As we all know, in TV series, An Lingrong is a master of perfuming. Her perfuming skills not only give her extra points, but also greatly promote the development of the plot. She will not only compete with Xiang Xiang for favor, but also kill others with Xiang Xiang. I don't know if you still remember, among several spices appearing in TV series, one spice is called "Incense in Goose Pear Account", which has attracted people's attention because of its strange name.
So what is the fragrance in this goose pear account?
First of all, it should be understood in two parts. The first part is "fragrance in the account". To say that ancient people were particular about people, they would hang a veil at the door of the bedroom, and then the fragrance in the middle of the account was called fragrance in the account. Some spices cultivate sentiment, add some interest to life and live more exquisitely.
At that time, the principle and use of spices were similar to those of aromatherapy we use now, all for removing odor or improving the quality of life. But the ancient spices were all made of natural materials, unlike our current aromatherapy, which added some chemicals. Although many different kinds of smells are driven by chemical components, they also lack many natural flavors.
So who was the first person to invent "the fragrance in the goose pear account"? I believe everyone has heard of this man. He is the "literary youth" among the emperors: Li Yu, the queen of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and the fragrance in his "The Story of the Goose Pear" is also called "the fragrance among the Empresses in the South of the Yangtze River".
This man is legendary. In all the work he did, except that the emperor didn't do it well, he was handy in other aspects and achieved remarkable results. Such a person and Song Huizong are really a match made in heaven. According to legend, Li Yu got the chance to make incense because he and his wife Zhou Ehuang fell in love and flew with me, so he hoped to add some interest to life by making incense. However, some people say that the fragrance in "The Story of the Goose Pear" was written by Zhou Ehuang, a Zhou native, while others disagree that it was written by Nv Ying, a Zhou native. Until now, there is no way to verify the fragrance.
In order to increase the delicate details of life, they hope to improve the fragrance in the original account. Once, the fragrance they used was sweet and greasy, which was very useful at banquets or weekdays. But if it's in the bedroom, it's a little too sweet to sleep. So they want to make a fresh and elegant fragrance so that they can sleep. So the husband and wife gave up the traditional fragrance and turned their attention to pears.
Pear is a kind of fruit that has many benefits for people. In ancient books, pears have been rated as "the Sect of Hundred Fruits". I believe that everyone has usually drunk the pear flower soup cooked by their parents, which tastes sweet and elegant, just in line with the "elegant fragrance" they are looking for, so the husband and wife will come together! Li Yu cut off the top of the pear, then hollowed out the core in the middle, made the pear into a small container, then added agarwood powder and sandalwood powder in proportion, and covered the top.
Heat them together, then dry them in the shade and repeat several times. When repeated for the third time, Li Yu finally got the effect he wanted. This is the general practice of incense in the goose pear account.
Nowadays, there are many formulas of incense circulating in modern goose pear tents, and the basic principles are similar. Heating Aquilaria Resinatum and Goose Pear together on fire, so that the sweet juice of Goose Pear is immersed in spices, will improve the taste of original Aquilaria Resinatum or Musk, and gain a unique aroma different from traditional spices.
Later, this raw material, goose pear, was often used to make spices. For example, Long Xianxiang Jr. recorded in aromatic books used goose pears, and this kind of Long Xianxiang was also mentioned in The Harem. Moreover, goose pear is widely used and has certain medicinal value, so it is also used as medicine. In Su Shi's Poems of Four Perceptions of Ouyang Hui, it is mentioned that goose pear is used as medicine:
"The combination medicine must be goose pear, not outside the spine, but the pear tip is good." People are full of yearning and curiosity about strange things they have never touched. The better the record, the more curious it is. After so much rendering, I believe many people are eager to try, hoping to restore this magical spice. We can make common agarwood and sandalwood by universal online shopping, but where can we find this kind of goose pear? The choice of pear is the soul of this spice, but even the common pears now, how can we ensure that the variety and taste of pears are the same as those thousands of years ago? What pear does Li Yu use in the production process?
According to textual research, the ancient goose pear is an ancient pear, namely Muli in Xinjiang. Everyone knows that Xinjiang is a good place, because the temperature difference between day and night is large, so the sugar content of fruit is higher than that of other places, and the taste is especially sweet, so the taste of pear is also very sweet. The ancient book Puji Fang in Ming Dynasty once recorded:
"When it is cooked for the first time, it will feel fragrant in clothes." It means that this Xinjiang pear smells particularly fragrant when it is just ripe in clothes. This Xinjiang Muli pear is not only rich in aroma, but also can be directly rubbed into fragrant pills by hand without sticking powder because of its high sugar content and high pulp viscosity. Even without special treatment, you can use two "fragrant pills" in your clothes.