The use of incense
Asia uses spices to religion, so spices belong to religion, and religion is used spices quite widely. Especially in Buddhism, in the 19th century, a lot of sandalwood and agarwood were used. In fact, when Buddhism was raised in Hinduism, Buddhism died in the 16th century. These Buddhists stayed in Tibet and China. China first came in Chang'an, now Xi'an, and finally to Beijing. Beijing started from the Yuan Dynasty and built a very majestic temple. This temple still exists. Li Ao has written a book called Beijing Fayuan Temple. This is how it came.
When it was the Yuan Dynasty, the whole incense was brought in like this. Did not think that the Chinese Taoism also used incense and became the incense of burning incense. The fragrance used by Taoism at first was not sandalwood and agarwood. Use the best atractylodes. If you learn Chinese medicine, will know that Atractylodes sinensis stomach, and that Atractylodes is made into incense and burns. Mosquitoes will not bite. Therefore, the whole ideological background of establishing Chinese religious Taoism is completely different. When I was a child or grandmother’s era, is was not before eating at night must burn a scent in front of ancestors? Also would burn a scent in the morning, burn incense in the evening when everyone is in the living room. The mosquito will not bite. So go back your own room will hang a mosquito net. There will be no mosquito in the living room. The point is here. In the end, it became the scent of all Taoism that was assimilated by Buddhism. The Buddha is sandalwood and the Buddha is agarwood.
Sandalwood is used in a large quantities in China. Sandalwood have to get from India. In China's realm, to go to India has to go through Tibet. Therefore, it is very difficult to get sandalwood from India.
When arrived in the Yuan Dynasty, the ships from Fujian and Guangdong to south sea were already very developed. So when at the time of Minghui Emperor, it was the time of Ming Dynasty Zhu Li. He had Zheng He’s voyages to the West, because the shipbuilding industry of the Yuan Dynasty was very good. So he was able to go to the West.
There is one thing that has not been mentioned. There is no record in history. There is an island in Hawaii called Oahu. There is one called Honolulu. Honolulu is spoken by Chinese people. Foreigners don’t know, Chinese people know? Dig out the sandalwood there. There isn't even a root left, because in the Yuan Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty, Zheng He went to the Western Ocean, went there asked the local indigenous to dig and sell it to him, and get it until the end. A lot of things are good, eat it up, so if something is good, it will be extinct.
