Xinglin in China traditional culture refers to

Xinglin in China traditional culture refers to Chinese medicine or doctors.

The source of Xinglin is legendary:

During the Three Kingdoms period, there was a doctor named Dong Feng in Lushan Mountain. He treats others all the year round, but he doesn't accept rewards from others. After a serious illness was cured, he asked the patient to plant five apricot trees. If the patient's condition is not serious, cure him and let him plant apricot trees. In more than ten years, there will be hundreds of thousands of apricot trees. Spring has come, and the east wind overlooks Xinglin, like a green ocean. He was very happy, so he built a hut in the forest and lived in it. When the apricots are ripe, he tells people that whoever wants to buy apricots doesn't have to tell me. Just put a pot of rice in my rice bin and you can put a pot of apricots. Dong Feng also exchanged apricots for rice to help poor farmers. Later, people built apricot altars, real altars and fairy altars in Dong Feng's seclusion to commemorate Dong Feng.

After Dong Feng's death, the story of Xinglin has been handed down. Guo Dong, a famous doctor in Ming Dynasty, imitated Dong Feng, lived at the foot of the mountain and planted more than 1000 apricots. Zheng Qinyu of Suzhou told us that there was also an apricot garden in the yard, and the gifts given by patients also went to help the poor. Zhao Mengfu, a painter in Yuan Dynasty, was dying. Yan Zicheng, a famous doctor at that time, cured him. He specially drew a picture of Xinglin for Yan Zicheng. Later, when people praised doctors for their noble medical ethics and superb medical skills, they often used words such as "Xinglin is warm in spring", "Xinglin is famous" and "Xinglin is a master". Some medical groups and magazines in modern times are often named after "Xinglin". "Xinglin" has become another name in the medical field. The story about "Xinglin" has not only become a beautiful talk between the people and the medical profession, but also become a model for doctors in past dynasties to encourage and spur themselves to improve their medical skills and relieve patients' suffering. "Xinglin" has also become synonymous with the medical profession.

According to this legend, people praise doctors with "Xinglin", and praise doctors for their brilliant medical skills and noble medical ethics with idioms such as "Xinglin is warm in spring", "Xinglin is full of gardens" and "Xinglin is famous".