The history of the Chinese incense burner can be traced back to the `Ding` of the Shang and Zhou dynasties. The bronze tripod of ancient China has the uses of cooking meat, offering sacrifices, and so on. It prays to heaven, and allows the gods and ancestors to bless their tribes and the country`s safety. The ancient ceramic censer can see the development track of sacrificial culture. Think of incense biggest function in people`s living habits, is a Buddha or worship ritual. India Buddhism China, the relationship with the local culture, gradually change their appearance, China into the traditional culture, Buddhism and Confucianism three-in-one formed Chinese culture mainstream. In the Wei and Jin Dynasties, people explained Buddhism with Lao Zhuang. After the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Buddhism and metaphysics tended to confluence, which was deeply appreciated by the scholars and doctors. Until the northern and Southern Dynasties, Buddhism, together with spiritual and cultural influence independence it`s very influential especially Zen Chuzu together, Damour went to China, which began Chinese zen. The Buddhist temple has as a sacrificial ritual incense has been widely used.
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