![]() ![]() It is placed in the hall or on the desk of the study. The most important function of the incense burner in ancient China was first of all, to worship the Buddha or ancestors Secondly, the incense burner is also a favorite of literati and refined scholars. There are many styles of ancient Chinese incense burners, including large, small, square, round, long, and short the materials are also different from copper, iron, tin, stone, and ceramics to show the difference in value Different patterns and characters are carved to indicate different uses. ![]() The style and function of the incense burner Therefore, the design of the incense burner in the Tang and Song Dynasties, whether it is the type of utensils or the all encompassing decorative patterns, has reached a new historical height. ![]() The metal craftsmanship in the Tang Dynasty is the most prominent, and most of them are made of gold and silver incense burners, with various shapes, gorgeous colors and exquisite craftsmanship the Song Dynasty is represented by ceramic craftsmanship, which is light, thin and slender. The Tang and Song Dynasties were the heyday of the development of incense burners in my country. The incense burners in the Qin and Han Dynasties were usually made of bronze and ceramics, and the shape and style were relatively simple. The ancestors poured all their possessions, prayed to heaven, and asked the gods and ancestors to bless their tribe and country for peace. In ancient China, bronze tripods were used for cooking meat, offering sacrifices, etc. The history of Chinese incense burner culture can be traced back to the "ding" in the Shang and Zhou dynasties (1600BC - 256BC). The origin and development of ancient Chinese incense burners Later, people began to put plant spices to repel mosquitoes, remove impurities, revering the Heaven and worship Buddha, etc., and gradually evolved into incense burners. Incense burners originated from the most basic survival needs of people, such as heating, lighting, etc. There was no such thing as an incense burner and they called it "furnace" at most, not "incense burner". At that time, they mainly wore, cooked, boiled, and brewed. The incense burners of different styles and shapes also became a small microcosm of the social life and culture of the Tang and Song Dynasties.īefore the Qin and Han dynasties, people basically used natural spices for aromatherapy activities. The Chinese incense burner culture appeared as early as the Spring and Autumn Period (770BC - 470BC), inherited from the Qin and Han Dynasties (221BC - 220AD), and gradually perfected in the Tang and Song Dynasties (618 - 1279). In ancient China, incense burners not only had extremely high use value, but also had rich artistic value, they reflected the attitudes and feelings of all social strata towards life, and at the same time, they could also reveal the value orientation of the ancients in spiritual belief, cultural life, political economy and so on. With different dynasties, the incense burner has shown different styles and has become one of the utensils that can represent the national creation and culture. ![]() It can be seen that the incense burner was already a very common item in the Tang Dynasty in China. Li Bai (701-762), a poet in the Tang Dynasty, said in a poem: " The sunlit Censer Peak exhales incense-like cloud Like an upended stream the cataract sounds loud." A peak on Mount Lu that looks like an incense burner produces purple haze under the sunlight, and the waterfall is like white silk hanging in front of the mountain from a distance "In the Boshan furnace, there is incense burning agarwood, and the two smokes linger the purple clouds, and shot straight to the top of the sky." The burning incense made of fragrant wood is burning in the Boshan furnace, and the two flue gases make a straight smoke, like going above the fairyland. The incense burner which is filled with incense naturally has a long historical evolution. China's incense culture has a long history, and even records about aromatherapy can be found in oracle bone inscriptions. ![]()
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