瑶族，中国最古老的民族之一。隐匿于从江县东南部的高华村，是一个瑶族聚居村落，这里村民长寿者居多，而神秘的“瑶族药浴”更是远近闻名。

The Yao ethnic group is one of China's oldest ethnic groups. Located in the southeastern part of Congjiang County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Gaohua Village is a settlement predominantly inhabited by the Yao people. The village boasts a high number of residentswith longevity, and is renowned for its mysterious Yao medicated bath.

盘山而上，瑶寨的轮廓逐渐消失在夜色中，清新的空气夹杂着阵阵药香，让鼻喉倍感舒适。赵财现家的瑶浴客栈也亮了灯，老婆赵正花开始煮药水，顺便为小儿子洗澡。

Ascending the hill, the silhouette of the Yao village gradually vanishes into the night. The fresh air is filled with the scent of medicinal herbs, providing a soothing sensation to the senses. The lights are on at Zhao Caixian's Yao medicated bath inn, where his wife, Zhao Zhenghua, is preparing medicinal decoctions while also giving their youngest son a bath.

在高华，有人人皆泡药浴的风俗。药浴疗法是以药物洗浴达到强身健体、抵御风寒、消除疲劳、防治疾病的传统养生治疗方法，是千百年来瑶族民众集体智慧的结晶。

In Gaohua Village, it is a common custom for everyone to take medicated baths. Medicated bath therapy is a traditional health treatment method that uses medicinal substances for bathing to enhance physical fitness, resist the cold, relieve fatigue, and prevent and treat diseases. It is a collective wisdom of the Yao ethnic group accumulated since ancient times.

赵有辉：我的祖先传给我瑶浴，已经是第七代人了。我6岁的时候，妈妈去劳动，我就跟着去劳动，妈妈上山采药，我就跟着去采药，妈妈回家织布，我就看她织布，“咦！好像好玩得很”。第二天妈妈又来织布，看到线断了，妈妈（说）这个肯定是老六，我是第六个儿子。后来，我打纸（造纸）比妈妈打得还好，我织布比妈妈织布还好。她看我样样都懂得，她才传给我。

Zhao Youhui: The tradition of Yao medicated bath has been passed down to me from my ancestors, and I am already the seventh generation. When I was six years old, I followed my mother to work. When she went up the mountain to collect herbs, I would go with her. When she came home to weave cloth, I would watch her and think, ''Hmm, it looks like a lot of fun.'' The next day, when my mother came to weave again and saw that the thread was broken, she would look angry and blame me, her sixth and youngest son, for the mess. As I grew older, I found that I could make paper in our traditional way better than my mother, and I could weave better than her too. When she saw that I was a fast learner, she decided to pass on the medicated bath tradition to me.

赵有辉老人如今依旧生活在养育他的这片山林。儿时的织布声、妈妈的“威吓声”、空气中弥漫的药香，都挥之不去……吃过早饭，赵财现夫妇又现身在田间，瑶族人的一天这样开始了。

Zhao Youhui still lives in the mountains where he was raised. The sound of weaving from his childhood, his mother's pretended intimidating gesture, and the lingering scent of herbal medicine in the air are all unforgettable. After having breakfast, Zhao Caixian and his wife reappear in the fields, which marks the beginning of another day for a Yao ethnic family.