Chapter 696

"Ding Huan?"

Zhu Dafu and Qiao Qingtai were stunned. After thinking about it, they really felt that Ding Huan was the representative of the statue, because in historical records, he was the only skillful craftsman in the Han Dynasty who could match Lu Ban.

Since the statue is likely to be Ding Huan, the Boshan furnace in front of us

"Hiss! Is this the legendary nine story Boshan furnace? " Qiao Qingtai took a cold breath, then said with a shocked face.

"It's possible, it's possible!" Zhu Dafu and Meng Yixian also nodded excitedly. Although Chu Chen had already known the value of things, he was still quite excited to see them with his own eyes.

In the Western Han Dynasty, exquisitely carved Tongboshan censers were not uncommon, and they were also found in the excavated tombs of Wang xungui. But the most exquisite bean shaped Boshan furnace is the cuojin Boshan furnace unearthed from the tomb of Liu Sheng, King Jing of Zhongshan in the Western Han Dynasty.

The Boshan furnace, with its upper body and cover, has six or seven layers of peaks. The peaks are interspersed with trees, beasts, tigers and leopards. There are also hunters who chase wild boars with bows and crossbows. In particular, some monkeys with flexible posture are carved, which make the works more interesting.

This Boshan furnace is decorated with gold. Its lines are vigorous and smooth, with thick and thin lines. The fine ones are close to the hair. The workmanship is extremely exquisite, which makes people marvel.

But when compared with the Boshan furnace in front of us, we can see that it is a little bit of a wizard.

First of all, the Boshan furnace unearthed from Liu Sheng's tomb has a height of 26 cm, which is very rare in the bean shaped Boshan furnace. However, the Boshan furnace in front of us has a height of nearly 456 cm, which is quite rare.

In addition, when it comes to the decoration on the stove cover, the Boshan stove unearthed from Liu Sheng's tomb, although its workmanship is already quite exquisite, has only six or seven floors. As for the Boshan stove in front of us, we can count nine floors one by one.

And the decorations on it are like those described in the book. They are all strange birds, monsters, poor spirits and other creatures that none of the four people has ever seen. But even so, these things are vividly portrayed by the author. They are not abrupt in the eyes of the four people. It shows the high level of craftsmanship.

In addition, the Boshan furnace in front of us is like the flowing clouds and flowing water. The gold wires are thick and thin, and there is no difference between the thin and the hair. It's no wonder that Chu Chen and others would be surprised to think that under the ancient technological conditions, it could be made like this.

After carefully appreciating the Boshan stove in front of him, Zhu Dafu exclaimed: "good! Good! How wonderful! Sure enough, it's worthy of the legendary nine story Boshan furnace. I think it's the pinnacle of many Boshan furnaces! "

The other three also nodded their heads and said yes. After being excited, Meng Yi first thought of a question and asked:

"according to the records in miscellaneous records of Xijing, these things on the nine story Boshan stove made by Ding Huan" all move naturally ". Do you think this is exaggeration or fact?"

Qiao Qingtai said with a smile: "of course, exaggeration, you don't know, a better Boshan stove, usually when burning incense in the stove, light smoke will cause a kind of hazy mountain scenery, animals smart effect. In fact, it's just a kind of hallucination caused by the refraction of light. How can we really have that kind of "automatic" effect

"Er..." Meng Yi wanted to say that he didn't know if he didn't try, but it was Chu Chen's, and it was not convenient for him to speak.

Chu Chen understood Meng Yixian's meaning. He said with a smile, "can we have a try, but we don't have any spices here!"

Meng Yixian said: "it's easy to do, but I want to trouble you to go to my store again."

Zhu Dafu's eyes brightened and said happily, "what are you waiting for? I haven't tasted the hehexiang you made for a long time!"

Hearing this, Qiao Qingtai was surprised and said, "Xiaomeng, I didn't expect that you are still a Hexiang master!"

"I don't dare to be a master. I just have some experience." Meng Yixian said modestly.

Zhu Dafu said with a smile: "OK, Xiaomeng, don't be modest. You will know in a moment how wonderful Xiaomeng's hehehexiang is."

Hehexiang, as the name suggests, is based on the origin of Hexiang, using different compatibility principles, through the selection of high-quality aromatic drugs from all over the world, through different processing methods to make the property or fragrance better play, and then with a certain time of hoarding, make the property more integrated, the fragrance more mellow and harmonious.

In short, the incense candle Chu Chen got was actually a kind of harmony incense.

China's incense road has a long history. From the book of songs and Lisao to Wei Jin Yong and Fu, from Tang poetry and Song poetry to the romance of the west chamber and a dream of Red Mansions, the literati described the elegance of "incense" heartily and pushed "nongxiang" to the palace of culture.

For example, Su Dongpo, who left some legendary stories for later generations and has great personality charm, is a master of tasting and making incense.Throughout the whole history of incense and Taoism in China, which country and which nation have so many intellectuals paid close attention to incense and Taoism for so long and almost throughout history? It can be said that they have turned the appreciation of fragrance into a pure aesthetic activity, just like appreciating calligraphy and painting and playing traditional opera, reaching a beautiful artistic realm from content to form.

We all went back to the shop together. Meng Yixian closed the door of the shop. Then he took out a tray from the inner room. On the tray, there were many things used to taste incense, such as censers, incense molds, incense spoons, incense sticks, silver leaves, incense bottles and so on. In total, there were 20 or 30 kinds.

After Meng Yi put the things on the table, Qiao Qingtai said with admiration, "Xiao Meng, are you all old?"

Meng Yixian said with a smile: "it's been a few years, but now there are not many people playing xiangdao. It took me a lot of effort to collect all these things. I collected all these things only three years ago."

"Ah! There's no way Qiao Qingtai shook his head and sighed: "in addition to the common coil incense and thread incense in our life, how many people understand the incense culture? If the things handed down by our ancestors go on like this, they will be handed down. "

"Old Joe, you're a little worried!"

Zhu Dafu retorted: "when you play incense, you have to consume it. Nowadays, spices are so expensive. How do you let a person who works all day long to play incense? In the past, our country was very poor and people were not rich. Of course, there were fewer people playing incense. After two years of living well, there are more people playing xiangdao! "

"It's the same here!" Qiao Qingtai said with a smile: "without economic strength, xiangdao can't afford to play."

Zhu Dafu said with a smile: "well, let's not talk about it. Let's enjoy Xiaomeng Hexiang."

Meng Yixian smiles, then picks up the things on the tray and starts to operate.

Incense can't be combined just by itself. Before it can be combined, you have to choose a theme and figure out the intention and purpose of making this kind of incense, such as improving the air, relieving fatigue, keeping in good health at home and so on. Then, according to the theme of compatibility.

In addition, referring to the law of compatibility and seasoning in Taoist diet, the so-called pharmacological taste principle is Yi Li.

Therefore, an excellent incense master must be familiar with the way of incense and the way of medicine, be able to skillfully blend according to the nature of incense, and integrate his open mind and blessing into the fragrance, so as to make the fragrance have a positive theme and obtain exuberant vitality.

This kind of positive theme and vitality is reflected in the fragrance of the people who smell the fragrance will feel pleasant, physical and mental peace, cheerful and bright mood, the heart of the negative ideas gradually disappear, replaced by a positive, happy, peaceful state of mind. This is the most basic and the highest standard to judge a good incense teacher and a good incense.

Meng Yixian's method of combining incense doesn't seem to have anything special, just one word, steady! But it was this stability that calmed the hearts of Chu Chen and others. A moment later, a refreshing fragrance filled the air around

After finishing all the steps, Meng Yi said with a smile, "let's use Fen Xiang today."

The common forms of hehexiang are Xianxiang, tasxiang, Panxiang, Fenxiang and so on. Fenxiang is a kind of powdery perfume that can be directly combined. It can be used for smearing, sprinkling, burning directly, and also for making Zhuanxiang.

Everyone said with a smile that there was no problem.

Later, Chu Chen took up the lid of the Boshan stove he had just got. Then, Meng Yi put the porcelain pieces with powder fragrance into the stove and lit it. In a flash, a wisp of smoke curled up. After a while, a faint aroma of elegance filled the whole hall.

At the same time, we have no interest in speaking, just gently absorb the fragrance, intoxicated with the taste of this refreshing fragrance.

A moment later, everyone remembered that there was still something important to do. After smiling at each other, Chu Chen put the lid on the Boshan stove.

At first, the Boshan stove with the lid on didn't show any difference. It was just that the cigarettes were scattered because of the small holes on the lid, which was not as good as the original natural shape.

Seeing this, we all felt a little disappointed. However, just as Qiao Qingtai was about to say something, the scene in front of him suddenly changed greatly. The smoke on the top of the stove suddenly poured down somehow. After a while, the whole censer turned into a sea of clouds.

What's more shocking is that the strange birds and monsters on the censer actually moved themselves, as the book says. Some of them roar, some run, some play, some sleep, and so on.

In this situation, everyone was stunned. They didn't know what was going on