Red House: Agarwood in Yajia (collected Works of Guo Xiaodong)
by Guo Xiaodong
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Agarwood incense, conceived in the belly of ancient trees, grows deep in the mountains, sometimes sinking or appearing, its supernatural power is unpredictable, and it seems that it does not want to be known; and a kind of incense-conscious Li people, dozens of groups, build nests in the valleys, and pray to each other on the mountain. God, when purchasing in separate branches, it is almost inevitable that tigers and leopards will be attacked, snakes and dragons will be encountered, and fragrant trees will be found. The roots, troughs, and branches cannot be seen. The Li people will knock the roots with an ax and listen. Then they will know where the knot is, and break the tree to get it. The secret cannot be passed on by hand, and if one is born with this kind of skill, it will not cause the fragrance to eventually perish. However, it will take hundreds of years for the tree to begin to bear knots, and it will take hundreds of knots to mature. Even though heaven and earth do not love its treasures, they will take them endlessly, and they will grow in the sky. And the wise people in Li will not move forward for fear of being tired, and the fools will mistakenly take them for burning, until the fragrant fragrance has turned into charred wood.
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