The beginning of summer is the first solar term of summer. Gao Lian of the Ming Dynasty wrote in "Eight Notes of Zunsheng": "On the day of Meng Xia, heaven and earth begin to meet, and all things are beautiful." "Book of Rites·Yue Ling" Explaining the Beginning of Summer: "The crickets chirp, the earthworms come out, the king melons grow, and the bitter herbs show." It means that at this time, frogs begin to make noises to announce the coming of summer, earthworms are also busy helping farmers loosen the soil, and wild vegetables on the countryside's field edges are also busy. They all compete with each other to unearth and grow day by day.
According to records, during the Zhou Dynasty, on the day of the Beginning of Summer, the emperor personally led all civil and military officials to the suburbs to "welcome summer" and ordered Situ and other officials to go to various places to encourage farmers to work hard.
At this time, the trees are full of locust flowers, the green plums are waiting to be picked, the loquats are turning yellow, and the cherries are already hanging on the branches. The poet Zhao Youzhi of the Song Dynasty wrote a poem "The Beginning of Summer" that says: "The weather in the four seasons is urging each other, and it is full of smoke all night. The wind brings summer. The long acres are full of green wheat, and the rain in the garden has overripe yellow plums. The orioles sing in spring, and the butterflies fall in love with the flowers. ”
The Song Dynasty poet Yang Wanli wrote in "Idleness in Early Summer, Napping Up - Part 1": "The plums leave my teeth sore, the banana leaves separate the green from the window screen. I have no thoughts when I sleep for a long time, and I watch the children catching willows." Flowers. "Jiang Jie, "The cherries are red, and the bananas are green," Yang Wanli, "The little lotus has just revealed its sharp corners, and dragonflies have already stood on it."
Speaking of dragonflies, a volume of "Huizhai Incense Manual" included in the book "Xiangcheng" contains a "butterfly incense", which is said to be "burned in the flower bed in the spring moon, and the butterflies will come out." "To": One liang each of sandalwood, spikenard, scrophulariaceae, rhubarb, golden sand drop, frankincense, two and a half qian of atractylodes, three qian of cloves, the powder on the right, refine the honey and mixture, make cakes and burn them.
The "Jinshajiang" in the fragrance recipe is Jiangzhenxiang. The best Jiangzhenxiang is like Banjiangzhen. The dark reddish-brown fragrant powder is as delicate and rich in oil as gold stars. Maybe this is the author. The reason why it is called "gold sand falling".
Rhubarb is horseshoe rhubarb. It is named because it is shaped like a horseshoe. Its appearance is yellow-brown, with obvious brocade patterns and star spots. Its cross-section is yellow-brown. Its texture is loose, oily, and fragrant.
Atractylodes is the dried rhizome of Atractylodes or Atractylodes of the Asteraceae family. Among them, Atractylodes has a special aroma and is often used for fragrance. Its matrix is ??solid and its cross-section is yellow-white or off-white.
Atractylodes atractylodes grown in the Maoshan area of ??Jiangsu Province has the best quality, rich aroma, and solid weight. Obvious brown-red oil glands can be seen in the cross section, commonly known as "cinnabar points". If the cross section is exposed for a while, it will precipitate. White frost (atractylodes alcohol crystal) is the top grade of atractylodes.
Butterflies follow the fragrance of flowers. Throughout the history of fragrance science, the most fragrant handsome men in history are none other than Xun Yu and Mei Xun.
Mei Xun, a famous official in the Northern Song Dynasty, named Changyan, was the third grandson of the Mei family in Xuancheng. In the third year of Xianping (1000), Emperor Zhenzong of the Song Dynasty, Mei Xun was summoned as a Jinshi examiner to talk about world affairs and was very consistent with Zhenzong. Mei Xun regarded him as a genius and was promoted to Jixian Academy. Mei Xun also regarded Zhenzong as his confidant.
Ouyang Xiu's "Guitian Lu" once recorded that Mei Xun "likes to burn incense. When he is in the official office, every morning when he gets up to attend to matters, he will burn two burners of incense, cover it with official clothes, and pinch his sleeves to go out." , sit down and spread your sleeves, and the room will be filled with strong fragrance."
He said that before going out to court every morning, the most important thing is to burn two incense sticks and cover the wide sleeves of his official robe. Put it on the incense burner, then hold your long sleeves tightly and gather them up to prevent the fragrance from dissipating. After arriving at the government office and sitting down, he unfolded his sleeves, filling the entire room with fragrance. It was him who was referred to as "the secret fragrance fills his sleeves".
Xun Ling, a famous politician and strategist in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, was Cao Cao's chief adviser and hero in unifying the north. He was known as "the talented king". Because he served as "Shang Shu Ling" during his lifetime, he was respectfully called "Xun Lingjun". It is said that when Xun Lingjun went to someone else's house, the scent of the mat he sat on remained for several days. There is a poem that goes: "Xun Lingjun passed by in the south of the bridge, and sent fragrant clothes ten miles away."
"Xiangcheng" includes some poems from Shen The "Xunling Shili Xiang" in the "Incense Book" is included in Volume 19 "The Incense of Fumigation": half a liang of cloves, one liang of sandalwood, one liang of nard, one liang of tongxiang, a little raw borneol, and 5 liang of fennel. Divide (slightly stir-fry), the right side is the end, put it in a gauze bag with tissue paper. If the fennel is raw, it will not be fragrant. If it is over-fried, it will be burnt. If it is too much, it will have too much medicinal flavor. If it is too little, it will not have a floral aroma. Pour in it one by one to make it beautiful. .
This fragrance is suitable to be put in a sachet and worn close to the body. The fennel in the fragrance recipe is fennel. It is best to soak it in light salt water, stir-fry it over low heat until it is slightly yellow, and grind it into fine powder. When adding fragrance, add appropriate amount as stated in the recipe.
If "Xunling Shili Xiang" is suitable for men to wear, then "Lotus Clothing Fragrance" and "Lotus Clothing Fragrance" are suitable for women.
Hibiscus fragrant: one ounce of cloves, one ounce of sandalwood, one ounce of spikenard, half a ounce of tongxiang, half a ounce of peony bark, two ounces of fennel, lightly stir-fry, add a little musk and grind well , stick it with tissue paper and wrap it with a new handkerchief. Its fragrance is like a newly blooming lotus. It is better to add a little musk deer and borneol temporarily. Do not bake it with fire. The more fragrant it is when sweating.
Hibiscus is a lotus flower. The fragrance contained in the fragrance recipe is like a newly blooming lotus flower. When using, add a little each of musk and borneol. No need to bake it with fire. Wrap it with a new handkerchief and put it close to the skin. After sweating, the breath smells better.
Lotus pistil clothing fragrance: one qian of lotus stamen (dry grind), half a liang of tongxiang, 4 qian of nard, 3 qian of patchouli, 3 qian of sandalwood, 3 qian of clove, 2 qian of fennel (slightly Stir-fry), three-thirds of white plum meat, a little borneol, fine powder on the right side, add borneol and grind evenly, stick it with tissue paper, and store it in a gauze bag.
The history of ancient people wearing sachets can be traced back to the Shang and Zhou dynasties.
According to the "Book of Rites? Nei Principles": "Men and women who do not wear hairpins... all have stinky faces." Zheng Xuan noted: "Smelly faces are also fragrant. Wear them with tassels to compel the respected and give them to the young envoys. Also. ”
In ancient times, the sachet was called “Rongxiu” (tongxiu), and the sachet worn was also called “pei curtain”, which was made by placing dried aromatic plants on satin or gauze. In the sewn bags, the fragrance is continuously released.
In the pre-Qin period, everyone from high-ranking officials to ordinary people had the custom of inserting flowers and plants and wearing sachets with them. It emits fragrance and can be used as an ornament.
During the Han and Wei dynasties, the name "sachet" officially appeared in literature, and records of wearing sachets are also common.
Fanqin. "Poem of Love": "Why do you knock? The sachet is tied behind the elbow. "It clearly told people that the sachet was worn under the elbow and hidden in the sleeve. The slight fragrance was emitted from the sleeve through the sleeve, and the refreshing fragrance was emitted as people walked around. The sachet is It is a personal item that the ancients loved very much, and it is also a token of love between men and women.
With the fragrance of clothes, there are also "fragrant body pills" that can be taken orally to make people smell fragrant from the inside out. , "Xiang Cheng" records two fragrant prescriptions for Xiangshen Pills, one is "Xiangshen Pills" from the Xiang genus "Tu Fu Zhi Xiang", and the other is "Cardamom Xiangshen Wan" from the Xiang genus "Xiang Yao"
The two fragrant recipes are as follows:
"Xiang Shen Wan": one and two halves of cloves, three and two each of Agastache leaves, Lingling and spikenard, Cyperus rotundus, Angelica dahurica and Angelica sinensis. , one tael each of osmanthus, betel nut, and rhizome, two qian of musk, and two taels of white cardamom. The right piece is made into fine powder, and the honey is made into a medicine. Punch it down a thousand times, and the pill will be as big as a sycamore seed, and you will feel good. It smells good on the body for five days, and smells good on clothes for ten days. On the fifteenth day, everyone can smell the fragrance. It also cures irritation, bad breath and bad breath all over the body.
"Cardamom-flavored body pills": Clove, One or two each of Aoki, Patchouli, Spicy nard, half two each of Angelica dahurica, Cyperus rotundus, Angelica sinensis, Cassia root, Betel nut, Cardamom, a little musk on the right, make a fine powder by refining honey, add a little ghee, and make pills like Wutong seeds. Take 20 pills each time, swallow them slowly, and make your body fragrant after taking it for a long time.
Coincidentally, Sun Simiao's "Qian Jin Yifang" also has a "Ten Fragrance Pills": agarwood and musk. , one liang each of white sandalwood, green wood incense, tonka, angelica dahurica, spikenard, agastache, asarum, chrysanthemum, betel nut, cardamom, half a liang of cyperus rotundus, and three-thirds of cloves. Pound and sieve the above fourteen flavors. At the end of the day, make honey wrapped in cotton and as big as a sycamore tree. Hold it in your mouth day and night until the taste is gone. Avoid using five pungent ingredients.
Traditional Chinese medicine has rich experience in incense, as early as the Warring States Period. According to statistics, the plants commonly used by Chu people to decorate themselves include orchid, rhubarb, rhizome, Duheng, hibiscus, pepper, osmanthus, etc., many of which are traditional Chinese medicines. . In the Han Dynasty, it was more common for ministers to use chicken tongue incense as a reminder, and it was more common for women to wear sachets.
There are also records that in addition to secreting natural body odor, the human body can also be treated with food or medicine. It produces a special fragrance, just as the ancients said, "Coughing Qianhua Brewing makes the skin white and fragrant."
I can't help but think of a prescription used by Xue Baochai in "A Dream of Red Mansions" to treat chronic diseases, cold incense. Pills.
The preparation method is quite complicated. You need to collect and grind twelve taels of white peony stamens in spring, white lotus stamens in summer, white hibiscus stamens in autumn, and white plum blossom stamens in winter. The rain on the day of "Rain", the dew on the day of "White Dew", the frost on the tiles on the day of "Frost Descent", and the snow on the plum blossoms on the day of "Light Snow", mix well for 12 qian each, then mix them with honey and white sugar, make them into longan-sized balls, and hide them. Mix it with Phellodendron cypress water when necessary and take it under the pear tree.
According to the original book, this pill can not only treat the "heat poison" caused by Xue Baochai's pregnancy, but it can also make the body emit heat when taken for a long time. A faint cool fragrance.