Huanggang City has a long history and it isthe hometown of Li Shizhen — Chinese Medical Sage. Huanggang Garden themed Hometownof Medical Sage — Huanggang Famous for Mugwort will show the long-standing andwell-established traditional Chinese medicine culture at the 2ndHubei Province Garden Expo that will soon begin. Recently, over 20 people fromsome departments of Huanggang City such as housing construction, municipal servicesand landscaping came to Jingzhou in advance to inspect and accept HuanggangGarden. What are the highlights of Huanggang Garden?
Huanggang Garden is located in “Chuyun”Exhibition Area of Jingzhou Garden Expo Park. The total area of HuanggangGarden is 3,300 m2, including a greening area of 2,400 m2.The theme of Huanggang Garden is Hometown of Medical Sage — Huanggang Famous. Ifyou walk into Huanggang Garden, the first thing you see will be a big stonebook — Compendium of Materia Medica.
The explanation part of Compendium of Materia Medica on the functions of mugwort is shownon the stone book. As an important Chinese herbal medicine, mugwort is widelyapplied in the physiotherapy of traditional Chinese medicine. Qichun County ofHuanggang City started to grow Chinese mugwort on a large scale in 2012. NowChinese mugwort has become the city name card of Qichun. As a result, Chinesemugwort has become an indispensable exhibition element of Huanggang Garden.
If you go forward along Chinese MugwortGarden, you will reach Baicao Garden. Both sides of Baicao Garden have beenpaved with medicinal herbs to partially reflect the medicinal herb theme,simulate paths of thorns and reflect the difficulties and hardship that Li Shizhensuffered when he looked for medicinal herbs and prepared Compendium of Materia Medica.
As soon as you come out of Baicao Garden, youwill come to Medicine Cabinet Corridor. As a spatial guide, a background wallbuilt with hollow medicine chests gives visitors a strong visual impact.Medicine Cabinet Corridor leads to the main building of the garden — MeteriaMedica Hall. Meteria Medica Hall is the main space of the Li Shizhen cultureexhibition. It has been divided into three units to convey civilized andhealthy living concepts to visitors.
Huanggang Garden has ingeniously integratedHubei culture, medical sage culture and moxibustion culture into a wholethrough a roundabout ring-type sightseeing footpath by combining thetraditional Chinese garden construction technique. It has depicted a beautifulscroll painting themed countryside ecology and presented the beautifulenvironment and life pursuit for great health and great health maintenance inHuanggang.