I saw someone say that incense ceremony is a traditional Chinese art, what is the difference between Chinese incense ceremony and Japanese incense ceremony? Why is Japanese incense more famous?

Chinese incense molding in the Han Dynasty, the Japanese incense originated in China during the Tang Dynasty, Chinese incense inherited to the end of the Qing Dynasty during the Xuande, and the Xuande stove this well-known incense output, and then with the opium wars and the decline of the country increasingly withered. There are some people who have been displaced to Hong Kong and Taiwan with a slight survival. After the reform and opening up of the Chinese incense ceremony began to flourish, the participants gradually more and more, Chinese incense ceremony has been the incense master Mr. Shi Deyi and the founder of the Chinese incense hall Mr. Xu Tinghe respected, the two masters from the ancient books to restore the Han, Tang Dynasty clothing, utensils, and rituals, and so on.

Chinese incense culture pays more attention to inner cultivation, is a kind of rich spiritual culture, attaches importance to the physical and mental cultivation and conservation, can be said to nourish life and nourish the spirit, the whole process of incense embodies the profound, euphemistic and subtle Chinese culture, is a process of unity between man and heaven. China's traditional incense is to "and incense" as the core, the pursuit of "aroma" on the comprehensive role of people.

Japanese incense draws on the Tang and Song dynasties of the fire smoke incense way and method, but the inner pursuit and the process of incense and incense connotation is different. Modern Japanese incense to burn the original state of the incense material "incense wood" as the main emphasis is on the "fragrance", and through clothing, handicrafts and other ways to "incense" performance is very gorgeous, entertainment and performance of the More components of entertainment and performance.