Liu's ancient handmade incense making technique

Beijing
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Liu's ancient handmade incense making technique is an intangible cultural heritage project in Fangshan District, Beijing. The ancient handmade incense making technique can be traced back to the pre-Qin and Han dynasties, and is recorded in ancient books such as "Shangshu", "Book of Songs", "Zhouli", and "Hanguanyi". The incense culture began in the Han Dynasty, flourished in the Tang and Song Dynasties, and has continued to the Ming and Qing Dynasties to the present. Incense is not only a must-have item in folk activities such as religious sacrifices or prayers, but also an elegant item for literati to cultivate their minds and cultivate their nature, and it has the effect of regulating the body and mind. Liu's ancient handmade incense making technique originated from the Zhanzhuang Liu's mill, which processed spices for the late Qing court. After generations of inheritance and efforts, combined with the secret recipes of the court, a set of "Liu's ancient handmade incense making technique" was developed, and precious "Inner Records of Spices" court ancient recipe materials are still preserved. The inheritance, protection and development of its skills have continued the century-long history of the late Qing Dynasty, the Republic of China, the Anti-Japanese War, the founding of the People's Republic of China, and the Cultural Revolution, and have been passed down to this day. Liu's ancient handmade incense making technique emphasizes that all processes from raw material selection to spice preparation and grinding, mixing, producing, spreading, drying, beating, and storing must follow the natural laws of yin and yang, the five elements, and the seasons. It fully reflects the accumulation of traditional Chinese cultural ideas and the labor wisdom spanning thousands of years, and deeply expresses people's desire for a better and happy life. Liu's ancient handmade incense making technique is complex in technology, and requires the incense maker to have good pharmacological knowledge and a diligent, down-to-earth, and hard-working spirit, which places high demands on the inheritor. As the project protection unit of Liu's ancient handmade incense making technique, Guangyuanju Cultural Communication Company has always insisted on preserving and imparting the production skills while emphasizing the dissemination of incense culture and the cultivation of the inheritor group through the Internet, media, government-sponsored exhibition activities, and entering school communities. In recent years, it has attracted many incense friends in Beijing, the country, and even overseas to join the team of promoting and popularizing incense knowledge, and carry forward my country's excellent incense culture. Liu's ancient handmade incense making technique has high historical value, cultural value, craft value, and economic value.

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