Feeling the Beauty of Taiji and Sharing the Joy of Being Healthy

From November 26 to December 3,2023,Professor Wu Dong of the International Wushu Development Research Center of the China Wushu School,Beijing Sport University went to Tanzania and Mauritius to give lectures.During the 8-day China Story Taijiquan lecture series,the people of Tanzania and Mauritius have got close to Taijiquan,understood the mystery of Taijiquan and experienced its effects on health.

Research on the Ecological Wisdom of Traditional Dwellings of the Liangshan Yi Nationality Based on Regional Climate

As a typical building with ethnic and regional characteristics in southwest Chi-na, its construction skills contain rich local ecological wisdom. The detailed analysis of the climatic and geomorphological features of the Liangshan Yi nationality area shows that the thermal mass effect is the first choice for the passive adjustment strategy of residential dwellings. This study focuses on the typical representatives of traditional dwellings in Meigu County, analyzing the wisdom of ecological construction to improve the thermal mass effects of res-idential buildings at the macro (village), moderate (courtyard), and micro (building unit) levels. Based on this analysis, the study summarizes the “genetic factor library” of the ecological construction mode of traditional Yi residential dwellings. Finally, the measured data of the residential thermal environment and the simulation data of Ecotect software are used to study and judge the logic behind its ecological construction wisdom. The results show that the tradi-tional dwellings of the Yi nationality in Liangshan have six aspects of local en-vironmental knowledge to improve the thermal mass effects performance of buildings. The winter thermal environment of the house is comfortable, and the heat is sufficient;Rammed earth materials in residential buildings have more potent, powerful, and robust thermal mass effects performance than stone slabs and wooden boards.

The Research of the Relationship Between Yangming’s Yixue and His Xinxue

Yangming’s Yixue had been developed several times in his life since originated in Longchang.Yangming’s Yixue and his Xinxue are both sides of the same corn.The Yangming’s Yixue can be roughly divided into two periods.There were the early and middle period of Yangming’s Yixue,which is intended to explain the principles of Yi Zhuan(《易传》)with the theory of Xinxue.The finish of Yangming’s Yixue was a second stage in Yangming’s later years.From the perspective of form and content,there are differences that cannot be ignored between Yangming’s early and middle period and his later years.In the first stage of Yangming’s study,the“Virtuousness”(贞)in Book of Changes is the principle and nature in university.In the later period,Yangming had not focused on interpreting the“Yi Zhuan”,but on the interpretation of ZhouYi’s(《周易》)principles to supplement the connotation of the propositions of Xinxue.This article intends to understand the relationship between Yangming’s Yixue and his Xinxue by dividing the different stages of Yangming’s Yixue firstly.Then by focusing on the influence of Yangming’s later years’Yixue on his Xinxue,we can observe the relation between his Yixue and Xinxue.

A Method for Detecting and Recognizing Yi Character Based on Deep Learning

Aiming at the challenges associated with the absence of a labeled dataset for Yi characters and the complexity of Yi character detection and recognition,we present a deep learning-based approach for Yi character detection and recognition.In the detection stage,an improved Differentiable Binarization Network(DBNet)framework is introduced to detect Yi characters,in which the Omni-dimensional Dynamic Convolution(ODConv)is combined with the ResNet-18 feature extraction module to obtain multi-dimensional complementary features,thereby improving the accuracy of Yi character detection.Then,the feature pyramid network fusion module is used to further extract Yi character image features,improving target recognition at different scales.Further,the previously generated feature map is passed through a head network to produce two maps:a probability map and an adaptive threshold map of the same size as the original map.These maps are then subjected to a differentiable binarization process,resulting in an approximate binarization map.This map helps to identify the boundaries of the text boxes.Finally,the text detection box is generated after the post-processing stage.In the recognition stage,an improved lightweight MobileNetV3 framework is used to recognize the detect character regions,where the original Squeeze-and-Excitation(SE)block is replaced by the efficient Shuffle Attention(SA)that integrates spatial and channel attention,improving the accuracy of Yi characters recognition.Meanwhile,the use of depth separable convolution and reversible residual structure can reduce the number of parameters and computation of the model,so that the model can better understand the contextual information and improve the accuracy of text recognition.The experimental results illustrate that the proposed method achieves good results in detecting and recognizing Yi characters,with detection and recognition accuracy rates of 97.5%and 96.8%,respectively.And also,we have compared the detection and recognition algorithms proposed in this paper with other typical algorithms.In these comparisons,the proposed model achieves better detection and recognition results with a certain reliability.

Poverty Alleviation by Helping the Disabled in Impoverished Mountainous Areas of Western China:Taking Luquan Yi and Miao Autonomous County in Yunnan Province as an Example

Disabled people are the poorest in the rural poor with the biggest difficulty in getting rid of poverty and the highest rate of returning to poverty.They are one of the key groups in rural poverty alleviation work.This is the key and difficult point of winning the fight against poverty.Luquan County is a national poverty-stricken county with a large number of disabled people.Since the implementation of the fight against poverty in 2016,the county has introduced a series of policies and measures to help the disabled to get rid of poverty from housing,medical care,schooling for children of the disabled and income increase,and good results have been achieved in poverty alleviation,making important contributions to the poverty alleviation of the county.Based on field research and interviews,this paper analyzes and condenses the specific practices,main results and successful experience of the poverty alleviation model in Luquan County,Yunnan Province to provide necessary reference for the targeted poverty alleviation by helping the disabled in Yunnan Province and other provinces.

Unprotected Sex with Casual Partners: A Neglected Source of HIV Transmission among Members of the Yi Minority in Southwestern China

The Yi are the largest and most disadvantaged ethnic minority population in southwestern China. This region contains over eight million Yi, with approximately 2.4 million living in the Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture （Liangshan） in Sichuan Province. Liangshan is located along one of the main drug trafficking routes from the ＇Golden Triangle＇ to northwest and central China, making it one of the largest illicit drug production and distribution centers in China.

On the Development of Modern Tourism in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture,Sichuan Province

Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan province is the largest community of the Yi ethnic group in China,which has developed a rich culture over its long history.Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture also boasts the modern aerospace industry,unique landscapes of mountains and valleys,and featured modern agriculture.All these provide the prefecture with rich tourism resources.Since the mid-1980s,modern tourism in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture has gone through three stages.(a)Infancy stage(the mid-1980s to late-1990s):In this period,tourism as an industry was small in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture and was mainly engaged in the reception business.(b)Operation stage(2000 to 2016):In this period,Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture began to develop nature tourism relying on its magnificent mountains,which promoted economic development in certain areas.(c)Region-wide development stage:In 2017,Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture began to seek region-wide development in tourism in response to rural revitalization.Since then,Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture has witnessed a profound transformation in its tourism industry.The region,focusing on developing regional featured agriculture,has made great efforts to promote rural development and agritourism,with the aim of enabling rural residents to benefit from the development of the modern economy and rural areas to achieve dual development in both traditional production and modern economy.This paper reviewed the development course of modern tourism in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture in order to reveal the relationship between the market and the policies.Though tourism market explorations usually come before policy introduction,the policies are necessary to regulate the market for its sound development.In addition,this paper further investigated the profound impact of modern tourism on Liangshan’s social development.

Effect of Zhuang Yi Liu Fang Teng Fang on the Expression of TNF-αand NF-κB in Chronic Pelvic Inflammatory Disease(CPID)Model Rats

Objecrive:To investigate the expression of TNF-αand NF-κB in the uterus of chronic pelvic inflammatory disease(CPID)model rats.Methods:40 female rats that adaptive fed for 5 days were randomly divided into normal group,model group,high dose group,medium dose group and low dosegroup.In addition to the normal group:the rats in each group were made chronic pelvic inflammatory model by mechanical injuuy combined with implantation of bacteria.The rats in each group were administrated by gavage for 20days.After the last administration,the level of TNF-αand NF-κB in serum was measured by ELASA method.Results:(1)after the establishment of the model,the uterus of the chronic pelvic inflammatory model rats showed the pathological damage of chroic infilammation;the levels of lNF-αand NF-κB inserum were higher than those in the normal group,the difference was statistically significant(P<0.05).(2)After the drug intervention,the uterine tissue morphology of the rats in the Zhuang Yi Liu Fang Teng Fang Group was basically restored to normal,with only a small amount of inflammatory cell infiltration and other pathological changes;compared with the rats in the model group,the TNF-αin serum of the rats in each treatment group was lower,the difference was statistically significant(P<0.05).The expression of NF-κB in serum of each treatment group was lower fthan that of the model group(P<0.05).Conclusion:Zhuang Yi Liu Teng Fang can efectively improve the endometrial histomorphology of CPID model rats,and regulate the levels of TNF-αand NF-κB in the uterus of chronic pelvic inflammatory model rats.

Minister Wu Yi On the Development of China's Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation in the 1990s

Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation Wu Yi made a report entitled Opportunity and Prospects: Basic Thoughts on the Development of China’s Foreign Trade and Economic Relations in the 1990s to Chinese and foreign participants working in this fields at an international seminar on China’s Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation held in Beijing in mid-May.

Analysis on the characteristics of Yi nationality herbal single experience prescription in wuliangshan district

彝族医药是中医学的一个重要组成部分,彝族医药既有中医学的内涵,又具有鲜明的民族特色和用药特点。无量山区彝族民间流传的单验方很多都源自经典,重视食疗,用药因地取材,治法灵活,疗效显著,又有独特的妇女产期药浴法及立夏旱(陷)脚疗法等,值得关注。

Spatiotemporal evolution of ecosystem service value and topographic gradient effect in the Da-Xiao Liangshan Mountains in Sichuan Province,China

The Da-Xiao Liangshan mountains are critical ecological function areas and essential ecological barriers in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River in China.This study selected a total of six periods of land use land cover(LULC)data from 1995 to 2020,to estimate the ecosystem service value(ESV)and analyzed its spatiotemporal evolution and topographic gradient divergence.The results showed that:(1)The ESV increased by 1.1 billion yuan,with an increase rate of 1.47%from 1995 to 2020.Two time periods,2005–2010 and 2015–2020,showed more significant increases than other periods.(2)The elevation and slope of mountainous areas determine the type of land use and further influence the spatial pattern of ESV.(3)Although woodland and grassland are the main land use types of the study area(more than 90%),the hydrological regulation function of the water area partially compensated for the impact of the encroachment of the built-up area on the ESV of grassland.(4)The spatial distribution of ESVs showed an inverted V-shaped characteristic as the topographic gradient increased,with the dominant position being the 5th topographic gradient zone.Finally,this study provided relevant recommendations for ecosystem protection and optimization.The findings of this study clarified the influence of topographical factors on the spatial differentiation of ESV and provided novel insights into ecosystem protection.

Traditional Chinese medicine “Qing Yi Tang” alleviates oxygen free radical injury in acute necrotizing pancreatitis

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Comparison on conjunctival sac bacterial flora of the seniors with dry eye in Ganzi autonomous prefecture

AIM:To compare the bacterial flora in palpebral conjunctiva of xerophthalmia seniors of Tibetan,Yi and Han,and analyze the differences and similarities of the bacteria.·METHODS:The test subjects were selected from 2Tibetan,2 Yi and 3 Han populated places,respectively.Total 222 seniors(444 eyes) with dry eye were examined.Secretion was collected from the palpebral conjunctiva of the subjects and then inoculated onto a blood agar plate.After 48h of incubation,the bacteria were examined for the differences and similarities between different ethnics.·RESULTS:There was no significant difference(P 】0.05)of Gram stain characterization,dominant bacteria and number of the bacterial species present in oxrophthalmia patients among Tibetan,Yi and Han nationalities.The bacteria presented in all groups include staphylococcus epidermidis,corynebacterium,micrococcus luteu,int-racellular bacteria sphingomonas,pseudomonas aerug-inosa.The bacteria detected from the two of three ethnic groups were staphylococcus aureus,staphylococcus haemolyticus,escherichia coli,kytococcus sedentarius,streptococcus angina,micrococcus lylae,and staphy-lococcus heads.The incidence rate of bacteria-associated dry eye in Tibetan population was significantly lower than that of Han and Yi population.·CONCLUSION:There is no significant difference in the bacteria flora of palpebral conjunctiva observed among dry eye elder populations of Tibetan,Yi and Han people.All of staphylococcus epidermidis,corynebacterium,micrococcus luteu,intracellular bacteria sphingomonas,pseudomonas aeruginosa,staphylococcus aureus,staphylococcus haemolyticus,escherichia coli,kytococcus sedentarius,streptococcus angina,micrococcus lylae and staphylococcus heads are common bacteria flora of the three nationalities inhibiting in this area.

An Analysis on Rural Tourism Development Model in Yi County of Huangshan City

The Yi County's rural tourism model has changed a lot,gradually transferring from the single model to the composite model,which integrates sightseeing,touring,entertainment,leisure,vocation,and shopping. This article mainly focuses on the rural tourism development model. Yi County is a typical case for others,which gives a new development model.

Rethinking Yi’an(Medical Cases)as a Tool for Narrative Medicine in China

When narrative medicine(NM)was introduced into China,traditional Chinese medicine scholars found that the core concepts advocated by NM are manifested in Chinese yi’an.But why NM echoes with ancient Chinese yi’an?How can we better integrate NM into Chinese medical practices?To answer those questions,this article first investigates how NM establishes itself as a remedy to biomedicine by taking traditional healing models including TCM as its ideal Other.Then,the narrative traditions of both case histories and yi’an are examined respectively.This article argues that NM is searching for a lost tradition of narrative case histories,but yi’an functions as a living tradition of TCM.The Parallel Chart in NM,designed as a complement to the dehumanized hospital chart,is still based on a dichotomy of science and art and a conflictual doctor-patient model.But yi’an exemplifies the holistic and humane healthcare that NM hopes to achieve.A comparison of both genres also inspired us to rethink the genre of yi’an in NM.Thus,it is concluded that yi’an should be viewed as an epistemic genre integrating individualization and generalization,a bridge linking medicine and literature.And narrative yi’an can well serve as a tool for NM in China.It is also proposed that a thick description of yi’an be encouraged to further promote a pluralistic NM in China.

The Mode of Promoting Industrial Targeted Poverty Alleviation through Land Circulation in Western Mountainous Region of China——A Case Study of Luquan Yi and Miao Autonomous County in Yunnan Province

In the industrial targeted poverty alleviation,land circulation is a key process. Based on the national strategy of targeted poverty alleviation,this paper combined the industrial development of targeted poverty alleviation with land circulation. According to the field survey on the current situation of land circulation and promotion of the industrial poverty alleviation in the typical project area of Zhongping Village in Zhongping Town and Jiaowuying Village in Jiulong Town in Luquan Yi and Miao Autonomous County in Yunnan Province,located in the high mountain canyon area of Jinsha River in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River in the west of China. This paper summarized and analyzed the organization and operation mechanism,basic practices and main results of the land circulation and promotion of industrial poverty alleviation model in the typical project area of the county. It also summarized the innovation and successful experience of the model,and then came up with measures to further promote the implementation of the model,so as to provide necessary reference for the implementation of land circulation and industrial targeted poverty alleviation for the poverty-stricken counties in Yunnan Province and similar provinces( cities,regions).

基于乙癸同源理论探讨左归丸对绝经后骨质疏松症患者骨代谢指标CTRP9、PINP、β-CTX与骨密度的影响

目的基于“乙癸同源”理论探讨左归丸对绝经后骨质疏松症患者骨代谢指标CTRP9、PINP、β-CTX与骨密度的影响。方法本次研究纳入2018年1月—2021年5月绝经后骨质疏松症女性90例作为观察对象,随机-编号分成2个组,对照组45例采用碳酸钙D3联合阿仑膦酸钠治疗;观察组采用左归丸治疗,持续治疗4周。治疗前后抽取血液标本测定血清β-骨胶原交联(β-CTX)、I型胶原羧基末端肽(PINP)、C1q/TNF相关蛋白9(CTRP9)和腰椎、股骨颈、股骨粗隆的骨密度,同时比较两组的治疗效果和不良反应状况。结果与治疗前比较,两组治疗后血清β-CTX、PINP水平降低,血清CTRP9水平升高;观察组治疗后血清β-CTX、PINP水平低于对照组,血清CTRP9水平高于对照组,相互比较有统计学意义(P<0.05)。与治疗前比较,两组治疗后腰椎、股骨颈、股骨粗隆的骨密度升高;观察组治疗后腰椎、股骨颈、股骨粗隆的骨密度高于对照组,相互比较有统计学意义(P<0.05)。对照组的有效率75.56%低于观察组91.11%,差异有统计学意义(P<0.05)。两组患者的不良反应率比较,无统计学意义(P>0.05)。结论基于“乙癸同源”理论的左归丸对绝经后骨质疏松症患者的治疗效果显著,可以改善骨代谢指标CTRP9、PINP、β-CTX,提高骨密度,而且安全性高,值得大力推广。

Influence of social capital on the livelihood strategies of farmers under China's rural revitalization strategy in poor mountain areas: A case study of the Liangshan Yi autonomous prefecture

Social capital in the form of social resources or social networks is one of the most important livelihood capital of farmers, which can increase the labor productivity of poor households and increase income. It is important to explore the reasons underlying the livelihood strategy choices of farmers from the perspective of social capital under China’s rural revitalization strategy. In this study, the Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, a povertystricken mountainous area in southwestern China, was selected as the case study area, and multivariable linear regression models were constructed to analyze the influence of social capital on livelihood strategies.The results are as follows:(1) Individual social capital had a positive effect on non-agricultural livelihood strategies. On average, with a one-unit increase in individual social capital, the ratio of farmers’ nonagricultural income to total productive income(Income_Rto) increased by 0.002% and 0.062%,respectively. Collective social capital, with the Peasant Economic Cooperation Organization(PECO) as the carrier, had a negative effect on the non-agricultural livelihood strategies of farmers;on average, with a oneunit increase in PECO, Income_Rto decreased by approximately 0.053%. However, this effect was only significant in the river valley area.(2) The income differences among the different livelihood strategy types were explained by the livelihood strategy choices of farmers. As non-agricultural work can bring more benefits, the labor force exhibited one-way migration from villages to cities, resulting in a lack of the subject of rural revitalization. It is necessary to implement effective measures to highlight the role of PECO in increasing agricultural income for farmers. Finally,based on the above conclusions,policy recommendations with respect to livelihood transformation of farmers and rural sustainable development are discussed.

Efficacy of Chinese medicine Yi-gan-kang granule in prophylaxis and treatment of liver fibrosis in rats

AIM: To investigate the efficacy of a Chinese medicine, Yi-gan-kang granule (granules for benefiting the liver), in prophylaxis and treatment of liver fibrosis in rats and its possible mechanism.METHODS: One hundred and forty Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into seven groups (20 each): group 1, blank control group without any interference during the study; group 2, CCl4-induced liver fibrosis group; group 3, pig serum-induced liver fibrosis group; group 4, prophylaxis group of CCl4-induced liver fibrosis by Yi-gan-kang, group 5,prophylaxis group of pig serum-induced liver fibrosis by Yi-gan-kang, group 6, treatment group of CCl4-induced liver fibrosis by Yi-gan-kang, group 7, treatment group of CCl4-induced liver fibrosis by Yi-gan-kang. At wk 6, 10, 14 and 20(baseline for CCl4 or big serum induction), five rats in each group were anesthetized and their livers were removed for pathological studies including immunohistochemicalstudies for α-SMA, type Ⅰ collagen and in situ hybridization of tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-1 (TIMP-1) mRNA of hepatic stellate cells (HSCs). Anti-lipid peroxidation in isolated mitochondria and 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide (MTT) colorimetric assay for proliferation and terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferasemedicated dUTP-biotin nick end-labeling (TUNEL), flow cytometry and electron microscopy for apoptosis in isolated HSCs were also studied.RESULTS: The mean number of pseudolobuli at wk 10,14 and 20 in the prophylaxis group was significantly less than that in the control group (P＜0.05 or 0.01). The effectof prophylaxis at wk 14 in CCl4 rats and at wk 10 in pig serum-induced rats was much better than that of treatment group (P＜0.01). The thickness (in μm) of fibers both in pig serum-induced prophylaxis and in treatment groups at wk 14 and. 20 was significantly less than that in control group (P＜0.05). The number of fibers both in prophylaxis and in treatment groups from wk 10 or 14 to 20 was significantly less than that in control group (P＜0.05 or P＜0.01). The tissue HSC positive rates of type Ⅰ collagen, α-SMA and TIMP-1 mRNA, which represented the active phenotype of HSCs in tissues, remained very high from wk 6 to the end of model making in control group. While in prophylaxis group, they were at a relatively low level. In treatment group, there was a gradual decreasing trend. Time- and dose-dependent effects of anti-lipid peroxidation on isolated mitochondria, cell proliferation and apoptosis in cultured HSCs were also observed during the study.CONCLUSION: Yi-gan-kang can effectively inhibit or inverse the course of liver fibrogenesis in CCl4- and pig serum-induced rat models.