According to records, in the Zhou Dynasty, on the day of long summer, the emperor personally led hundreds of civil and military officials to the suburbs to "welcome the summer" and instructed Stuart and other officials to go to various places to encourage farmers to work hard.
At this time, Sophora japonica is full of trees, green plums are waiting to be picked, loquats are yellow, and cherries are covered with branches. Song Dynasty poet Zhao Youzhi has a poem "long summer", which says, "The weather at four o'clock urges the phase, and the night brings summer heat. Long mu of steamed wheat grows day by day, and the garden rain ripens Huangmei. Ying Ti-chun has gone to worry about thousands of strands, and the butterfly loves flowers and hates them several times. Sleeping in the south window, I am tired of thinking, and I am idle to watch the pagoda shade full of pavilions. "
Yang Wanli, a poet of the Song Dynasty, wrote in "Taking a nap in early summer, Part I": "Plums have sour and soft teeth, and bananas are divided into green and window screens. I slept for a long time and thought mercilessly, watching children catch willow flowers. " Jie Jiang "red cherry, green plantain", Yang Wanli "Xiao He just showed her sharp horns, and a dragonfly stood on her head long ago".
speaking of dragonflies, a volume of "Hui Zhai Xiang Pu" included in the book "Xiang Cheng" contains a "butterfly fragrance", which says that "it is burned in the garden in spring, and the butterfly comes from itself": sandalwood, Gan Song, Scrophularia, rhubarb, golden sand drop, frankincense, Atractylodes rhizome, two and a half dollars, clove San Qian, and honey refining.
The "golden sand drops" in the fragrant formula is the fragrance of reducing fragrance, which is superior to the fragrance of reducing fragrance. The deep reddish-brown fragrant powder is delicate and rich in oil, like Venus, which may be the reason why the author calls it "golden sand drops".
Rhubarb, namely Rhubarb, is named after its horseshoe shape, with yellow-brown appearance, obvious brocade and stars, yellow-brown cross section, loose texture, oiliness and fragrance.
Atractylodes lancea is the dried rhizome of Atractylodes lancea or Atractylodes macrocephala in Compositae, in which Atractylodes macrocephala has a special fragrance, and this Atractylodes macrocephala is often used for incense, and its matrix is solid, and its cross section is yellow or gray.
Atractylodes lancea, which is produced in Maoshan area of Jiangsu Province, has the best quality, strong aroma, firm weight and obvious brown-red oil glands on the cross section, commonly known as "cinnabar spots". If the cross section is exposed for a long time, hoarfrost (crystal of atractylol) can be precipitated, which is the top grade of Atractylodes lancea.
Butterflies follow the scent of flowers. Throughout the history of Xiangxue, the most fragrant handsome men in history are Xun Yu and Mei Xun.
Mei Xun, a famous official in the Northern Song Dynasty, was the third grandson of Mei in Xuancheng and the third year of Xianping in Song Zhenzong (1). Mei Xun was summoned as an examiner of Jinshi to talk about world affairs, which was very much in line with the true Sect. He regarded him as a wizard and was promoted to the Jixian Academy. Mei Xun also took the true Sect as his confidant.
Ouyang Xiu's Record of Returning to the Field once recorded that Mei Xun "likes to burn incense. When he is in the official office, he will burn incense two times every morning, cover it with public clothes, pinch his sleeves out, sit still and spread out his sleeves, and the room is full of fragrance."
It is said that before he goes out to court every morning, the most important thing is to burn two incense burners, put the wide sleeves of the official robes on the incense burners, and then hold the long sleeves tightly and gather them together to prevent the fragrance from dispersing. When he got to the office and sat down, he unfolded his sleeves, which filled the whole room with fragrance, and "Dim fragrance filled sleeves" meant him.
Xun Ling, a famous politician and strategist at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, was the chief adviser and hero of Cao Cao's unification of the north, and was called "the genius of Wang Zuo". He was honored as "Xun Lingjun" because he served as "Shangshuling" before his death. According to legend, Xun Lingjun went to other people's homes, and the mat he sat on left a fragrance for several days. There was a poem saying: "Xun ordered the bridge south, and sent clothes ten miles away."
"Xiang Cheng" contains "Xunling Shilixiang" from Shen Li's "Fragrance Spectrum", which is included in Volume 19 "Fragrance of Smoked Peis": half of clove, one or two of sandalwood, Gan Song, one or two of Linglingxiang, a little raw borneol, five points of fennel (slightly fried), the right is the end, and the fennel is filled with gauze bags, but the fennel is not fragrant when it is raw.
this fragrant product is suitable to be packed in sachets and worn close to the body. The fennel in the fragrant prescription is fennel, which should be soaked in light salt water for processing, then stir-fried with low fire until it is yellowish, and ground into fine powder. When fragrant, it should be added in an appropriate amount as stated in the prescription.
If Xun Ling Shi Li Xiang is suitable for men, then Fu Yun Yi Xiang and Lian Rui Yi Xiang are suitable for women.
fragrance of hibiscus: one or two clove, one or two sandalwood, one or two Gan Song, one or two dill incense, one or two peony bark and two fennel are slightly fried, and the right is the end. Add a little musk and grind it evenly, stick it on a tissue paper, and wrap it in a new handkerchief. Its fragrance is like a newly-opened lotus flower. It is better to add a little musk and borneol temporarily. Do not bake it with fire and sweat.
Lotus, the fragrance of lotus, is just like a newly blooming lotus. When using it, add a little musk and borneol, and wrap it in a new handkerchief without baking, which is close to the skin. After sweating, the smell is more fragrant.
fragrance of lotus plums: lotus plums with one cent (dry-ground), Linglingxiang with half, Gan Song with four cents, Pogostemon San Qian, Sandalwood San Qian, clove San Qian, fennel with two cents (slightly fried), Bai Mei meat with three cents, borneol with a little powder on the right, evenly ground in borneol, pasted with tissue paper, and stored in gauze bags.
The history of ancient people wearing sachets can be traced back to the Shang and Zhou Dynasties. According to the Book of Rites? Neize records: "Men and women who are not crowned, ... all look bad." Zheng Xuan noted, "It smells bad and smells good. Take the tassel and admire it, and give it to the little envoy. "
The sachet, which was called "smell-letting" in ancient times, is also called "wearing a curtain", that is, the dried aromatic plants are placed in a bag sewn with satin or gauze, so that the fragrance is continuously released and radiated.
in the pre-Qin period, from dignitaries to ordinary people, there was a custom of wearing flowers and plants and carrying sachets with them, which could not only emit fragrance, but also be used as ornaments.
during the Han and Wei dynasties, the name of "sachet" appeared in the literature, and the records about wearing sachets were not uncommon.
fan Qin's poem of love: "why knock?" The sachet is tied behind the elbow. " It clearly tells people that at that time, the sachet was tied under the elbow and hidden in the sleeve, and then the slight fragrance was emitted from the sleeve through the sleeve, which gave off a refreshing fragrance when walking with people. The sachet is a favorite thing of the ancients, and it is also a thing of love between men and women.
With the fragrance of clothes, there are "Xiangshen Pills" that can be taken orally, which make people smell fragrant from the inside out. There are two fragrant prescriptions of Xiangshen Pills in Xiangsheng, one is Xiangshen Pill in Tu Fu Zhi Xiang, and the other is Doukou Xiangshen Pill in Xiangyao.
The two fragrant prescriptions are as follows:
"Xiangshen Pill": one and a half parts of clove, three parts of leaves of Pogostemon, three parts of Gan Song, one part of Cyperus rotundus, one part of angelica dahurica, one part of angelica sinensis, one part of Cinnamomum cassia, one part of areca nut and one part of Alpinia oxyphylla, two parts of musk and two parts of cardamom; The right piece is fine powder, refined honey is the agent, and the pill is as big as buttonwood. When you take a pill, you will feel fragrant. On the fifth day, you will smell fragrant, on the tenth day, others will smell fragrant on the fifteenth day. It also cures the burning, evil and lisping of the whole body.
"cardamom pill": clove, radix aristolochiae, Herba Pogostemonis and Gan Song, angelica dahurica, rhizoma Cyperi, angelica sinensis, cinnamon, betel nut and cardamom, and a little musk. The right is fine powder, refined honey is the agent, and less ghee is added. The pill is as big as a buttonwood. Take 2 pills each time, and gradually dissolve the pharynx and body fluid, which makes people feel fragrant after a long time.
Coincidentally, Sun Simiao's "Qianjin Yifang" also contains a "Ten Fragrant Pill": Aquilaria Resinatum, Musk, White Sandalwood, Aristolochia, Linglingxiang, Angelica dahurica, Glycyrrhrizae Rosin, Pogostemon, Asarum, Xiongqiong, Areca catechu, Cardamom, Cyperus rotundus and clove. On the 14th flavor, pound and sift for the end, refine honey as big as cotton and wrap it like a wuzi, contain it every day, and the taste of pharynx and body fluid will stop, so avoid five spices.
Traditional Chinese medicine has rich experience in fragrant body. As early as the Warring States Period, it was customary to wear or hold fragrant flowers and bluegrass in your mouth. According to statistics, the plants commonly used by Chu people to decorate themselves are orchid, Hui, Quan, Zhi, Li Jiang, Du Heng, hibiscus, pepper, cinnamon and so on, many of which are traditional Chinese medicines. In the Han Dynasty, it was more common for women to wear sachets when Shang Shu played with the fragrance of chicken tongue.
It has also been recorded in literature that besides secreting natural body fragrance, the human body can also make it produce special fragrance through food or medicine conditioning, which is just like what the ancients said, "Coughing a thousand flowers makes the skin white and fragrant".
I can't help thinking of Lengxiang Pill, a prescription used by Xue Baochai in A Dream of Red Mansions to treat chronic diseases.
Its preparation method is quite complicated. It is necessary to collect and grind the Bai Mudan pistil in spring, the white lotus pistil in summer, the Bai Furong pistil in autumn and the Bai Mei pistil in winter, add the rain on the day of "Rain", the dew on the day of "Bailu", the frost on the tile on the day of "first frost" and the snow on the day of "Light Snow", and mix them with honey and sugar.
According to the original book, this pill can not only cure the "heat poison" brought by Xue Baochai's fetus, but also make the body emit a faint and cool fragrance after long-term administration.