LUI SENG CHUNChinese Medicine Festival

香港浸會大學知識轉移處Knowledge Transfer OfficeHong Kong Baptist University

Built in 1931, Lui Seng Chun is a four-story building located at 119 Lai Chi Kok Road. “Lui Seng Chun” was the name of a Chinese bone-setting medicine shop on its ground floor, which came to be regarded as representative of the development of local Chinese Medicine (“CM”). The building was later named after this shop. HKBU was in 2009 awarded the opportunity to revitalise the Grade I historic Lui Seng Chun building by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government. The revitalisation work was completed in April 2012, and since then Lui Seng Chun has been offering a full range of CM specialty services / treatments to the public.

Lui Seng Chun

This project is to launch a Chinese Medicine Festival in Lui Seng Chun and Yau Tsim Mong District nearby.  During the festival, there will be Chinese Medicine seminars, guided tour, Chinese herbal tea tasting etc. offered to the people served by the Senior Citizen Home Safety Association as well as general public. 

Through organising the Festival, it is expected to raise the general health awareness and transfer Chinese Medicine knowledge to a wider audience.  In addition, it will allow public to gain cultural insights of Lui Seng Chun as a historical building.

Expected Benefits

For Academics To transfer expertise of the University to a broader community through popularising CM To prompt the development of Chinese Medicine which benefits the society as a whole To enhance the profile and prominence of HKBU, School of Chinese Medicine and its clinic

For Non-academic Partner To fulfill its mission of serving the community and enhancing the living quality for the elderly To project a positive image for the organisation through promoting their service

For Community To build a healthy community by raising public health awareness To obtain basic medical knowledge and appreciate the long history of CM

Project Summary

External Partner

School of Chinese Medicine (“SCM”) of HKBU is committed to contribute to the development of CM in Hong Kong and has long been promoting CM in teaching, research, and clinical service.

Dr. XU DajiClinical Division, School of Chinese Medicine

Project Leader

Senior Citizen Home Safety Association (SCHSA) is the only NGO in Hong Kong offering 24/7 Personal Emergency Link Service for the elderly and people in need.

Senior Citizen Home Safety Association (SCHSA)

Project Summary

A total of six seminars were planned and scheduled for this project: Prevention and CM Treatment for Cervical Spondylitis CM Treatment for Chronic Kidney Disease Disease Prevention in Winter and Spring Chinese Herbal Tea and Health CM Treatment for Heel Pain CM Treatment in Oncology

Project Implementation

Project Implementation

Lui Seng Chun CM Guided Tour was another great means to transfer CM knowledge to the greater community. In the tour, participants were guided through revitalised Lui Seng Chun building to gain a deeper insight into this historic cultural landmark of Hong Kong. History of CM, information on CM health care, and CM herbs were also introduced. Complimentary Chinese herbal tea formulated by CM specialists of SCM was offered to participants.

Booklets of CM and Lui Seng Chun building will be published and distributed to the general public upon completion of all the seminars and tours to promote CM to more people. The seminars were videotaped and would be shared online along with virtual tour of Lui Seng Chun building. DVDs of the seminars and virtual tour would also be produced for distribution at CM clinics of HKBU, external partner, public libraries, and elderly associations.

Around 680 people participated in the seminars and tours. CM Seminar Series 80% agreed that the seminars had helped them better understand the

basics of CM and hence expanded their knowledge of CM 85% of the participants thought information in the seminars and the

guided tours was relevant and useful for their own health care 90% of guided tour participants agreed that the first-hand experience of

visiting Lui Seng Chun increased their understanding of this building as well as heritage revitalisation

90% participants indicated that their knowledge of CM clinic and Chinese herbal tea had also increased.

Lui Seng Chun CM Festival 90% of the participants expressed they would like to share the CM

knowledge they learnt with others

Project Impact