Southern China's Pharmaceutical Capital: The Thousand-Year Drug Trade and Concoction Arts of Zhangshu Town
Southern China’s Pharmaceutical Capital: The Thousand-Year Drug Trade and Concoction Arts of Zhangshu Town Geographic Connections Departing from Zhangshu City, Jiangxi (formerly Qingjiang County), heading west along the Gan River for about 50 kilometers brings you to Xingan County; heading upstream on the Yuan River for some 30 kilometers brings you to Gezhao Mountain—where the Eastern Han Daoist Ge Xuan practiced alchemy and taught medicinal concoction techniques. From there, descending southward along the Gan River to Nanchang and Jiujiang, and connecting via waterway to all of China—this was the starting point for Ming-Qing Zhangshu drug merchants’ “trade in all directions.” ...