The Study On Aromantic Plant And The Social Life Of The Per-Qin People

Aromatic plants were ubiquitous in the daily life of the pre-qin people,and were widely used in the food and seasoning,beauty,health care,religious worship and other aspects of the ancestors.However,many scholars believe that the fragrant plants introduced into the central plains by zhang qian after his opening of the western regions belong to the category of spices,so there are few special studies on the native vanilla fragrant wood in the pre-qin period.In fact,as the foundation stage of Chinese traditional culture,many departments of traditional culture can be traced back to the pre-qin period,so to study the application of plant spices,the pre-qin is an era that cannot be bypassed.In the pre-qin period,the climate in the Yellow River basin and the Yangtze river basin was warm and humid,and there were many kinds of plants with fragrant smell.In the production and life of the ancestors,they also used such plants in large quantities,which were collectively referred to as plant fragrance.At that time,the ancestors mainly used the native herb fragrant wood,such as orchid,hui,du heng,bayhu,pine,cypress,etc.,according to the statistics of the pre-qin period commonly used plant spices up to 27 kinds.More abundant incense contributed to the colorful use of incense by the ancestors,and plant spices played an important role in food seasoning,body fragrance,medical care,religious sacrifice and other aspects of the ancestors.In terms of food seasoning,some plant spices can be used as vegetables and fruits for direct consumption,and some plant spices were used by ancestors to cook meat food,take its aromatic gas to neutralize the smell of fish.In addition,spices were also made by the ancestors of aromatic wine,in order to remove dirt health;In fragrant body hairdressing aspect,ancestors make plant perfume more all sorts of sweet makeup article use,be like powdery makeup,cheek red makeup,lip makeup,eyebrow dai,also make plant perfume bath agent or perfume bag to rise the effect of sweet body;In the aspect of medical care,people resort to the function of plant spice fragrance to get rid of filth,or internal use,or external use,improve their immunity,in order to fight against conventional diseases or pestilence,at the same time,plant spice is also used by the ancestors for embalming and other aspects.Spices were not only widely used in the secular life of the pre-qin people,butalso in religious activities.People burn vanilla incense wood,so that its strong fragrance with the smoke up to the sky,in order to welcome ancestors,gods and spirits down,and with plant spices made a variety of aromatic offerings and incense wine,for the gods after the arrival of food.The liao sacrifices and unsacrificial offerings in the pre-qin period initiated the social custom of using incense in sacrifice.The extensive application of plant spices in the social life of the pre-qin people is the germination and initial stage of the colorful incense culture of later generations.Relatively rich incense application,on the one hand,improved the life quality is enclosed within the walls of the material,on the other hand also bring spiritual consolation for the ancients,perpetual spices,people borrow lines,giving many aesthetic imagery and emotional color,flavor method embodies the ancients worship days progenitor,ideal ShenZhongZhuiYuan ethical and moral concept and social order.But at that time,the use of plant spices was still concentrated in the upper social strata,and the use of plant spices had not yet entered the common social strata in large quantities.