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Legendary King of Medicine

Legendary King of Medicine

Genre
Documentary
Region
China
Director
冯晓华

Documentary “Legendary King of Medicine” content introductionIn the spring of 1938, in Taierzhuang, Shandong, the Chinese army was facing a decisive battle between life and death.The Japanese diary wrote, "Take Tianjin in four hours, take over Jinan in six hours, It is so difficult to take over Taierzhuang. Its horror is really hell on earth."It was in this battle of hell that the arrogant Japanese army saw a mysterious army that they had never encountered before: they wore French helmets, pedal-cut scissors shoes, and they fought bravely. These soldiers have a small bottle of white powder. Once the warrior is injured, as long as it ca89n still move, do not bandage, do not sit on the stretcher, just take this white powder, eat a little, apply a little, and then kill the enemy two days later.This mysterious army is the army of Yunnan participating in the war. After more than a month’s fighting, with the friendly forces, they finally won the victory of Taierzhuang. And the white powder that makes the brave man gallops on the battlefield after the injury, is called Yunnan Baiyao—Wanying Baibao Dan, which is developed by the king of medicine Qu Huanzhang.“There are many names of the town as a turning point in history - Waterloo, Verdun, and today added a new name - Taierzhuang. A victory made it the most famous village in China”.The report was written by Robert Capa who is a world-famous battlefield photographer in the 20th century in the magazine “Life” in the United States.Similarly,Taierzhuang battle is a great success, which has played the prestige of the army and also made Qu Huanzhang's Wanying Baibao Dan famous. However, these magical white medicines planted a monstrous disaster in spite of its reputation.

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