and is the only pier in Britain to be officially designated as a Grade 2 listed building to preserve it as a heritage structure. It has been given a price tag of 6.7 million U.S. dollars.
Known as the "Queen of Welsh Piers," Llandudno pier stands in a bay between two mountain outcrops known as the Little Orme and Great Orme.
Blackpool Central Pier, which is 341 meters long, is the oldest of the three, opened in 1864, is on offer at 7.1 million U.S. dollars. The neighboring South Pier, which opened in 1892 is 150 meters in length, with a price label of just under 5 million U.S. dollars.
Despite dating back to Britain's Victorian era, neither of the Blackpool piers have heritage protection status.
Leisure says the decision to sell the piers was because the company is restricting its assets. The three piers generate an annual income for the company of around 2.4 million U.S. dollars.
Company director St. John Stott said: "These assets are jewels in the crown of the UK's coastline and we are delighted to offer them to the market either as separate lots or collectively."
The National Piers Society, which promotes the preservation and continued enjoyment of seaside piers in Britain, said: "These three piers are all in good order and trading successfully. Given that Easter is almost upon us, we have no doubt they will quickly find a buyer or buyers."
Piers around Britain coastline first appeared in the mid-1800s following the birth of the railway age, giving millions of Britons the chance to escape the smoke and grime of industrial and mill towns.
Around 50, including the three now up for sale, survive with a similar number closing in the last half century.
The idea was to construct walkways stretching out of the coastline to allow day-trippers to soak up the healthier sea sir.
It paved the way for a generation of penny arcades, candy-floss stalls, donkey rides, kiss-me-quick hats or just lazing on a sunny afternoon in a deck chair along the pier.
Some piers also boasted end-of-pier theatres where many big-name stars appeared in variety shows.
The arrival of cheap flights to the warmer climate of the Mediterranean spelled the end for many piers, as holiday fashions. Cheap Hats Cheap Adidas NHL Shirts Cheap College Shirts Cheap MLB Hats China Cheap College Jerseys Free Shipping Cheap Soccer Jerseys Cheap NHL Jerseys Wholesale Cheap NFL Jerseys Wholesale Cheap Soccer Jerseys Wholesale Cheap NCAA College Jerseys