〖Introduction to the Flame Furnace〗

In the Buddha's era, the Indian nation was also popular. As Buddhism spread to China to dissolve into a Chinese society, the incense burner in China entered Buddhism.Become an appliance for incense, which is called Baoding in Buddhism.It is supported by the Buddha with the vase and candlestick to be eighteen things in Bhikkhu.

The materials are mostly metal, Yu Stone, Magnetic, Ceramics, Rosewood, etc., with a variety of shapes, which can be roughly divided into four categories, that is,

(1) The incense furnace placed on the table, such as Boshan, Flame House, Jinshan Temple -shaped, 蛸 foot, tripod, three -footed, incense seals, etc.

(2) The handle incense furnace holds on the hand, such as Lianhua, the shape of the lion town, and the tail shape.

(3) The hook incense burner used during meditation.

(4) During the top, the subject crosses and uses the phenomenon of pure body.

In Buddhism, different shapes of incense burns are burned in different positions.For example, we are commonly cast or stone carvings such as copper and iron such as the Daxiong Temple or the Danbao outside the door.

The main hall for the incense burner on the table is copper, stone or porcelain for burning sandalwood.The main hall of the Buddhist temple has a rectangular furnace, with a small incense burner burning sandalwood. There are embroidered stoves in front of the plate, which is solemn and beautiful.With the palace worship, the waiter's teacher held the furnace and moved forward, and the monk then went to the palace incense.The lying incense burner is more suitable for the Buddha Hall in the home of the believers. There are also two types of copper and porcelain. A piece of bamboo branches under the scent of the scent of the line incense are cut off and burn flat in the lying incense burner, so that the ash furnace does not fly and stains the table.Small wood is engraved with lotus -shaped incense stoves with a long handle.You can only insert a fragrance. When the Buddhist ritual is in the ceremony, let the monk and the master of the main law and fast in their hands call the hand stove.

We are often seen in round incense burners in temples. This incense burner has three legs, one foot in front and two feet in the back, which is a placement in accordance with the Dharma; we often use it to describe the Three Jewels in Buddhism, and none of them are indispensable.