China has a long history. In the long years, the ancients used their own wisdom and life experience to leave a lot of cultural treasures for us. And these treasures, even when we are weak and helpless, are engraved in the hearts of every Chinese, so they are inherited. To this day, when we appreciate the culture left by the people again, we will always emerge with amazing. Today’s discussion theme is China’s incense culture.
The Chinese are loved by incense. Whether it is a court, or a folk, they have the custom of burning incense and pure gas, burning incense and piano, groaning and painting, and sitting on fitness. During the Qing Dynasty, the aroma of Taihe Hall was dazzling all day. Zhuge Liang, a celebrity of the Three Kingdoms, is even more incense.
The ancient scribes always liked to burn incense during the piano, so as to create a quiet and elegant atmosphere for themselves. In the Southern Song Dynasty, when Lu You read a book, he always liked to get incense. He also wrote in the poem: “The official body often owes reading debts, and Lumi is not available for sale. Yuxi Poetry “. Regarding the burning of incense, Chen and Yi also had his own opinion. He wrote a poem “Burning incense”.
“Burning incense” Chen and Yiming Window Yan Jingshu, sitting silently to eliminate the dust. Infinite, this master cigarette. At that time, the precepts of Dinghui, the wonderful confession. Wouldn’t I know my friends, and I was awake. The furnace incense is lonely, the clouds are thousands of. Leisurely went through the air, and Miao Miao returned with the wind. The world has appeared, and there is no change in smoke. It should be the moon in the water, and Boding is still self -round.
The history of the Chinese incense can be traced back to the Spring and Autumn Period. Of course, the purpose of people burning incense at that time was clearly, to expel mosquito, remove the turbid gas in the living environment, brought comfort to their living environment, and removed the spread and trouble of diseases.
Obviously, from the incense, people have received a certain amount of help, so they inherit them. For people at the time, they often thought that it was the beauty of God, so the burning of incense was myth.
With the improvement of people’s living standards, the way of burning incense has also undergone tremendous changes. In the Han Dynasty, the number and types of smoked furnaces were increasing. For example, there were two major categories: metal and ceramics. In the Ming Dynasty, Xuande Furnace became the most valuable existence.
After thousands of years of development, there are many types of fragrance. If they are classified according to the characteristics of the shape, they can be divided into attractive incense materials, thread incense, pan incense, tower incense, incense pills, fragrant powder, and fragrant powder. Xiangye, balm, incense, fragrant soup, sachet, pillow, etc.
The types of spices are also strange, such as Du Heng, Yuelin incense, Gan Song, Su He, Safety, Tulip, 捺 Duo, He Luo, Cloves, Agarwood, Sandalwood, Black Agarwood, White Brain, Lonely Live, Lonely Live, Lonely Live, Lonely Live, Lonely Live, Lonely Live, Lonely Live, Lonely, Lonely Live, Lonely Live, Lonely Live, Lonely Live, Lonely, Lonely, Gan pine, Sanji, Huoxiang, 藁 藁, Gao Liang ginger, fennel, woody, female clove, asarum, rhubarb, frankincense, Ganan fragrance, water safety, rose petals, ice slices, ambergris.
It can be seen that the prosperity of Chinese incense culture and the profound and profound incense culture.
Reference materials: “Overview of Ancient Chinese Culture”