| Summary: | 碩士 === 佛光大學 === 生命學研究所 === 95 === Abstract
Chinese nation has great culture of more than 5,000 years. Its cultural cultivation is perceptual and has spiritual civilization. It has certain superiority relatively to the western science-based culture. However, Chinese Culture has confronted the merciless impact of western culture in the past one hundred years and has been in danger of elimination. As well as all sorts of Chinese culture also has faced the same destiny.
People nowadays do not have many opportunities to have contact with Agarwood and barely know anything about the agalloch culture. The purpose of this thesis is to introduce the incense essence & transformation, review the incense culture development and reconstruct the complete Chinese incense appreciation culture. Subsequently, this thesis would explain the incense functions to religions, and the incense perception & usage in religious ceremonies. Finally, it’ll let people have more understanding about the agalloch culture by collecting historic documents, present international viewpoints, plus the interviews and photos.
First of all, at the beginning of the thesis, the incense culture will be introduced in order to illustrate the incense essence & its meaning, chronologically present the incense culture development, and demonstrate the incense usage methods & the incense transformation. Second, for the reason of understanding the incense culture, one must observe what important roll the incense plays in religious ceremonies. Therefore, it will discuss the incense position in rituals first, and then explain the symbolism & materiality, and finally account for its principle function. Third, through the document collection, arrangement, analyses, and comparison with the agarwood usage & management nowadays plus the interview presentation to compensate some insufficient parts, the incense culture could be thoroughly presented.
The topic of this creation is “Incense”. It will illustrate the Aquilaria Culture & incense influences to religious incense application and the incense culture elements could be concluded with the interviews in person, documentary collection and induction which enables the “Aquilaria Culture ” to perpetuate.
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