Hudalai
01 · Lineage & Regional School
Hudalai, Male, Mongolian, from Keerqinzuoyihouqi, Inner Mongolia, is a sixth-batch national representative bearer of Mongolian Medicine (Ⅸ-12). The tradition is documented in Keerqinzuoyihouqi, Inner Mongolia.
02 · Mastery & Signature Works
The bearer record for Hudalai is anchored in the documented technical standards of Mongolian Medicine in Keerqinzuoyihouqi, Inner Mongolia. Within the documented technical tradition of Mongolian Medicine in Keerqinzuoyihouqi, Inner Mongolia: Horqin Left Rear Banner in Inner Mongolia has a long history and a deep cultural heritage, and Mongolian bone-setting therapy is a representative part of this rich cultural legacy. The Mongols are a people on horseback who frequently suffer falls and bone injuries; Mongolian bone-setting therapy arose in response to this need and produced one generation of bone-setting doctors after another. The basic content of Mongolian bone-setting therapy is as follows: The three examinations: inspection, inquiry, and palpation. They must achieve 'hands palpating with the mind comprehending.' The six principles: namely the principles of bone-setting, being manual reduction, splint fixation, massage therapy, medication prescribed according to the symptoms, dietary regulation, and functional exercise. Among these, the first three are the most distinctive. Manual reduction is a bone-setting technique that works with the situation, matching force with force in functional adaptation; it is divided into ten manipulations: positioning and releasing the affected limb; traction and counter-traction pulling; rocking, twisting, and pressing; shaking, lifting, pressing, and pushing; squeezing and separating the bones; folding the bone apex and returning it to position; gathering, pinching, and grasping; hooking, lifting, and pressing; straightening, pressing, bracing, and pushing; and twirling, rolling, and kneading. The nine combinations: combining doctor and patient; combining the three examinations with X-ray films; combining form and spirit; combining intent and qi; combining alcohol spraying with manual manipulation; combining the local with the whole; combining internal causes with external causes; combining fixation with exercise; and combining active with passive. Mongolian bone-setting therapy embodies the scientific spirit and cultural creativity of generations of Mongols, and is an important hallmark of the achievements of Mongolian medicine. Representative repertoire, works and technical entries recorded for the project include: "Three examinations": Inspection, inquiry and palpation, with the hand reading what the eye and the question have begun. "Six principles": Reduction, splinting, massage, drugging to the case, dietary adjustment and exercise—the first three being the distinctive ones. "The ten manipulations": Ten manipulations, from releasing the limb to drawing, rocking, pressing and rolling, each adapted to the injury's position and the force the limb can take. "Nine correspondences": Nine correspondences binding practitioner, patient, instrument and body into one account of how a fracture is treated.
Three examinations
Inspection, inquiry and palpation, with the hand reading what the eye and the question have begun.
Six principles
Reduction, splinting, massage, drugging to the case, dietary adjustment and exercise—the first three being the distinctive ones.
The ten manipulations
Ten manipulations, from releasing the limb to drawing, rocking, pressing and rolling, each adapted to the injury's position and the force the limb can take.
Nine correspondences
Nine correspondences binding practitioner, patient, instrument and body into one account of how a fracture is treated.
03 · Transmission & Safeguarding Status
In 2025, Hudalai was announced in the sixth batch of national representative bearers for Mongolian Medicine, with Keerqinzuoyihouqi, Inner Mongolia as the declared area. Within the documented safeguarding record of Mongolian Medicine in Keerqinzuoyihouqi, Inner Mongolia: The project was inscribed in the national inventory in 2011 (batch 3), with Keerqinzuoyihouqi, Inner Mongolia as its declared area, and Tongliao Meng YiZhengGu Hospital as its safeguarding unit. Since the project was inscribed in the national inventory, its declared area and safeguarding unit have carried out documentation, transmission and presentation within the national safeguarding framework. Together, the inventory record and the project archive form the public documentary basis for the bearer’s transmission practice.
04 · Associated Heritage Item Dossier
Historical origin
The Mongols are a people on horseback who frequently suffer falls and bone injuries; Mongolian bone-setting therapy arose in response to this need and produced one generation of bone-setting doctors after another. Horqin Left Rear Banner has a long history and a deep cultural heritage, and Mongolian bone-setting therapy is a representative part of this rich cultural legacy. Bao Jinshan absorbed modern science and technology and established the discipline of Mongolian bone-setting with the 'three examinations, six principles, and nine combinations' as its essence, giving this body of experience a structure that can be taught.
05 · Fellow National Bearers Lineage
National representative bearers recorded under the same item code, ordered from the first to the sixth batch. Batch order is not a teacher–student relationship.
| Bearer | Declared area | Roster code | Relation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baojinshan | Keerqinzuoyihouqi, Inner Mongolia | 04-1949 | Same declared area |
| Baosiqin | Zhongmengyiyiyuan, Inner Mongolia | 05-2960 | Other regional school |
| Wangbuhe | Keerqinyouyizhongqi, Inner Mongolia | 05-2961 | Other regional school |
| Hudalai | Keerqinzuoyihouqi, Inner Mongolia | — | This page |
| Fuyulan | Tongliao, Inner Mongolia | — | Other regional school |
06 · Archival Sources & Bibliography
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