11Jul Needle Man Acupunctured 2008 Needles to Welcome Olympics
In order to welcome Olympic tourists from all over the world, Wei Shengchu decided to flag more than 200 flags on his head.
The way of planting flag was based on the Chinese acupuncture theory. The flag poles were the acupuncture needle. The flag on Wei’s head represented more than 200 countries and regions coming to Olympic Beijing, and hope for world peace. A needle resembled Olympic torch was also acupunctured on his forehead.
“In previous Olympics, we often see people paint flags on their face, so I think why not flag them vertically on the head?” 58-year-old Chinese medicine doctor said.
Wei insisted that his well trained acupuncture skill took him two hours to finish the ‘flagging’. He claimed that it was good for health. His nation tour performance dumbfounded the audience.
He told the Reuters reporter that it was not pain at all while he was inserting the ‘flag pole’ into his head. He felt more energetic every single time doing it.
He said that he was used to acupuncture and he knew where and how deep the needle should be acupunctured. He also claimed that acupuncture made him looked younger.
To celebrate August 8 opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, Wei also made a stunning acupuncture plan — acupuncture his head with 2008 needles.
It was expected the whole process would take 18 hours. It was also expected to break his record in Guinness Book of World Records which he acupunctured 1,790 needles in 2004.
Wei self-studied Chinese medicine. He worked at Guangxi as community doctor initially and then opened a cosmetology healthy product company.
He said that his annual performance of acupuncture skills is to promote world peace and harmony, not to promote his products.
It is also important that amateur do not imitate his acupuncture at home.
Source: Reuters