Located in southeast China, Jiangxi is ringed on three sides by mountains, 
bordering rivers and lakes on the north. Mountains and hills undulate in the 
region, with large basins scattering in the middle. The complex and diverse 
terrain, is a cradle for a variety of plants.

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The humid and hot monsoon climate safeguards their growth. Soils of red, 
yellow, and other "colors" are highly-favorable for medicinal plants. The 
excellent environment makes Jiangxi one of the major birthplaces of the 
traditional Chinese medicine culture. There is a saying that goes "Nowhere can 
you find. More Chinese medicine than in Zhangshu, and nowhere can you have 
better Chinese medicine than in Zhangshu." Cutting is one of the specialties of 
Zhangbang medicinal materials, which has a history of more than 1,800 years. 
Zhang Xiaobo, 52 years old, is a national intangible cultural heritage 
inheritor of traditional Chinese medicine processing, passing down the 
specialized processing techniques of Zhangbang traditional medicine and 
dedicating to this mission for two entire decades. "White peony root into the 
air" is the ultimate embodiment of Zhangbang's specialized cutting technique. 
An experienced technician can cut an inch of white peony root into more than 
300 pieces. And the key to this skill is the moistening of medicinal materials. 
The slices will be affected when cutting, and the white peony root is cut into 
pieces in the blink of an eye. One cutting after another, and day after day, 
the spirit of Zhangbang in traditional Chinese medicine has no difference. For 
more than a thousand years, this is not only the inheritance of techniques, but 
also the insistence of benevolent hearts. "The white peony root slices can fly 
into the air, the tangerine peel is like a thread." The pursuit of the ultimate 
techniques and medicinal properties has made Zhangbang's Traditional Chinese 
medicine processing technique, one of the four major traditional processing 
schools in China. Jiangxi accounts for half of the traditional Chinese medicine 
sector.

The traditional Chinese medicine culture represented by Jiangxi follows the 
Chinese people through five thousand years of ups and downs. In theory and 
practice, between inheritance and innovation, traditional Chinese medicine has 
been passed down generation after generation.

SOURCE  CCTV+