[Chinese medicinal culture in Tianmu Mountain before 1949]

According to the Annals of Western Tianmu Mountain, the medicinal plants in Tianmu Mountain reached as many as 1 200 types, with diversified species and excellent qualities, hence, the titles of "valuable thesaurus of Tianmu Mountain." The rich medicinal resources promotes the flourishing of local trading of crude medicines. From 1931 to 1940, based on the survey of the rural economy in Lin'an, Yuqian, and Changhua counties, there were 97 drugstores. Moreover, there are lots of folk stories and poems about medical herbs in Tianmu Mountain. Therefore, Tianmu Mountain is world-renowned because of its abundant resources of medical herbs, and the prosperous medicinal trading offered rich source materials for literature writings.