When burning incense, they are indispensable - Incense Containers (2)

In addition to the unique incense burner introduced in the first episode, there are also some indispensable gadgets in the world of incense! (Attached is a wallpaper~)

The seal incense burner is a stove specially used to burn seal incense. Seal incense is also called seal incense and was already very popular in the Tang Dynasty. . Indispensable for the production of incense is the incense mold. Only by combining the two can the burning of incense be completed. During the burning process, it is necessary to keep the characters or patterns of the incense from being damaged, and at the same time ensure that the incense can burn continuously. It can be said to be a perfect combination of art and technology.

According to relevant research, there was a relatively simple method of burning incense in the Ming Dynasty. Place the seal mold on top of the incense ash that has been laid flat and solid, fill the mold carefully with the closed incense powder, and finally lift up the handle of the edge of the seal mold, the mold will come out, and a complete incense seal will be left in the furnace. middle.

In addition to being easy to watch, incense seals are sometimes used to tell time.

I couldn’t find a suitable schematic diagram of the cultural relics, so I took two screenshots that looked clearer in the game. Do you understand it better?

As for the shapes of incense seals, there are actually many kinds. For example, many of them are preserved in the "Incense Seal Burner Style Manual" imitated by Ding Yuehu.

Although there are few actual incense burners, some researchers have been able to distinguish them from the incense burners. A copper furnace was unearthed from the tomb of King Chu Zhao of the Ming Dynasty in Wuchang, Hubei Province. The furnace body is a flat-bottomed shallow plate, with a hemispherical cover with hollow patterns on it. The entire height of the vessel is only more than five centimeters. Such a shallow incense burner should be the incense tool used to burn seal incense mentioned in the literature.

Thinking about the uses of our daily chopsticks, have you guessed the general use of incense chopsticks?

Incense chopsticks are used to pick up spices. Naturally, the ones used here are not in powder form, but the shape of the incense spoon is like a small spoon, used to pick up powder or pill form. Fragrance. The two utensils are relatively common, and some of the incense chopsticks are made of silver.

Incense bottles, also called incense pots, are used to store incense chopsticks, incense spoons and other tools. Generally, there are divided holes at the mouth of the bottle to prevent the various tools from mixing. .

(Still a screenshot from the game, from "N Ways to Die as a Female Ghost")

The one on the left in the picture is the incense bottle, with the incense chopsticks and the incense clip. Some don’t see it clearly ╮(╯＿╰)╭What should I do if I like this big-headed doll~

Incense stick is a base specially used for inserting incense sticks. The size, shape, thickness and number of sockets are all related to the form of incense used. It appeared relatively late and was more popular in the Qing Dynasty. (Du Niang already has experience teaching you DIY)

Charcoal is an item used to smoke and burn spices. Incense products in the form of fragrant pills, fragrant tablets, etc. need to use conductive items such as fragrant charcoal. It is not lit directly like incense sticks. The raw materials used are generally relatively high-quality charcoal, such as pear charcoal, etc.

The function of incense charcoal is to light the incense charcoal first when burning incense, bury most of it in the incense ash, and then put a layer of heat-conducting sheet on the charcoal (such as Mica flakes, this is a relatively expensive heat-insulating flake), and finally put fragrance on top of the flakes.

To put it simply, Xianghe is a container for holding incense. Most of the wooden ones are difficult to preserve, and many lacquer and porcelain incense have been found.

The fragrant cakes, fragrant pills, fragrant wood chips, etc. used by people are all stored in incense. However, for some unearthed cultural relics, it is difficult to distinguish whether they were used to store incense or other things based on their appearance.

In the Northern Wei Dynasty (not the earliest), the image of Xianghe has been shown in Buddhist paintings. Later, it appeared more frequently in people's fragrant lives. Among the incense sticks of the Tang Dynasty, the precious ones were often made of gold, silver and other materials, which can be described as gorgeous. In addition to daily use, some incense sticks made of exquisite materials and patterns also appeared on "gift lists" as congratulatory gifts in the late Tang and Song Dynasties. They were probably also a popular "status symbol" (pretentious artifact) at that time. Although most of the gifts were gold and silver incense sticks, porcelain incense sticks were mostly used in daily life in the Song Dynasty.

Since it is difficult to distinguish porcelain fragrant blends from powder blends, oil blends, etc., what can be done?

The easiest thing is to encounter the self-writing style on it. Using these fragrances with identifiable uses as a reference, you can label other "little boxes" with unknown uses.

If you encounter those small boxes without text, you can also look at the uses of the friends around them. Whether it is a tower base or a tomb, if the "box" and the incense burner and other incense tools are placed together, the "incense combination" will basically be unable to escape.

The table table used by the cute doll above when burning incense can be regarded as an incense table in terms of function. It is used when burning incense, and is used to place incense bottles, incense burners, incense sticks and other utensils, and has different heights. As a kind of ancient furniture, there are many exquisite things with high-quality raw materials, beautiful shapes and unique patterns and decorations.

There are many reservations about the incense tables from the Ming and Qing dynasties. If you are interested in ancient furniture, you can learn more about them~ Here is a brief mention.

I feel a little messy...Thank you for seeing this, I want to give you a little caution~

Attached is a Wave: Incense Device (1)