In the old society, snuff refers to smokeless tobacco products made of fermented tobacco powder for snuff. There are more than 1000 kinds of snuff in the contemporary world, and the main aroma types are tobacco, mint, dried fruit, berries, flowers, herbs, coffee, wine, radix aucklandiae, earth, leather, musk and Long Xianxiang. In Qing Dynasty, China classified the aroma types of snuff into five types: sour, pungent, bean, paste and sweet.

Snuff is an exotic product, which was widely popular in China during the Kangxi period. At that time, this kind of powdered tobacco mixed with precious medicinal materials had spread among princes and nobles. It was not only a etiquette and trend for princes and nobles to meet literati to smell snuff, but also gave birth to a unique culture including snuff and snuff bottles.

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Rhinitis was introduced into China from Italy in Wanli nine years. Its raw material is dried tobacco leaves, which are rich in oil and have a good smell after drying. When making, the sand on tobacco leaves is removed first, then ground by grinding, and the parts below 100 mesh are screened, and the necessary precious medicinal materials are added, then sealed in a clay pot and buried underground, so that it is aged for more than one year, and roses or jasmine flowers are added to enhance the fragrance. When in use, the cigarette powder is stuck on the finger and sent into the nostril, and then gently inhaled.

After the introduction of snuff, it absorbed the profound Chinese medicine culture in China, and smelling snuff gradually became a way for people to prevent and treat diseases and entertain themselves in Chinese culture. It embodies and contains the wisdom of the Chinese nation and has become a unique display of traditional medicine in China.

People's Network-Yidecheng snuff: "Smelled" for 300 years.

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