On the number of Kaiyuan, Tianbao poets and moji, can a few words dot dye ink and green, the best not to live in the leisure of Wang Mojie; And the aftertaste chanting Xinyi's poems and poems, can not say a word to show the beauty of the spring flowers, the most beautiful than the poem Buddha's "Xinyi Wu" : "wood end lotus, red calyx in the mountain. Jihu silent no one, have opened and fall." This five-character poem not only proves that Wang Wei, who is the first one in the painting circle of the Tang Dynasty, does not deserve her fame, but also witnesses the beautiful posture of her beautiful flowers in spring.

About Xinyi, as if there are too many beautiful associations, people overwhelmed. In the frozen season, the leafless and light branches have condensed the heavy spring, and the buds are wrapped in the bracts and ready to blossom. From a distance, these little guys are just like the writing brush on the desk of a scholar, writing the legend of "wooden pen" in the breeze dancing. Take off the tip of the pen the size of your thumb, and in the palm of your hand is a little furry with a small belly. It looks like a baby peach, which is why Shennong Herbal Culture nominated it as the "Hou Peach". Till February, although it is still a chilly spring, there has been a lone show between Funiu Mountain, this fearless heart and let Xinyi enjoy the "look at spring flowers" reputation.

Which is the lineal descendant

The Magnolia family Magnolia's identity makes it one of the Magnolia family's in-laws and holds a place as a "Magnolia", the so-called "purple", although it is not a member of the same family as the ornamental Magnolia liliflora Desr.

With the deepening of the research on medicinal plants, the plants of the same family and genus have similar medicinal properties and similar smell, which makes different kinds of "Yulan" mixed, and therefore Xinyi has a broader extension. In the medicinal materials, Magnolia denudata Desr., Magnolia Sprengeri Pampan., as the substitute of the genuine Magnolia biondii Pamp., are classified into the category of Xinjiyi. Be in the domain of sweet however, each kind of sweet material has unique smell, be less than desperate, still distinguish white horse black horse important.

From a historical point of view, the ancient incense used in the Xinyi is closer to Wang Chun Magnolia. Many appellations in ancient times are general, such as the appellation of "LAN", regardless of the situation, you may be difficult to distinguish which is Zeilan, which is Peilan, which is Mulan. However, in the naming of Xinyi, the ancients showed extraordinary specificity, so Xinyi has amazing recognition.

According to the literature, the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Xinyi and Mulan (now known as "Yulan", here refers to Yulan and Wudang Yulan) was distinguished, Xinyi is clearly a special term. It is one of the best WUSHU exercises to develop and develop best practices between the two dynasties. It is one of the best WUSHU exercises to develop and redevelop best practices between the two dynasties. It is one of the best WUSHU exercises to develop and redevelop best practices between the two dynasties, such as taking cassia wood as the beam, taking olia as the rafter, making the lintel of doors with cinnamon wood, and decolonating rooms with Dahurica. Of course, this sentence contains at least two messages: First, Xinyi, known since the Warring States Period, is a very ancient aromatic plant; Second, magnolia and Xinyi can not be generalized, magnolia rafters, when it is large, is large trees, Xinyi as lintel, fear is small, should be small trees. Of the three descendants of Xinyi now, only Wangchun Magnolia is a small tree with a height of less than 12 meters, and the other two species, most of which are up to 25 meters high, are worthy of being large trees.

Then, according to the ancient incense and Xinyi, Wang Chunyulan should be the first choice.

Of course, from the point of view of science, Xinyi and Mulan are not equal. The obvious difference, when the two have their own features: Xinyi flowers outside purple inside white, flowers and leaves are small, is graceful little girl, magnolia or whole body white, or whole body purple red, flowers and leaves are big, is a bold and unrestrained woman man. And the effect of exterior to aroma, daily experience has the right to speak most: every flower, it is Ming Yan more, big flower, aroma often is more delicate and shallow. Such is the principle that the incense takes the bud that has not yet blossomed, and seeks the greatest fragrance in the smallest. Go up in sweet atmosphere concentration, magnolia is far less than Xinyi flower, take hope spring yulan imperative.

The intrinsic difference, to use the botanical term, is the difference between the two species. Twins with one father and one mother are two separate individuals, but they are closely related in different ways. The difference of species is embodied in subtle changes of internal chemical composition in the plant body. By chemical determination, the essential oil content of Wangchun Magnolia bud can reach 3.1%, while the essential oil content of Magnolia bud is about 0.67%. As we all know, the sweet atmosphere concentration of flower kind sweet material depends on the content of its plant body aromatic essential oil, the aroma of bud of hope spring magnolia is more remarkable. And the Chinese traditional incense use using the method of fumigation, the pure incense material without miscellany is the inevitable choice, wang chun magnolia in the aroma is obviously the most expressive.

From the point of view of incense, the preferred Wangchun Magnolia flower bud is also inevitable.

There are three sources of medicinal herbs, very similar in appearance, to distinguish with the naked eye, the simplest way is to peel two layers of bracts, the number of petals: wang chun magnolia is 6 petals, magnolia has 9 petals, wudang magnolia is the most, more than 12 petals.

Should it be shaved or not

The essence of the flower is the best when the dried flower buds are taken. Fragrant square with material take this paragraph together, did not put bud aroma the thickest. Although the material takes the same thing, but can use different. When it comes to the different materials used, it is necessary to start from the distinctive morphological composition of Xinyi Bud.

Peeling the bud layers, I was surprised to find that a small bud was covered with three layers of sweater. After stripping off the outermost bract with the fuzz, the second layer is still the bract with the fuzz. This layer is also removed, but still can not see the true face of Xinyi petals. The inner layer is still covered with fuzz. It has to be removed together with the outer flower to sink into the bud of the "deep palace".

For fuzz, people always have both love and hate the strange psychological experience. In life, to the furry thing, people always have a natural feeling of close, which may be the remnant of the ancient ape mark in the blood "make strange". The yearning for warmth makes people eager to touch the red sun that represents life and enthusiasm. But the lesson of Kuafu's pursuit of the sun is this: what looks warm and harmless often hides deadly danger. So in the face of this with hair Xinyi, many people naturally have "this hair eat not to eat" doubt. In the world of incense, we are also faced with the same problem: with hair Xin Yi, whether or not to use?

The explanation given by Chinese medicine is that the fuzz will not damage the medicinal property, so it is just as well to use it together. If you want to give up, but it will take time and money. (1 kg Xinyi, manually stripped down the fuzz, only about 300g) two comparison, not as good as with the use of Mao.

So incense with Xinyi, in the tug of war between aroma and cost, which win?

In the treatment of incense, Xinyi does not go hair, that is the rest of the road is crushed powder. Practical results have proved that this is doomed to be a painful and helpless process. The result, whether traditional or modern, is a mess: the wool is tangled, and the brown powder floats through the air, unable to shake or lift, rendering the sieve useless.

The next question is whether the fragrance of the herb is weakened when it is added with hair. There are as many as 10 ancient incense recipes used to extract the herbs, which are used for fumigation with synthetic pills, blending into powder and wearing, and blending into incense for burning. Sachet with incense, Xinyi hair not hair, the difference is not too significant. But to the point of fumigation, the Xin Yi with hair and the Xin Yi with clean core, will make a incense show a completely different experience.

As far as incense is concerned, the fuzz is not just a useless and harmless chicken rib, but a very destructive tumor, which must be removed. The black smoke caused by the burning of the fume destroys the aesthetics of the smoke which belongs to the traditional fragrance alone, and the burnt smell caused by it is the executioner of the killing of the fragrance.

In the land of fragrances, there is something more to consider than cost - how to capture the purest scent. Incense with Xinyi, can only abandon coarse use and choose fine.