"Japan's Chao Qing resigned from the imperial capital, and the sails were wrapped around the pot", Li Bai's poem not only expressed his true feelings for Chao Heng, but also reflected the historical fact that China and Japan were good in the Tang Dynasty.
The Chinese nation has been a peace-oriented nation since ancient times, and in the long course of history, although China's civilization is far superior to that of neighboring countries, it has not coveted and embezzled other countries, but has helped each country accelerate its own civilization process by virtue of its own cultural advantages.
For example, during the Tang Dynasty, Japan sent Envoys to China many times to learn from China's advanced culture to transform its own country.
It is said that in the course of the exchange, the Sui Emperor once sent a piece of wood to the Japanese envoy, which was later regarded as a national treasure by the Japanese and passed down to this day.
This piece of wood is now treasured in Japan's Todaiji Temple, Lan Luxury is a precious incense wood, which has a profound impact on Japanese culture, promoted the development and spread of Japanese incense, and later became a symbol of Japan's top power, and now even the Japanese emperor can not easily move this incense wood.
So, what is the magic of Lan Luxury?
The name and origin of Lan Luxury
As Japan's top national treasure, Lan Luxury Has Been Passed Down for thousands of years, and various mysteries about Lan Luxury have always aroused people's speculation.
The first mystery is what the three words "Lan Luxury" mean.
Some people think that the traditional characters of Lan Luxury contain the three characters of Todaiji Temple, and this name is the name of Todaiji Temple, which is aimed at promoting their temple with the help of incense wood, but some people think that this is a beautiful and hazy name, with no other special meaning.
However, some scholars have pointed out that Lan Luxury is actually a Buddhist saying, which is a praise, and the Great Dictionary of Buddhism explains that "the good of things is called Lan Luxury", which means that only the best things in things can be called Lan Luxury, compared with several other statements, perhaps this explanation is more in line with the original meaning of Lan Luxury.
So, where did Lan Haohou come from to Japan?
According to historical records, The Orchid House was originally a property of the Japanese Imperial Family, and in 756 AD, empress Dowager Guangming enshrined the Orchid House to today's Temple, which has been preserved to this day.
So how did Lan Haoyu fall into the hands of the Japanese Imperial Family?
Some speculate that this piece of incense wood was introduced to Japan from China.
Combined with the historical fact that Japan often sent Tang envoys to China at that time, some scholars speculated that Lan Haozhi was likely to be a gift from the Chinese government to the Japanese imperial family through the dispatch of Tang envoys.
In addition, historical records record that the Sui Dynasty Emperor loved spices and once burned agarwood on the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, which was not only a brilliant flame, but also a strange fragrance. Therefore, some people think that Lan Luxury is a gift from the Sui Emperor to the Japanese Imperial Family.
In short, as a top spice, Lan Luxury Has been passed down for thousands of years in Japan's precious and important places, and in the process of historical inheritance, the cultural and historical significance of Lan Luxury has long exceeded its significance as a fragrant wood itself.
For example, the development of Japanese incense culture is closely related to orchid luxury.
So, what does Japanese incense have to do with ranado?
Orchid luxury with incense
Incense is a very niche art that only a few people in Japan know about, but its history is very long.
According to the relevant historical records of Japan, the ancients of Japan once found a piece of agarwood floating in the water, but the Japanese at that time did not know that this was agarwood, and only regarded it as ordinary wood, so they took it home and put it in the stove to burn the fire, and suddenly the incense filled the room, and the Japanese felt very strange, so they offered this piece of wood to the emperor.
This is the earliest record of kaoki in all Japanese literature.
Of course, folktales cannot be treated entirely as historical sources, but they also reflect part of the fact that incense is not a Japanese thing, but an imported product, which has been drifted from abroad.
In fact, the Japanese incense path has a close relationship with a senior monk in the Tang Dynasty.
This senior monk was the Kanzen monk (688-763) who traveled to Japan to japan, and kanzen came to Japan for the purpose of spreading Buddhism, but he spread far more culture than Japan, and incense culture was one of them.
After the Chinese incense culture was transmitted to Japan through the master of authenticity, it took root in Japan and formed a local incense path.
Literati and scholars gathered together to obtain a sense of beauty by smelling incense and tasting incense props and incense lighting techniques, and thus were inspired by philosophy or literature.
When it comes to Japanese incense, it is necessary to mention the "first incense in the world" of The Orchid Luxury, which is now enshrined in the Todaiji Temple in Nara, Japan.
For Japan, it is a national treasure that has been passed down for thousands of years, and for those who love incense, it is a symbol of culture and spirit.
In Japan, but anyone who knows the incense path, it is impossible not to have heard of Lan Luxury, it is impossible not to have respect and yearning for this piece of wood, a famous cultural figure in Japan praised Lan Luxury as quiet and generous, flawless.
Every year, many people even rush to Japan from abroad despite the long distance, just to see the lan luxury in Todaiji Temple.
Of course, more people may not have the opportunity to take a closer look at The Orchid In their lifetime, and the Orchid Luxury, which has been identified as a national treasure of Japan, will certainly no longer be able to play its role as a fragrant wood itself, but there are still many people who flock to it and compete to describe it in the most beautiful words.
Because for the people in the incense path community, Lan Luxury is no longer a simple incense wood, it is a symbol of Japanese incense culture, and it is the place of refuge and sustenance for many people's spirits.
If there are also gods worshipped in the Incense Dao World, then Lan Yu is the "deity" they worship above the clouds.
In short, as the most advanced incense wood, Lan Luxury has extraordinary significance for The Xiangdao, its existence is a cultural symbol of the Xiangdao, in fact, in addition to culture and art, Lan Luxury was once regarded as a symbol of the highest power.
So, what does Lan luxury have to do with power?
Lan Hao looked forward to fighting power
It is enshrined as a national treasure in Japan, and only the emperor and shoguns can cut off a small piece for their own use, so the orchid is also a symbol of Japan's best power to some extent.
In the eighth century, when empress dowager Guangming enshrined Lan Luxury to Dongda Temple, it weighed a total of 13 kilograms, but due to the cutting of her descendants, the current Lan Luxury was only 11.6 kilograms.
In Japanese historical records, only three people were killed by Yoshinori, Oda Nobunaga, and Emperor Meiji.
And these are all well-known figures in Japanese history.
Oda Nobunaga, for example, after entering Kyoto, ordered people to go to to today's temple to be treated with ran, but was blocked by monks and soldiers, because no one could use the national treasure orchid without the emperor's edict.
So Oda Nobunaga forced the emperor to write an edict and once again entered to the Todaiji Temple to cut off Therava.
In fact, Oda Nobunaga's move was not really intended to be extravagant, but to show off his power to the people of the world in this way, and at the same time warned the hostile forces that they had already mastered the emperor and the imperial court, and even the emperor must obey his will, which was more for political purposes.
In short, in Oda Nobunaga's move, Lan Luxury is like a Chinese heirloom jade seal, in fact, getting Lan Luxury is not the purpose itself, what is important is that Lan Luxury is a royal thing, behind which it symbolizes supreme power, and the purpose of politicians cutting Lan Luxury is not to love fragrant wood, but to declare that he has the authority to command the world.
epilogue
After a thousand years of vicissitudes, Lan Hao is still safely enshrined in the Todaiji Temple. Of course, today's Lan Luxury May No Longer Represent the Supreme Power, because even the Emperor cannot use the Lan Luxury as a national treasure now. Of course, modern politicians do not have to prove their absolute authority by cutting off Lan luxuries.
In fact, Lan Luxury is the same as many antiquities, they have experienced the infestation of the wind and dust of the years, experienced the changes of dynastic personnel, and their bodies have been inevitably marked with history.
It doesn't really matter how it is, people pay more attention to its cultural implications.