The earliest legend of "dying for love" came from three tributes of "dying for love" in the Western Regions and Yue State during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. As big as a swallow's egg and as black as a mulberry, it is said that patients get up after burning this incense, and those who have not died for three days will live after smoking it.
"To the first year of the World Yuan Dynasty, there was a great plague in Beijing, and the deceased was too half. The emperor burned incense in the city, and all those who died for three days were alive. The fragrance will not rest after March. " ("Taiping Guangji" volume four immortals and four immortals. )
That is to say, when the plague broke out in Beijing, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty took out the incense sticks of the moon and lit them in the city, and all the people who died less than three days came back to life. Three months later, the fragrance of Shenxiang still lingers over the capital.
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty finally believed that it was a rare treasure, so he kept the rest in a brocade box.
One day, when I opened it, the fragrance of the moon branches mysteriously disappeared.
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The legend of dying for love is a tribute to the western regions, which appears in the fragrance spectrum of ancient books with its strange mystery and magical imagination.
The "moon fragrance" recorded in Zhu Hong's "Fragrance Difference" in the Song Dynasty: "In the second year of Han Dynasty, the moon country paid tribute to the fragrance, and Emperor Wu took a look, which was like a swallow egg, and every three were as big as dates."
In the Song Dynasty, Ye Tingxuan compiled "Famous Fragrance Spectrum": "The moon sticks to the fragrance, and the moon sticks to the country, like an egg. If it is burned, it will spread for a hundred miles and will not be scattered in September. "
Legend has it that the King of Yue spent thirteen years crossing the weak water desert and went through numerous difficulties and obstacles to collect incense, rare birds and animals and pay tribute to Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty.
Yueshi, the Yueshi Kingdom, was the enemy of Xiongnu from Zhangye to Dunhuang in the west of Hexi Corridor from the 5th century BC to the early 2nd century BC.
From BC 177 to BC 174, Yue was defeated by Xiongnu and moved westward. Called Da Yue, a few people moved south to Qilian Mountain (now Gansu and Qinghai).
In the second year of Emperor Jian Yuan of the Han Dynasty (BC 139), Zhang Qian was ordered to go to Yue Family, which was the beginning of this mission. Zhang Qian broadened the channels of economic and cultural exchanges between the Central Plains and the Western Regions, and formed the famous Silk Road at home and abroad. A large number of spices and medicines entered the Central Plains as after-products of the silk trade, such as rosemary, blumea balsamifera, storax, bean fragrant, etc ... as well as India, Persia and Hunan.
In the first month of the third year of Zheng He's reign (90 BC), Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty made a special trip to Anding County after offering sacrifices to Taiyi God in Ganquan, where he met with the Yueshi emissary. The Moon's envoy presented a tribute-three died for love and one was the head of a beast.
However, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty thought that China was not short of incense, so he ordered Ai Die to be put in a foreign warehouse and sent rare animals to Shanglinyuan to feed the tigers.
At the sight of this strange animal, the tigers were too scared to move.
The next day, angels and animals disappeared together.
Ancient records
According to "Hanwu Biography", the fragrance of the moon branches is collected from the rejuvenation resin, and the rejuvenation tree is like a maple and cypress, and the flowers and leaves smell a hundred miles.
Take its roots in a pot, boil it in water to get juice, refine it like paint, and it smells fragrant. Its name is six: returning to the soul, shaking the essence, reviving, rejuvenating the spirit, and dying by horse training.
Where there is the plague of the dead, burning beans will make them reborn, so they are named to die of love.
Die for love, Lingwu also, smell a hundred miles, dead body on the ground, breathing has life.
This is an anecdote recorded in the Records of the Ten Kingdoms in the Han Dynasty.
During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, China was in a prosperous period of spice trade.
Because of the real spices, incense became particularly prosperous when Liang Wudi was in office, and unofficial history's notes were repeated in later generations.
For example, in Chang 'an, burning "incense sticks on the moon" to solve the plague (Volume 8 of Incense Ride);
Dong Fangshuo's "love love love" Herb met Li Furen in his dream until the burning of "dying for love" revived Li Furen.
Die for love, Japan
There is also a record of "Die for Love" in Japan.
At that time, China and Japan brought the legend of "dying for love" to Japan in the spice trade. It is also recorded in the Japanese classic Tale of Genji.
Tale of Genji is a classic Japanese literary work, which has a great influence on the development of Japanese literature and is regarded as the peak of Japanese literature. Up to now, there is no exact statement about the age of the book, which is generally considered to be between 100 1 year and 1008. Therefore, it can be said that The Tale of Genji is the earliest realistic novel in the world and occupies a certain position in the history of world literature.
Die for the love of Taoism
Incense is indispensable in the ritual activities of Taoist sacrificial altars. Incense to Wenda is a token of true spirit, which is recorded in the Taoist scriptures.
Burning incense and evoking souls in seclusion. There is a saying: "burn incense and communicate, and the boys of the five parties will lead their souls back."
There are "one stone falls to die for love" and "three stones fall to die for love, leading to ten halls ..." in the Quanzhen instrument model. To die for love is the best choice, calling the soul to lead the spirit to die, and it is also the pure fragrance of the customs and ancestor worship in the Central Plains.
Learn ancient treasure hunting and study "the fragrance of the moon branches"
Based on many years' experience and views on harmonious incense, Mr. Hua Zang, the famous owner of Xiangzhai, conducted textual research and research from the practical level to explore the possibility of ancient incense prescriptions. Through the study of the history of incense, the historical facts of medical exchange and spice trade between the western regions and the Central Plains in Han and Tang Dynasties were verified. Then, according to the characteristics of nasal root acceptance and the function of Buddha incense formula, the top-grade medicinal incense of "Aquilaria sinensis of the Moon" is carefully developed and produced, which is also a high-end cultural incense.
"The legend of Yuezhi is full of strange mystery and magical imagination."
Mr. Hua Zang's prose "The fragrance of the branches of the moon" succinctly, accurately and smoothly expresses the compatibility of the legendary story and the study of spices. He is confident, just like burning this kind of incense, and he can see the fantasy scene of "the incense smells a hundred miles, the dead body is on the ground, and the gas smells raw". Wonderful!
Mr. Hua Cang
Smell this song "Moontwig Fragrance", the fragrance is strange and delicate, with the seductive taste of women, she is gentle and powerful;
It is also like a white, indescribable white gauze curtain, like wind and fog. It is stable, powerful, quiet and steady.
At her feet, she rolled up a strong breath of resurrection. ...
The smell of incense has a strong impact and penetration on the chest, and once throbbed like a strong life.
The whole picture is magnificent, with dark clouds overhead and long walls.
Gray, gray and white.
As quiet as ashes, there is no sound. ...