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History of sachets in China
China's incense culture has a long history. As an important part of incense culture-sachet culture, it also carries a lot of cultural information, reflecting people's aesthetic concepts and social customs in different periods. At the same time, it also reflects the achievements of textile and fine manufacturing in China.

The sachet was originally developed from the sachet. A purse is a small cloth bag used by the ancients to hold small things. The ancients had no pockets on their clothes and carried some necessities with them, such as seals, vouchers, keys, towels, coins, jewelry and so on. It is stored in this kind of bag and tied around the waist when going out, so it is called "shoulder bag" or "lotus bag". The sachet is a kind of sachet, named after it contains spices, also known as sachet, fragrant tassel, fragrant sachet, fragrant ball, fragrant sachet, purse and so on.

According to documents, the history of ancient people wearing sachets can be traced back to the Shang and Zhou Dynasties. According to the Book of Rites? "Neizhi" records: "Men and women who are not crowned, salted, washed, combed, smashed, smashed, smashed,

Everyone looks stinky. Zheng Xuan in the Eastern Han Dynasty noted: "Smelly things are also fragrant. Take the tassel and reward it, and give it to the little ambassador. "The main idea is that underage men and women should wear sachets when visiting their parents and elders to show respect. The "smelly capacity" mentioned here is probably the earliest form of sachet ~