Workshops breathe life into traditional crafts
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Workshops breathe life into traditional crafts

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Lu Yinkai cuts agarwood into shreds for incense burning during a workshop in London in June 2023. Burning passion Unlike Duan, Lu Yinkai has been enamored with traditional Chinese culture since a young age and now dreams of sharing with the world the details of Chinese incense culture, a centuries-old art that has almost vanished. Chinese incense culture dates back more than 4,000 years, when fragrant herbs were first burned, primarily during rituals to worship ancestors, Lu says. During the Song Dynasty, culturally one of the most brilliant eras in Chinese history, the use of incense reached its peak as the upper classes regarded incense as an elegant pursuit, and ancient scholars, poets, and artists of that period burned it while composing poetry, playing the guqin, appreciating flowers, and hosting guests, Lu explains. His studio regularly organizes workshops where participants can learn to appreciate the timeless tradition while experiencing Chinese incense or making incense sachets.

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Young artisans revive curative benefits of Chinese incense
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Young artisans revive curative benefits of Chinese incense

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Weng Jianzhi selects and prepares ingredients for incense at his workshop in Zhoushan, Zhejiang province. Growing up, he spent hours exploring the hillsides near his home in Zhoushan, Zhejiang province, learning to recognize various plants and herbs, a curiosity that would later shape his life and career. Today, 32-year-old Weng is working to bring back the ancient craft of hexiang …

Young artisans revive curative benefits of Chinese incense
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Young artisans revive curative benefits of Chinese incense

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Weng Jianzhi selects and prepares ingredients for incense at his workshop in Zhoushan, Zhejiang province. Growing up, he spent hours exploring the hillsides near his home in Zhoushan, Zhejiang province, learning to recognize various plants and herbs, a curiosity that would later shape his life and career. Today, 32-year-old Weng is working to bring back the ancient craft of hexiang …

Young artisans revive curative benefits of Chinese incense
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Young artisans revive curative benefits of Chinese incense

China Daily  

Weng Jianzhi selects and prepares ingredients for incense at his workshop in Zhoushan, Zhejiang province. Growing up, he spent hours exploring the hillsides near his home in Zhoushan, Zhejiang province, learning to recognize various plants and herbs, a curiosity that would later shape his life and career. Today, 32-year-old Weng is working to bring back the ancient craft of hexiang …

Young artisans revive curative benefits of Chinese incense
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Young artisans revive curative benefits of Chinese incense

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Visitors learn to make incense at the Museum of Chinese Gardens and Landscape Architecture in Beijing on March 8. Zhang said his mother loves using incense at home and when he was 20, he made his first osmanthus-scented incense stick for her. "Now, my mother uses incense handmade by me," he said, adding that the incense scents he creates are …

Young artisans revive curative benefits of Chinese incense
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Young artisans revive curative benefits of Chinese incense

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All aromatic ingredients are ground into a fine powder to ensure even burning and a smooth texture. Resting calm Wang Siran, a 32-year-old chemistry teacher who works and lives in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, values incense burning for its aesthetics and sees it as a form of self-expression. "The delicate, minimalistic incense burners, along with the wafting trails of smoke, make …

Young artisans revive curative benefits of Chinese incense
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Young artisans revive curative benefits of Chinese incense

China Daily  

All aromatic ingredients are ground into a fine powder to ensure even burning and a smooth texture. Resting calm Wang Siran, a 32-year-old chemistry teacher who works and lives in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, values incense burning for its aesthetics and sees it as a form of self-expression. "The delicate, minimalistic incense burners, along with the wafting trails of smoke, make …

Young artisans revive curative benefits of Chinese incense
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Young artisans revive curative benefits of Chinese incense

China Daily  

Weng Jianzhi selects and prepares ingredients for incense at his workshop in Zhoushan, Zhejiang province. Growing up, he spent hours exploring the hillsides near his home in Zhoushan, Zhejiang province, learning to recognize various plants and herbs, a curiosity that would later shape his life and career. Today, 32-year-old Weng is working to bring back the ancient craft of hexiang …

Young artisans revive curative benefits of Chinese incense
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Young artisans revive curative benefits of Chinese incense

China Daily  

Visitors learn to make incense at the Museum of Chinese Gardens and Landscape Architecture in Beijing on March 8. Zhang said his mother loves using incense at home and when he was 20, he made his first osmanthus-scented incense stick for her. "Now, my mother uses incense handmade by me," he said, adding that the incense scents he creates are …

Workshops breathe life into traditional crafts
8 months, 1 week ago

Workshops breathe life into traditional crafts

China Daily  

Lu Yinkai cuts agarwood into shreds for incense burning during a workshop in London in June 2023. Burning passion Unlike Duan, Lu Yinkai has been enamored with traditional Chinese culture since a young age and now dreams of sharing with the world the details of Chinese incense culture, a centuries-old art that has almost vanished. Chinese incense culture dates back …

Workshops breathe life into traditional crafts
8 months, 1 week ago

Workshops breathe life into traditional crafts

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Duan Yiran poses with tourists from the UK and local artisans in Dali city, Southwest China's Yunnan province, during a trip she organized in March to showcase the Bai ethnic group's handicrafts. Sitting on a lounge chair in her studio in northwest London, Duan Yiran, the founder of Yi Crafts, a handcrafts workshop that focuses on promoting the traditional indigo …

Workshops breathe life into traditional crafts
8 months, 1 week ago

Workshops breathe life into traditional crafts

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Duan Yiran poses with tourists from the UK and local artisans in Dali city, Southwest China's Yunnan province, during a trip she organized in March to showcase the Bai ethnic group's handicrafts. Sitting on a lounge chair in her studio in northwest London, Duan Yiran, the founder of Yi Crafts, a handcrafts workshop that focuses on promoting the traditional indigo …

Workshops breathe life into traditional crafts
8 months, 1 week ago

Workshops breathe life into traditional crafts

China Daily  

Duan Yiran poses with tourists from the UK and local artisans in Dali city, Southwest China's Yunnan province, during a trip she organized in March to showcase the Bai ethnic group's handicrafts. Sitting on a lounge chair in her studio in northwest London, Duan Yiran, the founder of Yi Crafts, a handcrafts workshop that focuses on promoting the traditional indigo …

Making scents of history
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Making scents of history

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Incense maker Lu Wen, 38, lights a stick of incense during a workshop in Lanzhou, Gansu province. She has so far re-created 108 kinds of incense that had once been used in China's royal courts based on recipes found in a classic book on the history of incense written during the Ming Dynasty. CHINA DAILY Incense smoke, coiling lazily upward, …

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