Lan luxury is regarded by Japan as an extremely precious item, what is Lan luxury? Let's take a look.
It is actually a piece of agarwood, the largest piece of agarwood preserved in Japan so far, and the Japanese enshrine it as a national treasure and collect it at Todaiji Temple. Claiming to be the first in the world is indeed exaggerated, but the degree of preciousness is indeed there. According to records, this piece of agarwood has been preserved for more than 1300 years, and it is collected by the Shengwu monarch to commemorate his wife, and a temple was officially built to enshrine it. Since then, this piece of agarwood has been used as a symbol of honor for the meritorious people of the past, and whenever the meritorious people have gone up from this piece of wood, they will go up to this piece of wood as a reward. The more interesting thing is that every time a little wood is cut on this piece of wood, a label is attached to the place where it is taken, and over the years this piece of agarwood has only been taken in a small part.
Being able to take a piece of this piece of agarwood is a well-known person, and many influential people are also satisfied to leave, as a spiritual force to motivate them to move forward. The characters who obtained the wood themselves also have records of how many grams of agarwood were taken in which year, month, and where. Among them, the more famous one is Oda Nobunaga, who as the number one force against the monarch, does not come from the monarch's hands, does not have a strong sense of honor, as a local force to defeat all the people who opposed him at that time, came to the monarch's place, and also asked the monarch for a piece of agarwood. I am afraid that he just wanted to show everyone that his ability was outstanding, and the monarch gave me this agarwood, also to show that the shogunate in my place was still very powerful, but it was later burned by his own hands.
In fact, this Lan luxury was introduced to Japan from China, and the specific time cannot be verified due to its age, and most of the claims are still in favor of being passed down from the Sui Dynasty Emperor period. It is rumored that the Sui Emperor gave this piece of incense wood to the Japanese state, saying that the extravagance of the Sui Emperor is obvious to all, and it is said that every year during the Spring Festival, the Sui Emperor will set up a large number of fires in the palace. It turned out that the Sui Dynasty Emperor burned not anything else but this agarwood wood, and after the agarwood was burned, it would produce many aromas, but the consumption was extremely large. Each time the agarwood is burned, it is pulled by a few cars and a few cars, which is not like a bonfire party. If the Sui Emperor felt that the light was not bright enough, he would ask people to add Chinese medicinal herbs to the fire, and every year at this time the streets and alleys of the capital were full of rich aroma.
The agarwood that is regarded as a treasure in Japan was actually burned by Yang Guang, which is simply a violent object. From this aspect, it can also reflect the strength of this country and the strength of the economy, otherwise how can there be such a high capital to burn agarwood. Secondly, this Yang Guang is indeed luxurious enough, in order to make the Chinese New Year's Eve night more atmospheric, his own more comfortable such extravagance and waste is also let people can't help but shake their heads. In addition, there were almost no candles lit in the palace, and people must be curious about how they could see things at night. Originally, this Yang Guang also ordered that all the candles be replaced with glowing night pearls, and this night pearl of different sizes turned out to be Yang Guang's luminous tools, which was too luxurious.
As early as the Qin and Han Dynasties, China used agarwood as a tool for sacrifice and ceremony, and gradually there was a ritual culture of bathing and burning incense, which not only burned incense candles, but also included agarwood. During the Wei and Jin Dynasties, The Taoist culture arose, and incense candles and incense became its main tools. In the Sui and Tang dynasties, this skill has reached a very high level, and the people have not only pursued material life, but also pursued the spiritual level to varying degrees. Ancient Chinese traditional culture wine and poetry have a long history, and have also had an impact on other countries to varying degrees.
According to historical records, the Buddhist master Jian Zhen in the contemporary period led the best spices, Buddhist classics, and cultural and artistic works to visit Japan in the east of China, and it was at this time that Chinese culture was further integrated into japanese traditional culture. Many popular Chinese customs and daily habits have also been introduced to Japan.