Zhang Yanyou, a Zhang's Therapy for Fractures inheritor in Luqiao district, Taizhou, treats a patient in 2012. [Photo by Wu Sugen]

Created in the third year of the Daoguang Emperor of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), Zhang's Therapy for Fractures has a history of more than 180 years. A complete theoretical system and a series of unique treatments have been developed during this period. Zhang's Therapy for Fractures is remarkable for its bone-setting treatment, external, oral administration of traditional Chinese medicine, and external application of plasters and ointments. It has now become a major school of orthopedics. In May 2011, Zhang's Therapy for Fractures was included in China's third representative list of intangible cultural heritage