The use history of perfume in China China is one of the earliest countries to use aromatic plants, with a history of at least 3,000 years. There are many descriptions of Xianghui in the Book of Songs, Songs of the South and Classic of Mountains and Seas in the pre-Qin period, and there are also descriptions of aromatic plants used as medicine in Shennong Herbal Classic in the Han Dynasty. Aromatic plants appeared in all aspects of ancient people's lives. In addition to the well-known fields of food and medicine, aromatic plants also appeared in ancient people's sacrificial rites, costumes, bathing, incense and other fields.
The use of perfume plants. Carry-on sachets Ancient people in China began to wear aromatic plants on their bodies with the help of sachets and other carriers very early. The appearance of sachet is closely related to the use of aromatic plants. The sachets filled with spices are also called sachets, fragrant ears, sachets, fragrant balls, Pei Wei, wallets and so on. Xiangnang is an article with high frequency in China ancient literature. The Book of Songs? Erya? The publishing device mentioned:? A woman's curtains are called slaps. ? On this point, a book was written in Guang Yun in the Northern Song Dynasty? Pingzhi notes:? When a woman gets married, she likes fragrant tassels. In ancient times, fragrant tassels were made of colorful silk. Women marry, they are bound, and the clouds belong. ? This custom of tying fragrant ears (that is, early fragrant bags) is the origin of women tying fragrant bags later. In the Tang Dynasty, many poems repeatedly mentioned sachets. In Lu Wen's Song of Shangguan Zhaorong Bookstore, there are? The sachet is full of embroidery, and the jade feather blows the blue glass? Poetry, Gao Hu's "seven old Poems" also have? Chisel down and pour the wine, and the sachet hangs high? Masterpieces fully reflect the widespread use of sachets at that time, from court concubines, noble men and women to ordinary wealthy families.
Second, sweet and fragrant love is sweet and fragrant. Aromatic plants are one of the best love tokens, which have existed since ancient times. As early as the Spring and Autumn Period, lovers began to send flowers and grass to express their affection. The Book of Songs? Hurricane? The quiet girl wrote? This country exploits me, Meili Yi and is rare. What is the beauty of a bandit girl and where is it? It means that the girl gave the newborn citronella to her lover, and the man cherished it very much, not because it was beautiful, but because it was given by her lover. This? Beautiful and different? what's up Hey? , is a symbol of love citronella. what's up Beauty? Give a person a symbol of fragrance, and he will definitely return it. The Book of Songs? Zheng Feng? Is it in Qin Yan? Wife and daughter, benefiting qi and teasing each other, giving peony? Records, notes of Zheng Xuan's Shi Mao Jian in the Eastern Han Dynasty:? Sending female peony is also a kind of kindness. ? With the development of the times, the fragrant keepsakes of lovers have also changed from direct fragrant plants to various fragrant bags. For example, in the Three Kingdoms period, Wei's poem "Fixed Love" wrote: Why are you knocking? The sachet is behind the elbow. ? In the Tang Dynasty, Sun Guangxian wrote in his poem Distant Complaints:? People presented Yu Lang with red ribbons and sachets to show their gratitude. ? Jin Shu? Wu Jiachuan recorded a wonderful story that a fragrant bag was destined for a lifetime. Wu Jia is the daughter of Jia Chong, the founding father of the Western Jin Dynasty. She worships her father's subordinate official, young talent Han Shou, and gives Han Shou a sachet. Han Shou attracted Jia Chong's attention, got to know their affection through in-depth understanding, and finally fulfilled them. so this is it？ Han Shou stole the fragrance? The origin of allusions.
Third, the fragrant soup bath is one of the gimmicks of many modern film and television dramas. In fact, it is a real scene of ancient people's life. Dai Dai in the pre-Qin period? Is there one in summer? Store orchids for bathing in May? The record means that May came and bluegrass was accumulated for bathing. This is also one of the ceremonies of the Dragon Boat Festival. The ancients of the Zhou Dynasty picked bluegrass in May, and bathing and detoxifying bluegrass soup was popular. Until now, people often use incense sticks and calamus to bathe and wash their hair during the Dragon Boat Festival to prevent epidemics. According to the Analects of Confucius, Confucius and his students put on spring clothes in late spring and bathed in vanilla water by the Yishui River to pray for health and good luck. Qu Yuan was the first person to describe the bathing of aromatic plants in his poem Nine Songs? Jun wrote in the cloud:? Yulantang Xi Fang Mu? . And ancient sacrifices, often? Fasting and bathing? It means taking a bath with delicious soup. During the Three Kingdoms period, it became an essential etiquette to burn incense and bathe in worship of the emperor. The custom of soaking orchid soup prevailed in the imperial palace during the Sui and Tang Dynasties. Yang Guifei bathes flowers, and Chinese medicine aromatherapy also has the saying of bathing incense. Li Yu, a poet in Qing Dynasty, said in his poem "Xinmu": After the three benefits of Lantang, I fell into a drunken sleep. ? Here? Blue soup? , refers to the hot water that takes a bath with spices. This poem vividly expresses the comfortable and pleasant mood after bathing with spices and hot water, which adds interest to life.