w88 casino News Network (Correspondent Zhang Lingfan Photography Li Xiaozhuo)On December 7, 2023, the "Intangible Heritage-Experience the Song Dynasty Medicinal Incense Making Techniques" event of the Second w88 casino' "Cultural Time Travel Season" Song Dynasty w88 Humanities Series was held in the 109 Multifunctional Hall of the Library. This event was co-sponsored by the Propaganda Department of the Party Committee of w88 casino, the library, the General Party Branch of Teaching Assistants and the publishing house. Under the expert guidance of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Committee of the Beijing Museum Society, the event specially invited Shi Yali, the president of the Beijing Traditional Medicinal Incense Association and the fourth generation inheritor of Beijing traditional medicinal incense making skills, as the speaker. Zhang Zhiqun, Secretary of the Teaching Assistant Party Branch, and Bai Xu, deputy secretary-general of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Committee of the Beijing Museum Society, were present at the event. The event was hosted by Zhang Lingfan, Chief of the Reading Promotion Section of the Library.

Teacher Shi Yali first introduced the historical background and humanistic characteristics of my country’s medicinal aroma culture. The Song Dynasty was a period of extremely prosperous development in Chinese history. At the same time, epidemics occurred frequently, which objectively promoted the development of medicinal incense production techniques. The variety of spices at that time was rich and the production techniques were exquisite, leaving a rich cultural heritage for future generations. Teacher Shi also talked about the ups and downs of learning the skills of dispensing medicine and protecting medicinal aroma from his ancestors since he was a child, until20143748_3782

Teacher Shi Yali introduced the incense raw materials brought to the scene using small-leaf red sandalwood as the monarch medicine, the ancestral tools required for making incense and the steps for their use. Then the staff distributed the incense-making raw materials and molds on site, and the heirloom molds printed with various patterns were passed around among the teachers and students for viewing. The exquisite shape, warm wood, and fragrant smell, the civilized wisdom of the Chinese nation slowly flowed in everyone's heart. Many teachers and students who participated in the event also spontaneously came to the scene wearing Hanfu. With the skills in their hands, they seemed to have traveled back to the Song Dynasty thousands of years ago, when burning incense was one of the four elegant interests of literati.

This event not only attracted many Chinese and foreign students, but one-third of the participants were also faculty and staff from various colleges and departments. Everyone gathered because of their love for Chinese traditional culture, were proud of inheriting China's precious intangible cultural heritage, and became strong because they became envoys to carry forward the spirit of the Chinese nation.