How to learn incense culture?

Learning incense culture can start from the following aspects:

1. Understand the classification and history of incense: incense includes natural incense and artificial incense. In botanical classification, incense usually belongs to the extracts of seeds, leaves, trunks and roots of Phoebe bournei, Dipterocarpus, Aquilaria sinensis and other trees. Historically, incense has played many roles in China culture, such as auspiciousness, eliminating plague and nourishing the soul.

2. Master the usage and skills of incense: Different incense has different usage and skills, such as how to smoke incense, how to burn incense, how to light incense, and how to mix incense to achieve better results.

3. Learn the cultural connotation and etiquette of incense: Incense has profound cultural connotation and etiquette in China culture, such as matters needing attention when offering incense for sacrifice, the relationship between incense and Zen Buddhism, and the cultural background of incense inheritance in different Buddhist temples.

4. Understand the method of making and tasting incense: Learning the method of making incense can better understand the making process and historical changes of incense; Mastering the tasting method of incense can help us better identify the quality and characteristics of incense.

You can learn incense culture by looking for related books, attending incense culture courses, visiting museums or communicating with incense culture lovers.