The origin of incense

Burning incense in backflow incense burner is a major event in Chinese folk life. It has three very attractive features: First, it is universal. The Han people burn incense, and most ethnic minorities burn incense almost anywhere from south to north and east to west. ..
The second is a long history. There are records in the existing documents "Song Shu" and "Shu Shu", and its origin must be earlier than the Western Zhou Dynasty in the era of poetry and books.
The third is universality. Burning incense is almost everywhere: burning incense for ancestors and gods, burning incense for immortality, everything is immortal, and there are many mountains and forests. Burn in the temple, burn in the toilet. It must be burned during the festival, which is usually the case. The meaning of life is to burn the fragrance of the moon, the fragrance of flowers, and the fragrance of beauty. Elegant and charming. As a family status, it is submerged in the so-called water. , The banquet is full of luxury. When you are in awe, you must burn out in the fragrance of playing the piano and the fragrance of reading. When killed, they must be burned to remove dirt, fish, etc., to drive away evil spirits. Just like modern people smoking and drinking tea, this is an addiction problem called "fragrance addiction".
What's interesting is that it is not specifically burned in China, but burned by many countries and countries in the world. For the incense burner written in English, please refer to Encyclopedia Britannica (Volume 8, Page 543). The ancient Egyptians introduced spice trees from the coastal areas of Arabia and Somalia and regarded incense as an important religious item. method. .. Babylonians often burn incense between prayer and fortune-telling.
The Israelites introduced incense before being exiled to Babylon (between 586 and 538 BC), and there were several incense altars in the 5th century BC. The religion of sea bream, especially the religion of Shiva, uses formal family worship to burn incense. Buddhism burns incense during festivals, adult sacrifices and daily sacrifices.
Japanese Shinto was also burned. Starting in the 8th century BC, the Greeks worshiped gods and burned wood and resin to protect themselves from the devil. The Romans burned incense first, then introduced incense burner. Incense became more and more important in public and private sacrifices and sacrifices to emperors.