Since the Tang Dynasty, sesame oil and pills have become the main forms of incense, which lasted for thousands of years. In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, line incense and dragon hanging incense similar to the current coil incense began to appear. The use of linear fragrance is relatively simple and convenient, and eventually it becomes the mainstream fragrance type. In ancient times, in addition to a large number of solid incense, there were a large number of liquid incense. Rose Water in the Dressing Room by Zhang Mi in the Southern Tang Dynasty: "In the fifth year of Zhou Xiande (958), Kunming offered fifteen bottles of rose water, and the clouds came to the western regions to sprinkle clothes, but the clothes were too beautiful to smell."
There are more than 200 species of Rosa, among which Rose, Rose and Rose are its representative plants. As early as BC, people in China, Persia and the Mediterranean have cultivated and utilized Rosa plants. In the tenth century, Persians discovered the method of distilling roses to make rose water and used it as a drink and spice. Rose water soon spread to China and became an important import commodity in overseas trade in the Song Dynasty.
Cai Tae-taek wrote in Tieweishan Congtan that "Rose water is an old saying of the dew of wild roses collected abroad, which is almost another way of saying it. If platinum is used as retort, wild rose steam is used as water, and it is repeatedly steamed and accumulated into fragrance, so it is unbeaten.
What were the forms of incense used by early people?
The early incense products did not have the current thread incense and coil incense products, and the widespread use of this incense product would not be earlier than the middle of the Ming Dynasty. The form of incense determines the way to taste it. The early burning ceremony was mainly "smoke rising to the sun", and the early use of incense was also the direct combination burning of incense materials. In order to reduce smoke, the method of burning incense used by the ancients is burying burning, also called stewing burning. After the incense is lit, it can be buried with incense ashes, which can not only reduce the smoke, but also keep the fragrance lasting.
The most popular and commonly used forms of incense burning are fire burning and incense sealing. This form has been widely used 1000 years and is still loved by people today.
What is the difference between using incense for sacrifice and using incense for life?
The ancients used incense, and different uses had different connotations and requirements. In ancient times, the incense of offering sacrifices to heaven, earth, gods and ancestors was mostly meat. Household fragrance is mostly plain fragrance. Sacrificial incense will add animal fat to the incense. And household fragrance is mainly plant fragrance.
Long Xianxiang Maru
Long Xianxiang Pill is one of the most fragrant incense products in history, which is mostly used by upper-class aristocrats, dignitaries and literati. Since the Tang and Song Dynasties, there have been dozens of outstanding Long Xianxiang schools. This product is made by carefully blending the ancient incense formula of Neifu in the Northern Song Dynasty.