"Yi Zhi Chan" Massage Therapy is one of the most famous schools of massage therapy in modern China, which was formed in the Qing Dynasty. Practitioners of "Yi Zhi Chan" Massage Therapy not only need to possess rich medical knowledge, but also need to learn doctrine of Zen Buddhism. In this video, Hamad, who works in the Department of Orthopaedics at Wenzhou Panhealth Medical Center, takes us to experience this fascinating intangible cultural heritage.

As an orthopedist, Hamad operates on patients very often. The surgery which always lasts for several hours brings great aches to his waist and back. Recommended by colleagues, he visited Zhang Wenyu, the inheritor of this provincial-level intangible cultural heritage, to experience the healing effect of "Yi Zhi Chan" Massage Therapy. It fascinated Hamad so much. He said that he will introduce more friends and colleagues in need to come to experience Wenzhou "Yi Zhi Chan" Massage Therapy.

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Wenzhou "Yi Zhi Chan" Massage Therapy has a certain popularity in China, receiving a lot of attention. In 2017, Wenzhou "Yi Zhi Chan" Massage Therapy was selected as one of the fifth batch of Zhejiang Provincial Intangible Cultural Heritage. In 2021, Zhang Wenyu was rated as a representative inheritor of Zhejiang Provincial Intangible Cultural Heritage.