For literati, the study is not only a place to study and study, but also a good place for self-entertainment to relax, relax, and cultivate one's emotions.
In ancient times, literati regarded incense as one of the offerings in the study. The Ming Dynasty novel "Awakening the World" describes the scene of the study in this way:
"The courtyard of this study is open, and the windows are open. It is bright and bright, with a landscape painting of famous people hanging in the middle, and a bronze incense burner with fragrant incense. "A literati's study life begins with a stick of incense.
Regarding the fun of burning incense, "Taiping Qinghua" says: "Everything like burning incense, testing tea, washing inkstones, playing the piano, correcting books, waiting for the moon, listening to the rain, watering flowers, lying down, and surveying "Walking, walking, hanging out, fishing, painting, washing in the spring, holding a stick, worshiping the Buddha, tasting wine, sitting down, looking at the mountains, posting posters, carving bamboos, feeding cranes, all are enjoyable for one person." And burning incense and listening to the rain. It is the elegance of elegance, and the artistic conception should be savored carefully.
The dense mist and rain make the artistic conception of burning incense and meditating more flavorful, more delicate and agile; the elegant mist and rain make people's mood more quiet and distant.
Lu Fangweng once said: "If you want to know how to ascend during the day, you can do it by burning incense and listening to the rain." Lu You compared the wonderful feeling brought by burning incense and listening to the rain to rising up in the daytime and becoming an immortal. The meaning is really wonderful.
With such a leisurely and elegant attitude, many people probably think that Lu You is a rich and leisurely person, but his life situation is like this:
"Closed House All Day During Vacation" "Occasionally Obtained Quatrains"
The official body is often in debt for studying, and Lumi does not provide money for selling wine.
Shengxi is doing nothing at present, burning incense and reading Yuxi poems.
In ancient times, incense was not cheaper than wine. Even when Lu You was living in a difficult situation and could not even afford the money for wine, he still needed a ray of fragrance to accompany his studies. This shows his deep love for incense and his pursuit of the artistic conception of burning incense.
Even when life was difficult, Lu You still did not forget the elegance of burning incense. What kind of charm does China's incense ritual have? Tingshuiju’s latest incense class is about to start again. We look forward to “burning incense and listening to the rain, and reading with the fragrance of books” together with you.