Characterization of the incense sacrificed to the sarira of Sakyamuni from Famen Royal Temple during the ninth century in China-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Characterization of the incense sacrificed to the sarira of Sakyamuni from Famen Royal Temple during the ninth century in China

Published:2022-05-16 Issue:21 Volume:119 Page:
ISSN:0027-8424
Container-title:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
language:en
Short-container-title:Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

Author:

Ren Meng¹^ORCID,Ren Xinlai²^ORCID,Wang Xinyi¹^ORCID,Yang Yimin³^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Conservation Science, Palace Museum, Beijing 100009, China

2. Famen Temple Museum, Baoji 722201, China

3. Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

Abstract

SignificanceIncense has been linked to ceremonies, religions, medicines, and cosmetics worldwide for thousands of years. While Chinese texts in the Tang dynasty (618 to 907 CE) indicate that numerous exotic aromatic substances were already being introduced into China through the land and maritime Silk Road, this has been rarely demonstrated archaeologically. This study identifies three types of incense associated with the sacred sarira of Sakyamuni Budda from the underground palace of Famen Royal Temple in central China, providing direct evidence of aromatics including elemi, agarwood, and frankincense as well as their composite product, namelyHexiang(blending of aromatics), in Buddhist activities, which may have promoted the spread of incense and the development of aromatic knowledge systems in medieval China.

Funder

the fundamental research funds for the central universites

National Natural Science Foundation of China

national young top-notch talent support program

Publisher

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Subject

Multidisciplinary

Link

https://pnas.org/doi/pdf/10.1073/pnas.2112724119

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