ECUST Hosted Traditional Chinese Medicine Activities
ECUST recently hosted a medical and cultural event in partnership with local healthcare institutions. The event was attended by local health officials, department directors, and more than 200 faculty members and students, and featured a medical partnership signing ceremony, free Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) consultations, and an immersive “Five-Tone Therapy” concert.
The event opened with a cooperation agreement between the University Hospital of ECUST and the Lingyun Subdistrict Community Health Service Center. Guided by a shared commitment to resource integration and service enhancement, the partnership aimed to strengthen campus health support systems and extend high-quality public healthcare services to the university community. This effort also contributed to the broader Healthy China initiative.
The event then moved on to a free TCM consultation session. Medical professionals provided tailored services, including weight management guidance and treatment for chronic neck, shoulder, and lower back pain.
Specially invited intangible cultural heritage inheritors, including practitioners of Taiji Bone Setting (a traditional manual therapy) and the Fuyang School, a TCM school emphasizing the restoration of vital yang energy, offered hands-on guidance.
Through these interactive experiences, participants were introduced to the TCM principle of “preventive treatment of disease”, which refers to treating illness before it arises. The session equipped faculty and students with practical self-care techniques. Many international students noted that the experience provided a firsthand insight into traditional Chinese approaches to health and wellness.
The highlight of the event was the immersive concert titled “Boundless: Five-Tone Energy Field.” Rooted in the Huangdi Neijing, a foundational text of traditional Chinese medicine, the performance drew on the theory of “Five-Tone Therapy.”
In this framework, the five musical notes, Gong, Shang, Jiao, Zhi, and Yu, are believed to correspond respectively to the spleen, lungs, liver, heart, and kidneys in traditional Chinese medicine.
A professional ensemble performed classical pieces using traditional instruments such as the Guqin (a seven-string zither), the Xiao (a vertical bamboo flute), the Xun (a clay ocarina), and the Pipa (a lute). Accompanied by herbal fragrances aligned with the Five Elements theory, the concert created a multi-sensory healing environment, allowing the audience to relax, relieve stress, and restore physical and mental balance.
This initiative demonstrates how modern health promotion can be meaningfully integrated with traditional Chinese cultural heritage. Looking ahead, ECUST will continue to leverage high-quality local healthcare resources to provide culturally engaging and accessible health services on campus.