Hongying Temple was built by a village barefoot doctor with the support of the Minzong Bureau in Dongan County after he had accumulated some funds for medical practitioners.
TCM formed part of the "barefoot doctor" program, which extended public health into rural areas.
Mr. Zhang is a "barefoot doctor, " someone trained by the government to administer simple remedies and sent to remote areas that are too small to attract a doctor with a full medical degree.
The government hastily trained medics, known as barefoot doctors, to provide basic care to peasants.
Village doctors before 1985 referred to barefoot doctors.
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