【亚洲·泰国】传统泰式按摩 Nuad Thai, traditional Thai massage（2019年）

Nuad Thai，传统的泰国按摩被视为泰国传统保健艺术、科学和文化的一部分。作为一种非药物治疗和手法治疗，它涉及身体操作，从业者帮助患者重新平衡身体、能量和结构，以治疗被认为是由沿着“森”的能量流动受阻引起的疾病，这条线被理解为纵横交错于人体。这种操作旨在使四种身体元素正常化：土、水、风和火。为了打开堵塞的通道，Nuad Thai治疗师使用手、肘部、膝盖和脚，结合草药热敷来减轻炎症。目前，Nuad Thai分为两大类：Nuad Thai疗法和Nuad Thai健康促进疗法。Nuad Thai植根于过去泰国农民社会的自我照顾；每个村庄都有按摩师，村民们在田间工作时肌肉酸痛时会求助于按摩师。随着时间的推移，这些经历已经演变成一个正式的知识体系，Nuad Thai现在是一个创收职业。1985年，启动了泰国按摩振兴项目，以振兴和最大限度地了解Nuad Thai，还采取了一项举措，成立了一个每年聚会的Nuad Thai从业人员联盟。

2019年度列入人类非物质文化遗产名录。

来源：联合国教科文组织亚太地区非物质文化遗产国际培训中心

Nuad Thai, traditional Thai massage is regarded as part of the art, science and culture of traditional Thai healthcare. As a non-medicinal remedy and manual therapy, it involves bodily manipulation in which the practitioner helps rebalance the patient’s body, energy and structure to treat illnesses believed to be caused by the obstruction of energy flow along ‘sen’, lines understood to crisscross the human body. This manipulation is intended to normalize the four body elements: earth, water, wind and fire. To open up blocked routes, Nuad Thai therapists perform a combination of manipulations using their hands, elbows, knees and feet, together with herbal hot compresses to reduce inflammation. Presently, Nuad Thai is classified into two main types: Nuad Thai therapy and Nuad Thai for health promotion. Nuad Thai has its roots in self-care in Thai peasant society of the past; every village had massage healers whom villagers would turn to when they had muscle aches from working in the field. Over time, these experiences have evolved into a formal system of knowledge, and Nuad Thai is now an income-generating occupation. In 1985, the Project for the Revitalization of Thai Massage was launched to revitalize and maximize knowledge of Nuad Thai, and an initiative has also been taken to form an alliance of Nuad Thai practitioners who come together annually.

Included in the list of human intangible cultural heritage in 2019.

Source: UNESCO International Training Center for intangible cultural heritage in the Asia Pacific Region