Year-ender: Top 10 cultural events from 2023

5. Ancient Tibetan medical book added to UNESCO Memory of the World Register

Five versions of the Four Treatises, an ancient medical book on traditional Tibetan medicine, have been inscribed on the UNESCO Memory of the World Register at a meeting held in Paris, the Hospital of Tibetan Medicine of Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region announced on May 25.

Compiled from the 8th to the 12th centuries, the Four Treatises is the most fundamental classic of traditional Tibetan medicine and has played an essential role in the dissemination and development of traditional Tibetan medicine.

Five versions of the ancient book were inscribed on the list, including four xylograph versions and one gold-ink manuscript version.