Su Dongpo has a saying: "Mountains and rivers are affectionate and impermanent, and idlers are teachers."

Ancient China literati loved elegance, and there were ten things about elegance: burning incense, drinking tea, listening to rain, enjoying snow, watching the moon, drinking, soaking flowers, living in seclusion, playing the piano and reciting poems.

So, why did burning incense make the ancients feel so elegant and ranked first among the top ten elegance? What about burning incense?

incense burner

Sharp tools can do a good job. There are many kinds of incense burners, including incense burners, incense trays, incense spoons, incense pots and incense bowls. The most important thing is the incense burner.

Incense burners can be divided into wood, ceramics, metals and other categories according to their materials, among which copper incense burners are the best, such as the famous Xuande furnace and Boshan furnace in Han Dynasty.

Jade Qijia grandly launched this heart sutra incense burner, which is very fragrant and well-equipped. The incense burner is made of exquisite rust-proof alloy, plated with pure copper, antique, and attractive for collection or gift to relatives and friends!

Since Indian Buddhism was introduced into China, it has continuously influenced the traditional culture of China. The widespread rise and use of incense burners has a great relationship with Buddhist culture. With the spread of Buddhism in China, incense burner culture has been deeply rooted in people's hearts.

Therefore, incense burners are inseparable from Buddhist culture. The incense burner is often engraved with the Buddhist classic Prajna Paramita Heart Sutra. When you burn incense, you have more Buddhism, which makes your body and mind more peaceful.

The most widely circulated version in China is Xuanzang's translation of Wan Li's Return to the Classics, and Wan Li learned the true classics and smelled the incense to cross the sea.

Gan Long believed in Buddhism all his life and loved Heart Sutra. He copied the Heart Sutra 700 times in his life, and his calligraphy was mature.

The incense burner of Heart Sutra introduced by Yuqi's family is engraved with Tang Xuanzang's translation and the Prajna Paramita Heart Sutra written by Qianlong. Carve scriptures and make incense. Light a incense, smoke fills the air between the scrolls, and communicate calmly with six.

sweet

According to the production of incense, incense can be divided into: end incense, thread incense, petal incense, coil incense and so on.

Among them, linear incense is the most widely used. Linear incense is a fragrant branch, which is made by mixing all kinds of fragrant powder together and adding paste. Line incense is also called fairy incense and longevity incense, because the smoke column of line incense is very long, so it is called fairy incense; The production of thread incense is very slender, so it is called longevity incense.

Because it is easy to carry and can be tasted anytime and anywhere, it is very popular with the majority of fragrant friends.

Several kinds of common incense

According to the materials, there are many kinds of incense, and the common ones are rosin, clove, agarwood, sandalwood, musk and Long Xianxiang.

Sandalwood and agarwood are the two most popular incense.

sandal wood

Aquilaria sinensis is a resinous wood of Aquilaria sinensis of Daphne family.

The agarwood in Nha Trang, Vietnam is sweet and elegant, and it is the best fragrance among agarwood. It seems that the smoked Nha Trang agarwood can make the whole person stay in the candied fruit, but the rich sweetness will not make people feel bored, which is more natural and comfortable. Moreover, this sweetness is not like jasmine and osmanthus, but it is rarely compared with it.

Nha Trang agarwood is also fruity, which seems to be a kind of melon and fruit flavor, pleasant and fresh.

The cool taste is also a major feature of Nha Trang taste. This coolness can play a refreshing role in Baihui, similar to mint.

sandal

Sandalwood is delicate, sweet, exotic and lingering.

This fragrance comes from an evergreen parasitic tree whose roots are attached to other roots. Sandalwood is usually sold in sheet form, and it will take at least 30 years to reach the standard of collection and sale.

Sandalwood has been very popular since ancient times. On the trade routes from India to Egypt, Greece and Rome, trucks filled with sandalwood are often found. Many ancient temples or furniture are made of sandalwood, because sandalwood not only has fragrance but also has the function of preventing ants.

It is recognized that the best sandalwood is sandalwood, which is the best kind of sandalwood. It has the characteristics of mellow and lasting fragrance, obvious milk fragrance and refreshing taste. Is the only place of origin, only the sandalwood produced in Mysore, India is the real sandalwood.

Sandalwood is widely used in religious ceremonies because of its unique fragrance, auxiliary function and great help to meditation.

The Heart Sutra Incense Burner introduced by Yuqi's family, with two incense sticks in one furnace, the fragrance of Laoshan Tan and Nha Trang water immortals, incense in a quiet room, elegant fragrance, fresh and distant, calming the mind and sweeping away fatigue.

Wonderful fragrance is an indispensable thing in practice. Buddhist scriptures have the function of "fragrance is light and solemn", which is a metaphor for reciting samadhi. In the pure land that bodhisattvas wish to achieve, all the wonderful fragrant winds blow at will, and the heavens in the world of desire often touch their bodies with soft fragrant winds.

Incense, in the ethereal, arouses the spirituality of the soul, silently adjusts the breath, dredges the nose, enlightens the body and mind, and has endless wonderful uses. Whether from the perspective of health preservation or meticulous care, incense can bring great changes to our lives.

Yu Qi's heart is burned by incense burner, engraved by sutra and vertical incense, which is a good product for careful incense burning. Light a incense, smoke fills the air between the scrolls, and communicate calmly with six.

Burning incense can eliminate distractions and concentrate, which is an excellent way to practice Buddhism. The quiet room burns incense, leisurely and elegant, with deep feelings, fresh and distant realm, natural beauty and long meaning, so the ancients regarded it as the first of the top ten elegance ~