Hanmo incense is not an idiom
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Hanmo (Chinese vocabulary)
Hanmo means "pen and ink", Originally refers to diction.
Three Kingdoms Wei Cao Pi's "Classics and Essays": "The ancient authors relied on calligraphy and ink, and their ideas came from the books." Later generations also generally refer to articles, calligraphy and Chinese paintings.
"History of the Song Dynasty·Mi Fu Biography": "It is particularly wonderful in calligraphy and ink, calm and flying, and captures Wang Xian's brushstrokes."
Qing Yuan Fucheng's "Suiyang Shangshu Yuan Family Genealogy": " The Ninth Master (Yuan Keli's son) resumed calligraphy and painting, and was an expert in connoisseurship. When he encountered ancient calligraphy and calligraphy artifacts, he tried his best to obtain them.
Famous calligraphy masters in the past include: Wang Xizhi, Gu Kaizhi, Qi Baishi, Yan Zhenqing, Xu Beihong, etc. .
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Incense
The custom of incense comes from religious beliefs. In ancient times, people could not explain various natural phenomena. , feel mysterious and unpredictable, and hope to use the power of ancestors or gods to ward off evil spirits, avoid epidemics, and have enough food and clothing, so they look for tools to communicate with gods. Because people think that gods and souls are erratic and ethereal, except for clouds and fog in nature. In addition to the mist, it has become a place where gods live in people's minds. Only smoke has this characteristic, so the ancients seemed to have found a way to communicate with gods and ancestors. This is the incense that the ancient Egyptians prayed to the sun god. While doing so, he recited "Use the power of cigarettes to invite the gods to descend to the lower realms", which is exactly the same as Chinese people lighting incense to worship Buddha.