Open the window and quiet the book, sit still and eliminate dust;
I want infinity. I want to smoke this cigarette.
At that time, I was cautious and wise, and I was wonderful to everyone.
I am not a good friend, but I am sober now.
The furnace smoke is lonely, and there are thousands of clouds;
Long volley away, ethereal with the wind.
Everything has happened before, and the smog has not changed;
It should be the moon in the water, and the waves will be round.
The ancients burned incense to enjoy elegance, and it was also a symbol of the noble status of the court. In the modern noisy urban life, we also need this kind of artistic conception of seeking quietness in motion. Put an incense burner in the living room, light a column of incense, close your eyes and feel the wonderful feeling brought by the fragrance quietly. Incense also helps to refresh the mind, eliminate fatigue, and impetuous heart will become practical. There is a poem by Luo Yin in the Five Dynasties: "When you sink into the water, you can eat Bai Zhen, and the Boshan furnace warms the jade building. Poor gentlemen do things for no reason. He is greedy for incense and forgets himself. " From Liu Xiang, Li Shangyin, Li Yu, Su Shi and Huang Tingjian to Zhu,,,, there are a lot of fragrant poems handed down. From The Book of Songs to A Dream of Red Mansions, from the famous doctor Abel to Compendium of Materia Medica, there are records about using incense in classic works of past dynasties. For example, Su Shi's Harmony and Zhu's Xiang Jie:
And Lu Zhi.
Four words burn incense with the wind all over the southeast;
Literary thinking is beyond our power, so let the nose view participate first.
Thousands of small print, only your spots are dazzling;
A wick will cool the fire, and you will be old and idle for half your life.
Aromatic world
The wandering star has not been with me for many years, and Zilan wants to wash the wind;
To truly become a Buddhist country is not the laurel tree in Hu Aishan.
The flowers are endless and intoxicating, and Lingfen is still a little quiet;
Chu doesn't need to wear Qiu Pei to sit down and walk in this direction.
Among them, the ten virtues of incense summarized by Huang Tingjian are still regarded as Gao Gui by Japanese incense circles. We can see that, as a learner of Xiangdao culture, Japan has long called Xiangdao, Tea Ceremony and Flower Road Sanyadao, which is an elegant art based on "music". In the Tang Dynasty, monks from Jian Zhen not only spread Buddhism to Japan, but also brought fragrant culture closely related to Buddhism. In the early Southern Song Dynasty, members of the Japanese royal family and nobles frequently came to China to carry out diplomatic activities, taking away the complete tea ceremony, which was fragrant to those who traveled eastward with the tea ceremony. Later, in the era of Dongshan culture in Ashikaga Yoshimasa, incense evolved into the custom of "tasting incense" in some way, and gradually formed the Japanese "incense road". Life arts such as arranging flowers, drinking tea, playing chess and incense all originated in China, which constitute a colorful chapter of China's cultural tradition. After being introduced into Japan, it has already become a life philosophy of self-cultivation and self-cultivation, which has been accepted by the upper class and citizens.
However, today, the pure and elegant art of life, such as fragrance, tea ceremony and flower path, has a strange feeling that stings people's hearts, which makes us have to face the reality. Those sacred and solemn cultural heritages have long since passed away in China. Tasting incense, the art of examining people's knowledge and consciousness, not only needs participants to distinguish different kinds of incense through their sense of smell, but also needs to achieve a quiet and elegant inner state and lifestyle. When many people hear about incense, they think it is religious incense. In fact, it is only a small category in the study of incense. China people have a long history of using incense, and the civilization of using incense in China can be summarized as follows: it started in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, grew up in the Qin and Han Dynasties, completed in the Sui, Tang and Five Dynasties, and flourished in the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties.
Before the Han Dynasty, Tang Muxiang and Li Xiang were the main products, Taoism prevailed in the Han, Wei and Six Dynasties, and Boshan incense culture prevailed.
The Sui, Tang and Five Dynasties not only flourished with incense, but also enriched various methods of incense because of the integration of eastern and western civilizations.
During the Song and Yuan Dynasties, tasting incense, fighting tea, arranging flowers and hanging pictures were called the "four gossip" in the elegant life of the upper class. Due to the pursuit of material and spiritual life by the scholar-officials and their vigorous advocacy and promotion from the spiritual level, they have laid the cornerstone of the traditional culture of China, such as piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, food, wine and tea, showing a broad and vigorous trend. Incense has also become an art, and dignitaries and literati often get together to taste incense and do initial ceremonies. At this time, all kinds of incense books and incense books specializing in the source, carrier, tools and production methods of incense also appeared.
In the heyday of Qing dynasty, incense went deeper into daily life, and three-piece sets of stoves, bottles and boxes, as well as incense tables and incense sticks became typical furnishings in the study. With the decline of the Manchu dynasty and the Kuomintang government, the warlord regime was in frequent wars, and the invasion of western culture led to the decline of the country. People's spiritual life tends to wither, and the ritual of incense mat culture, like pure art forms such as poetry, music and dance, gradually fades away, so that incense gradually fades out of the vision of the general public. Now it has been more than 30 years since the reform and opening up, and the society is prosperous, the country is rich and strong, and the people are kind. This is a good opportunity to sort out and restore traditional culture. As a branch of traditional culture that can't be ignored, Xiangdao needs to be excavated, sorted out and revived by people of insight and scholars.
Fragrance not only nourishes the nose, but also nourishes the body and mind, removes dirt and cures diseases, and nourishes the heart and health. Unique "Fragrant Culture" In the pre-Qin period, spices were widely used in life. From the literati to the ordinary people, they have the habit of wearing sachets and inserting herbs with them. In the Song Dynasty, when incense was at its peak, using incense became an indispensable part for ordinary people to pursue a better life. Fragrant fragrance can be seen everywhere in life. There are "fragrant shops" and "fragrant people" in the market, as well as businesses specializing in making "fragrant seals", and even "fragrant women" in restaurants offer incense to customers at any time. People purify their hearts, feel life and place their feelings in the cigarette smoke, which greatly develops the value of incense in daily life.
Incense comes from nature and is a natural aromatic plant. Natural aroma components make people feel happy, relax and have a broad and beautiful mind. The incense is beautiful. Its beauty is not only its color, but also the beauty of nature and harmony, without any affectation or modification. With incense, human nature will become pure and transparent. Thanks to human wisdom, the beauty of incense has been sublimated. Incense is full of human feelings. It tells us how to appreciate and care for the beauty of nature, and inspires us how to use its beauty to create the beauty of life.
In this impetuous society, incense can make people calm down to appreciate life, make people feel happy and enjoy the fun of life. Incense calms this fiery society and makes us really enjoy life.