title: Boshanlu censers in China’s incense culture: Symbols and social functions
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metadata.value: Voytishek, Elena E.
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metadata.name: dc.contributor.author
metadata.value: Yao, Song
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2019-01-28T12:33:53Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2019-01-28T12:33:53Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2018-12
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metadata.value: Voytishek E. E., Yao S. Boshanlu censers in China’s incense culture: Symbols and social functions. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Asian and African Studies, 2018, vol. 10, issue 4, pp. 510–524.
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metadata.value: 10.21638/spbu13.2018.408
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/15326
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: The paper is dedicated to the evolution of boshanlu censers (博山炉) within the context of
  China’s fragrance culture development. Having initially appeared in the burials of the Western
  Han dynasty nobility and surviving its heyday during the East Han, this kind of ritual vessel
  was commonplace up until the end of the Northern and Southern dynasties era (V-VI centuries).
  Over the course of almost 700 years, the boshanlu censer was commonly used not only
  as burial inventory, but also in various cult practices, palace ceremonials and for domestic,
  sanitary and medical purposes. Due to their external beauty and wide functionality, censers
  served as an indicator of high social status for the aristocracy. Symbolically, these censers reflect
  the Taoist ideas of the holy xian (仙) and the search for immortality. With the spread of
  Buddhism in China, boshanlu censers depicting Buddhist symbols acquired great importance
  in Buddhist ritual practices. Subsequently, boshanlu censers penetrated the Korean peninsula
  and the Japanese archipelago, where at the beginning they were also used as a Buddhist
  item. However, unlike in Korea, they never attained great popularity in Japan. Despite their
  centuries-old existence in China as well as some use in Korea and Japan, boshanlu censers
  are most commonly associated with the Chinese Han dynasty. Nonetheless, they are not only
  masterpieces of decorative art and fragrance culture, but a certain cultural symbol, where the
  ideology of the early stages of the Chinese civilization is reflected in a concentrated form.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: ru
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Asian and African Studies;Volume 10; Issue 4
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: China
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Han dynasty
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: incense culture
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: boshanlu censers
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Boshanlu censers in China’s incense culture: Symbols and social functions
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: Article
metadata.lang: en_GB
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