The ancient people's nicknames for incense are so nice.

The ancient people's nicknames for incense are so nice.

Since ancient times, burning incense, ordering tea, hanging pictures and arranging flowers have been regarded as the "four arts of life" of literati. Burning incense ranks first among the four arts. It is extremely elegant, but it is also the most difficult to ponder. Because the smell is intangible, intangible and unpredictable, it is hard for us to imagine if the ancients did not give it various names and nicknames. Fortunately, our ancestors left us many beautiful and magical incense names as entrances. Let us not smell the lingering fragrance, but also get a glimpse of the indescribable ethereal artistic conception.

Li E Zhangzhong Lane

According to legend, this is the fragrance of sleeping in Li Houzhu Palace in Southern Tang Dynasty. The production method is surprisingly simple: put the mashed sandalwood into the hollowed-out goose pear and steam it in a steamer for three times. When the pear juice dries and disappears into fragrant powder, peel it, grind it evenly, drain it in a jar, and then take it out and smoke it slowly.

When the bright moon is in the sky, the warm and elegant fragrance floats leisurely between the bed curtains, with the fruity and delicate sweet fragrance of goose and pear, lingering and soft. With this simple and sweet sleep, I wonder if I can dream back to meeting Li Yu, the king of a country, a thousand years ago and personally debugging the money of Xiangfang for my beloved.

Spring in the snow

In winter, if the ancients saw a mass of snow white on the tip of plum blossom, they regarded it as a letter in the spring of next year, hence the name Xiang: a letter in the snow. This fragrance was originally created by Su Dongpo, and the most rare material is the "plum tip snow" that falls in the heart of plum blossoms and is stained with a little floral fragrance. It's too rare to collect. But for this snow, Su Dongpo spent seven years waiting patiently before and after, and finally made this eternal fragrance through the "beautiful soul and snow spirit". It is a romance that belongs only to the poet!

Sur old bureau

When I first heard the cold, there was a coolness of drilling my nose and piercing my heart, which instantly made my platform clear, while the elegant floral fragrance was mixed with this coolness and floated leisurely. The summer heat attacks people, and the breeze comes, which is the most harmonious with the flute. The fragrance should be noble and noble, and the idea of leaving the world is long. This is a fragrant prescription of Mr. Chen Yunjun's "Smoking Xiang Yu", and the second Su refers to Su.

So how to explain the "bureau"? Personally, I think it should refer to parties and banquets Song people made incense to the extreme, and the Song Dynasty was also the heyday of playing incense. Therefore, the word "bureau" should represent an atmosphere of that era.

Resurrection plum

Its original name was Xiangmei, a worker and peasant in Han Wei. Huang Tingjian, a poet in the Northern Song Dynasty, loved this fragrance very much, saying that helping it "burn up at once, as tender as cold, coming quietly and landing on a lonely hedge." It's like walking alone on a mountain path on a gentle winter morning, surrounded by quiet, plum blossoms, and suddenly a strange silence got into my nostrils.

He felt that the word "thick plum" failed to show the elegant meaning of plum, so he changed its name to "rejuvenation plum" or "hidden spring fragrance" In this fragrance formula, plum blossom is not used, but it simulates the fragrance like plum blossom resurrection, with thin shadow, floating dark fragrance, thin smoke and deep plum rhyme.

Wensixiang

The legend was created by Su Shi, but the fragrant name was taken by his good friend Huang Tingjian from the Shurangama Sutra: "I learned Buddhism from literature and entered samadhi." After lighting, there is a hint of bitterness in the fragrance, which is condensed but not scattered and has a far-reaching charm. When the fragrance permeates the nose, it seems that we can also taste Su Shi's inner helplessness and depression thousands of years ago and feel his generosity and openness through this fragrance. Scrophularia has the functions of clearing heat, cooling blood, purging fire and detoxicating, while Cyperus rotundus has the functions of soothing the liver, relieving depression and regulating qi. In addition, fragrant herbs, such as incense, cloves and licorice ... when the summer heat is strong and impetuous, you can light a wick, which can not only clear your heart, but also be the best companion for reading.