"Ding Slow?"

Zhu Dafu and Qiao Qingtai were slightly stunned, the two thought about it, and really felt that the person represented by this statue was likely to be Ding Zhuan, because in historical records, the skilled craftsmen of the Han Dynasty were only comparable to him on Luban.

Since the statue is likely to be Ding Zhuan, then the Boshan furnace in front of him ......

"Shhh Could this be the legendary nine-story Boshan furnace? Qiao Qingtai gasped, and then said with a shocked face.

"It's possible, it's possible!" Zhu Dafu and Meng Yixian also nodded excitedly, and although Chu Chen already knew the value of things, seeing the real thing with his own eyes still made him quite excited.

During the Western Han Dynasty, it was not uncommon to see exquisitely carved bronze Boshan incense burners, and they were also found from time to time in the tombs of the princes and nobles who had been excavated. But among them, the most exquisite bean-shaped Boshan furnace is the wrong Jinbo mountain furnace unearthed in the tomb of Liu Sheng, King Jing of Zhongshan in the Western Han Dynasty.

The Boshan furnace, the upper part of the furnace body and the lid of the furnace are layered on top of each other, although there are no nine layers, at least six or seven layers, the peaks are dotted with trees, mythical beasts, tigers and leopards haunt it, and there are hunters who chase wild boars with bows and crossbows, especially some agile monkeys, or standing on the peaks, or riding on the back of beasts, which makes the work more interesting.

The whole furnace decoration of this Boshan furnace is wrong gold, the lines are strong and smooth, there are thick and thin, and the fine ones are close to the hair, and the craftsmanship is extremely exquisite, which makes people marvel at it.

But when compared with the Boshan furnace in front of him, it is a bit trivial.

First of all, the Boshan furnace unearthed from Liu Sheng's tomb is 26 centimeters high. This is already rare in the bean-shaped Boshan furnace. But the height of this Boshan furnace in front of him is nearly forty-five or six centimeters. It can be said that it is quite rare to have a Boshan furnace of such height.

In addition, in the decoration of the furnace lid, the Boshan furnace unearthed from Liu Sheng's tomb, although the workmanship has been quite exquisite, but there are only six or seven layers, and the Boshan furnace in front of you, everyone counts the past one by one, and it can indeed count nine layers.

And the decoration on it is also like the one described in the book. They are all creatures that the four of them have never seen, such as some strange birds and monsters, poor spirits, and so on. But even so, these things are still vividly portrayed by the author, and in the eyes of the four people, they don't feel abrupt at all, which shows the high level of craftsmen.

Besides, the Boshan furnace in front of him, with the wrong gold wires all over his body, is like the flowing water. Gold threads are also thick and fine, and there is no difference between the thin parts and the hair, and think about the fact that under the conditions of the ancient process, it can be made like this. It's no wonder that Chu Chen and the others were amazed by it.

After carefully appreciating the Boshan furnace in front of him, Zhu Dafu praised loudly again and again: "Good! Good! It's wonderful! Sure enough, it is worthy of the legendary nine-layer Boshan furnace, and I think it can be said to be the pinnacle of many Boshan furnaces! ”

The other three also nodded yes one after another. After the excitement, Meng Yi thought of a question first. He asked:

"It is recorded in the "Xijing Miscellaneous Records" that these things on the nine-story Boshan furnace of Ding Slow Tsuò 'all move naturally'. Do you say this is an exaggeration, or is it a fact? ”

Qiao Qingtai said with a smile when he heard this: "Of course, it's an exaggeration, you don't know, a better Boshan furnace, when incense is burned in the furnace, light smoke floats out, which will cause a hazy mountain scenery and a group of beasts to move smart." It's just an illusion of light refraction that makes our eyes, how can it really have that 'automatic' effect? ”

"Uh......" Meng Yixian wanted to say, how would he know if he didn't try, but after all, this was Chu Chen's thing, and it was inconvenient for him to speak.

Chu Chen understood what Meng Yixian meant, and he said with a smile: "Whether it works or not, we can try it, but we don't have any spices!" ”

Meng Yixian hurriedly said: "This is easy to do, but I just want to trouble everyone to go to my store again." ”

Zhu Dafu's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he said happily: "Then what are you waiting for, I haven't tasted the harmony incense you made yourself for a long time!" ”

Hearing this, Qiao Qingtai said in surprise: "Xiao Meng, I didn't expect you to be a master of incense!" ”

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

Zhu Dafu laughed and said: "Okay, okay, Xiao Meng, don't be modest, you will know in a while how wonderful Xiao Meng's harmony incense is." ”

Hehe incense, as the name suggests, is based on the origin of the incense using different compatibility principles, through guò selection of high-quality incense medicines from all over the world, through different processing techniques to make the medicinal properties or fragrance better play, and then a certain period of cellaring, so that the medicinal properties are more integrated, the fragrance is more mellow.

To put it simply, the incense candle that Chu Chen got was actually a kind of harmony incense.

China's incense history has a long history, from the "Book of Songs", "Lisao" to the Wei and Jin Yong, Fu, from Tang and Song poems to "The Legend of the West Chamber", "Dream of Red Mansions", the literati to the fullest depiction of the elegance of "incense", and "incense" to the palace of culture.

For example, Su Dongpo, the great writer who left a number of legendary stories and has a lot of personality charm for future generations, is a master of incense tasting and incense making.

Throughout the entire history of incense in our country, which country, nation, and so many intellectuals have paid attention to incense for so long and almost throughout history? It can be said that they have elevated the tasting of incense to a purely aesthetic activity, just like appreciating calligraphy and painting and playing opera, reaching the beautiful realm of art from content to form.

Everyone returned to the store together, Meng Yi closed the door casually, and then he took out a tray from the back room, on which were placed many things used for tasting incense, such as incense burners, incense molds, incense spoons, incense sticks, silver leaves, incense bottles, etc., adding up to twenty or thirty kinds.

After Meng Yi put the things on the table first, Qiao Qingtai exclaimed: "Xiao Meng, you have a certain number of years of these things, right?" ”

Meng Yixian smiled slightly: "It's been some years, but there aren't many people who play incense now, and it took me a lot of effort to collect these things, and I only collected all these things three years ago." ”

"Hey! It can't be helped! Qiao Qingtai shook his head and sighed: "In addition to the common incense sticks in our lives, how many people understand incense culture?" The things handed down by the ancestors, if they continue like this, it is estimated that they will all be lost! ”

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

Zhu Dafu retorted: "Playing incense, you always have to consume, now spices are so expensive, how can you let a person who runs around for life all day play incense?" In the past, our country was very poor, people were not rich, and of course there were fewer people who played incense. Life has been good in the past two years, and there are more people who play incense! ”

"That's too!" Qiao Qingtai said with a smile: "Without economic strength, Xiangdao really can't afford to play this thing." ”

Zhu Dafu smiled and said: "Okay, let's not talk about this, let's enjoy Xiao Meng Hexiang!" ”

Meng Yi smiled slightly, then picked up the things on the tray and began to operate.

Before combining incense, you have to choose a theme and think clearly about the intention and intention of making this incense, such as improving the air, relieving fatigue, and maintaining health at home. Subsequently, compatibility is carried out according to the theme.

The same is true for the combination of fragrance and medicine, and with reference to the law of compatibility and seasoning in the Taoist diet, the so-called pharmacological taste is easy to understand.

Therefore, an excellent incense master must be familiar with incense and medicine, be able to skillfully match according to the medicinal properties of incense, and integrate his open mood and blessings into the incense, so that the incense has a positive theme and obtains vigorous vitality.

This positive theme and vitality is reflected in the fact that when the incense is burned, the person who smells the incense will experience the pleasant aroma, the body and mind will be happy, the mood will be cheerful and bright, and the negative thoughts in the heart will gradually disappear, and they will be replaced by a positive, happy and peaceful state of mind. This is the most basic and highest standard for judging good perfumers and good incense.

Meng Yixian's technique of combining incense doesn't seem to have anything special, it's just one word, steady! But it was this stability that made Chu Chen and the others who watched calm down. After a few moments, a refreshing aroma fills the air......

After completing all the steps, Meng Yixian said with a smile: "Let's use powder incense today." ”

The common forms of Hehe incense include thread incense, tower incense, pan incense, powder incense, etc., and powder incense is a powdered spice that is directly combined, which can be used for smearing, sprinkling, direct incineration, and can also be used to make zuò seal incense.

Everyone laughed and said it was no problem.

Then, Chu Chen picked up the lid of the Boshan furnace he had just gotten, and then, Meng Yixian put the porcelain piece with the pink fragrance into the furnace, and lit it, and in an instant, a wisp of light smoke rose, and after a while, a faint and peaceful aroma permeated the entire hall.

At the same time, everyone lost the interest in talking, just gently inhaled the aroma, and tasted the refreshing fragrance with intoxicated faces.

After a while, everyone remembered that there were still important things to do, and after looking at each other and smiling, Chu Chen closed the lid of the Boshan furnace.

At the beginning, the Boshan stove with the lid on didn't show anything different, but the cigarettes were a little scattered because of the small holes in the stove lid, and the appearance was not as good as the original natural shape.

Seeing this situation, everyone felt a little disappointed, but just as Qiao Qingtai was about to say something, the scene in front of him suddenly changed greatly, only to see the smoke on the stove lid, suddenly pouring down somehow, and after a while, the entire incense burner turned into a sea of clouds and fog.

And what shocked everyone even more was that the strange birds and monsters on the original incense burner actually moved themselves as mentioned in the book. Some of them roared, some ran, some frolicked, some fell asleep, and so on.

Everyone was stunned by this situation, and they didn't know what was going on at all...... (To be continued......)

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