The difference between Qin furnace and incense burner

Qin furnace is a kind of incense burner, smaller than incense burner, so it is often called "Qin Xiao furnace". Qin furnace is an important tool in the study, which is specially used to burn incense when playing the piano.

Lu Qin

Piano stove is an indispensable and important object in study furniture. China society has attached importance to music since ancient times, and Confucius formulated six arts, including "music". Qin, musical instruments, Zheng and flute were indispensable in ancient banquets and in literati's study. In order to create an elegant and fragrant environment, at the same time, it is necessary to burn incense to add fun when playing musical instruments, so a small incense burner specially used for playing the piano and the zither came into being. It has a very elegant name, Qin Furnace. Qin furnaces burn incense one by one, so the furnace body should be small and exquisite, which is more elegant in front of the Qin table. People play the piano in the study, watching a wisp of smoke curling up and smelling the fragrance. It is really an artistic conception of entering the celestial world and forgetting myself.

incense burner

Incense burner is a container for burning spices and an indispensable tool for folk customs, religions and sacrificial activities in China.

In Buddhist and Taoist ceremonies, there is a form of incense burner called "incense burner", which can be held by hand and used in activities. When the Buddha spoke, he often held this incense burner. In Taoist and Buddhist temples, incense burners are usually placed outside the temple, in the worship hall and on the altar. Worshipers burn incense when they worship, that is, they insert incense sticks vertically into the incense burner.