China's incense culture has experienced thousands of years of wind and rain, leaving a rare wealth to the nation and history. According to comprehensive historical records, its development has mainly gone through several stages. It is very popular until now.
People can't live without spices all the time, and many things are especially needed. For example, people who have a bad smell or people who have a bad smell at home can use spices to adjust.
Life also needs incense, and its history can be traced back to ancient times, even ancient times. The discovery of pottery fuming stoves and other cultural relics in recent decades shows that as early as four or five thousand years ago, ancestors in the Yellow River basin and the Yangtze River basin began to use incense.
The ancient book "Book of Rites" has a saying: "Yin people are still sounding, while Zhou people are still stinking", and "they are all used for sacrifice, seeking yin and yang, and this will change." In the eyes of the ancients, music and fragrance are both manifestations of virtue. "Virtue is the purpose of sex; Musicians, the virtue of China. " During this period, people like incense.
It is displayed by wearing fragrant flowers and herbs, burning incense and bathing in fragrant soup, and at the same time it forms a life fragrance different from sacrificial incense. The period from Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to Wei and Jin Dynasties is a peak of Hunan culture development, which can also be called a leap period. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty has a special historical position in the development of China incense.
The concubines in the Tang Dynasty used incense the most. At that time, concubines used incense the most, while women used incense the most. China's incense culture has a long history. Not only in modern times, but also in distant ancient times, continuous incense culture began to be used.