1. Make incense and seal script.
The simplest and most casual method of burning incense in ancient times was to smoke incense powder. It was used to quiet the home and promote feng shui. An incense seal was used to press the model of the incense powder. In addition to being pleasant and elegant, incense in ancient times was also used for its fragrance. The effect of timekeeping, "the effort of one seal incense, the time of one stick of incense", accompanied by chanting sutras, calligraphy and drinking tea, make time have better memories from now on.
Use an ash press to compact and flatten the incense ash. Place the incense seal on the incense ash. Use an incense spoon to fill the incense powder into the incense powder slot. After the incense powder fills the incense powder slot, put the incense into the incense powder slot. After scraping the powder evenly and cleanly, slowly lift the incense stick upward vertically, and finally light the incense stick, then the next step is to savor the charm of agarwood.
2. Make incense sticks.
Today, people are more likely to use incense sticks, light the incense sticks, and let the smoke clouds surge and change with the incense. The smoke of this method is very elegant and the aroma spreads very quickly. In the meantime, the aura of the space will quietly change, making it more suitable for those who are new to agarwood. It is more suitable for tea tasting and smelling in the study and bedroom. It has a sweet taste and can purify the aura. After smoking in a room, a stick of incense can clear away the stale air, instantly restoring elegance and tranquility. The fragrance is pleasant and soothes the soul.
High-quality incense sticks do not contain chemical additives. They use natural elm wood powder as the binding material. The proportion of sticky powder is also quite low. It is precisely because there are no chemical accelerants in agarwood sticks that the incense ash bombs are on the back of the hand. It is not hot to the touch at all and will not ignite a fire even if the paper towel is dropped.
3. Air smoke.
The ancients used incense to cultivate tranquility and to make friends with incense. When there are guests, the host will take out the precious incense materials that have been stored in the home for a long time, bury them in charcoal across the fire, and slowly fry them on the silver leaves. Come, after a while, in the quiet room, you can smell the strange fragrance that enters your heart and spleen, but when you see someone drunk, you can't see the smoke, only the fragrance. At this time, the friends also tasted incense, discussed Taoism, quietly comprehended life, and meditated. This method is called flame incense, and it is also a way to feel the charm of agarwood more deeply.
Before tasting, prepare the incense spoon, incense shovel, incense chopsticks, ashes, incense broom, mica pieces, and incense sticks. Pick up the red-hot charcoal and place it in the dry ashes. Bury the charcoal in the ash until it looks like a raised crater in the middle. Use an incense stick to pierce it until it touches the charcoal buried in the ash, so that all the heat can rush upward from the only small hole. Place the mica piece flat on the Above the small hole, finally put the agarwood piece on the mica piece, wait for the fragrance to overflow and enjoy the intoxicating aroma.
4. Live and hear.
Agarwood is known as the "diamond among plants". In ancient times, wealthy businessmen and merchants often displayed agarwood ornaments and used agarwood as jewelry to highlight their noble temperament. There are all kinds of agarwood jewelry, such as agarwood bracelets, ornaments, toy pieces, etc. We all know that agarwood is a precious medicinal material. We often wear it to smell its faint fragrance, which can calm the mind, refresh the mind and mood, regulate the spleen and stomach, and remove internal heat. Warms the liver, nourishes the five internal organs, warms the waist and knees, and cures asthma. It is not just a decoration or ornament, and it is different from gold and silver jewelry, but it has real benefits!