golden ear

Chapter 347
"For example, I am very slow to the smell of milk, so I must have a piece of high-quality Dalagan in my hand to smell its overbearing milk smell. And a piece of ordinary Gary in my hand, the strong medicinal smell I smell it."

"So everyone's taste preference determines which agarwood from the production area to use. A good agarwood should have a less medicinal smell, the better, but some people prefer to smell the medicinal smell. In addition, the more layers and clearer agarwood, the better the quality. High, such as Brunei, you can smell cool, milky, and floral. For example, Dalagan, you can smell cool, sweet, and milky. For example, Bodhisattva, you can smell cool, sweet, and floral. Through these three first-tier production areas The taste is easy to see, and high-quality agarwood has a cool taste."

"The junk Hainan sunken products on the market are just fake substitutes from Laos and Nha Trang, and their cheap sweetness and cool taste can't be compared with Hainan goods. The sunken black oil has already exceeded a thousand per gram, and the thick-shelled white iron Noodle old man is more expensive than suet seed, and the tree heart oil has not been dug out for many years."

"Try the water in Hainan, and know the agarwood from all countries. The white skin of many Hainan products is snow-white and slightly fluorescent, which cannot be faked by any agarwood from other production areas. Of course, not all Hainan products have snow-white sandwiches. The smell of Hainan goods is mainly toasted bread, supplemented by aroma. Almost all agarwood from other production areas will have a faint smell or spicy smell when burned to ashes, but Hainan goods are not released."

"The next step is Hexiang, which is also my weakest link. Hexiang refers to the fragrance made by blending a variety of fragrant herbs through reasonable proportioning principles and strict processing techniques. The forms include thread incense, powder incense, tower incense, and pan incense, refining incense, etc.”

"According to the origin of the incense, different compatibility principles will be adopted. By selecting high-quality aromatic herbs from various places, different processing techniques can be used to make the medicinal or fragrant properties better. Then, after a certain period of cellaring, the medicinal properties will be more integrated and the fragrance will be more mellow. A Hehexiang prepared by a famous master is an extremely precious medicine, and it is also a very special blessing and blessing."

"Hexiang pays attention to the six-character mantra: one breaking - breaking bad qi and turbid qi, like breaking through a door; two opening - unblocking meridians and qi vessels, driving straight in like water entering a smooth pipeline."

"Three Eliminations-cleaning of bad, turbid, and diseased qi in the body, just like washing with water and autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves."

"Four nets - after cleaning, the body and mind will be clean, pure, and light; five nourishments - the fragrance and medicinal properties remaining in the body continue to nourish the body and mind; six feet - after the body and mind are nourished, there will be joy and satisfaction."

Liu Meizi was sitting upright with a serious expression on her face, while demonstrating the whole process of writing seal script by herself, so that Wu Tianyuan could experience it for herself.This process should be neither rush nor slow, and the steps should be meticulous, which is a rare meditation process.

"Seal seals are generally made of incense powder, which should be neat and clean, which best reflects a person's state of mind. It is impossible to make a good fragrance if you are impatient, and it has a great impact on the taste."

Liu Meizi went through it carefully, Wu Tianyuan watched the whole process, and curiously did it again.Following the exact same process, the result is that the typed seal script is much worse than Liu Meizi's, some places are broken, and some places are crooked.

"The first step in combining incense is dependent origination, which is why this incense is combined? This determines the main line of incense, and the selection of incense materials must be based on it."

"The second step is compatibility, which refers to how to match spices, that is, "fragrance".

There are three types of causes and conditions for learning and incense. One is based on the classics, that is, incense prescriptions based on the seal script compiled in the past dynasties, such as the incense prescriptions in "Xiangcheng", "Chen's Fragrance Book", "Han Gong Xiangfang" and so on. Compatibility ratio production.But the disadvantage is that although you have the incense recipe, you have no way of knowing how the ancients processed the original incense materials, and the processing of spices is the most important part of Hehexiang;
The second type of karma is the inheritance from the past, that is, what was taught by the teacher, such as the inheritance of some monasteries or the incense made by ancestors.

The third type of karma is self-research, which is based on one's own nature, through the practice and improvement of ancient fragrance prescriptions, through one's own practice, to learn the control of spices, and to develop a unique theory of compatibility;
"I have some experience with Hexiang. There are dozens of basic incense materials. They are generally medicinal materials that are good for the human body. According to our origin, the main incense must be the top-quality Hainan agarwood. I choose these other incense materials."

Liu Meizi chose several kinds of processed incense materials, all of which were of the best quality, and was pressed for time, so she could only buy ready-made ones.Then they have to be ground into incense powder, and finally they are stamped to taste incense.

"Actually, for a really good Hexiang, the cellaring process is indispensable in the end. Time allows it to fully ferment before it can reach perfection."

Soon it will be the day of the incense tasting meeting, and Wu Tianyuan will accompany Liu Meizi to participate. This is her first official appearance in this relationship. Will she win the approval of the insiders?
"These more than 20 people are the most senior experts in Osaka, and the one in the middle is Sakuragi-kun, the president of the Incense Taoist Association. He presides over the incense tasting meeting every time."

"Today, there are six players including me, and the second one on the right is Yumi Kawata, the main opponent this time."

Liu Meizi was dressed in a traditional kimono, and after introducing it to Wu Tianyuan, she began to prepare for the upcoming incense fighting competition.

Sakuragi-kun said at the beginning: "Today's incense tasting meeting is full of senior experts, and the rules of the competition are already clear. The first item is the material identification of air smoke. Here, we have prepared ten pieces of raw materials from different origins, including Xingzhou and Hui'an. Each piece is a standard size, and after strict cleaning, only the incense materials are left. The time limit is 10 minutes, and whoever can distinguish the most correctly within the specified time wins."

Several beauties in kimonos served trays for the six contestants, and ten pieces of raw materials were neatly placed in one, all of which were standard sizes of three centimeters long and four centimeters wide.Another tray held empty smoking tools, paper and pens.

"Within 10 minutes, the six of you can rely on your eyesight, or you can use air smoke. The accuracy rate is the first. With the same accuracy rate, the person with the shortest time wins. Is there a problem?"

Sakuragi-kun loudly announced the rules of the first competition. The raw materials in front of the six people were the same, and they were all spices that had been processed with impurities.The place of origin can only be distinguished by experience and eyesight. If you really can’t tell, you need to spend time using heating to smell the fragrance. This seems simple, but it is actually very difficult.

"Please ignite the air smokers and prepare for the competition!"

Liu Meizi picked up the tools in front of her and began to prepare air smoke. At her level, it is impossible to distinguish the place of origin completely by eyesight.There are some similar production areas with little difference in appearance, and some are even the same production area, but the environment is different.She is confident that as long as she smells it, she will know the result.

Kawata Yumi was dressed in white, with an elegant temperament, and she was very focused when she touched the incense set.The movements are smooth and flowing, fast but not chaotic, every step is precise and elegant, full of beauty, everyone can't help being attracted to her, even Wu Tianyuan beside her.

"It's broken!" Wu Tianyuan saw that he was indeed a master of Xiang Dao, an expert could know his level as soon as he stretched out his hand, and he was indeed Liu Meizi's formidable opponent.

All the incense sets are made of pure gold. The incense burner is from the official kiln of the Qing Dynasty. The incense charcoal and incense ash are the top products of Shoeido in Japan. Every detail reflects the taste and luxury.

Liu Meizi first arranged the seven-piece incense set on the incense towel. The seven-piece set was incense spoon, incense shovel, incense chopsticks, ash stick, incense broom, silver-leaf tweezers, and incense sticks.

Then use a special windproof lighter to calcinate the ash, try to dry the ash as much as possible, and burn off other impurities and miscellaneous odors.If the incense ash is not good, it is easy to produce impurities and affect the quality of spices.

She gracefully picked up the odorless charcoal and placed it in the burnt ash, then lit the top of the charcoal and let it burn slowly from top to bottom to the carbon core.

When the charcoal is burned to 70%~80% and the whole body is white, bury the charcoal with ash, and then press the ash in the incense burner with ash to form a convex shape in the middle. At this stage, the ash must be compacted and cannot be scattered. .

The rest is waiting to put the standard size spices on the heating place. This method is very hot and can quickly make the spices smell, but it is also a waste of spices.

"All contestants are ready, the competition has officially started, please start identifying materials!"

(End of this chapter)