In the fast-paced modern life, we long for a touch of tranquility and classic charm. Handmade fragrant beads, this fragrance carries the thousand-year wisdom of the Chinese nation. With its unique charm, it brings you a tranquility and elegance from ancient times. Today, let us enter the world of handmade Hexing beads and explore its production process. 
What are the advantages of Hexing beads?
The history of fragrant beads can be traced back to the Han Dynasty (202), when literati and refined scholars began to wear fragrant sachets and fragrant beads. In the Song Dynasty (960), incense culture reached its peak. Hexing beads were widely loved by nobles and literati because of their unique production technology and usage experience. Hexing beads, as a treasure in traditional incense culture, have many unique advantages as follows:
1. Cultural value: Hexing beads carry China's thousands of years of incense culture and are the inheritance of traditional handicrafts. They have high cultural value and historical significance.
2. Natural materials: Hexing beads are usually made of natural spices and medicinal materials, do not contain chemical additives, and are safer and more environmentally friendly.
3. Unique aroma: The aroma of Hexing beads is unique and can be emitted for a long time, which helps to enhance the environmental atmosphere and personal taste.
4. Health benefits: Many spices have medicinal value. Wearing or using fragrant beads for a long time may be beneficial to health, such as calming the nerves, aiding sleep, refreshing, etc.
5. Handicrafts: Each Hexing bead is handmade, each one is unique, and has high artistic value and ornamental value.
6. Spiritual enjoyment: The aroma of Hexing beads can bring spiritual enjoyment and relaxation, helping to relieve stress and anxiety.
7. Decoration and beautification: Hexing beads can be worn as jewelry to add personal charm and aesthetic appeal.
8. Suitable for various occasions: Hexing beads are not only suitable for personal use, but also suitable as gifts and suitable for various social occasions.
9. Helps in meditation and yoga: Using Hexing beads in activities such as meditation or yoga can help people focus better and enter the state.
10. Collection value: Due to its complex production process and rare materials, Hexing beads have a certain collection value, especially those made by famous artists or with a long history.
11. Environmental awareness: As a natural product, Hexing beads are in line with the concept of modern green life and help to enhance people's environmental awareness.
12. Religious and spiritual practices: In some religious and spiritual practices, incense beads are used as an aid in worship and meditation to help purify the mind.
What is the production process of Hexiang beads?
The process of making Hexing beads is a delicate craft involving multiple steps, each of which requires patience and skill. The following is the basic process of making Hexiang beads:
(1) Raw material preparation
Choose suitable spices, such as agar wood, sandalwood, musk, clove, woody incense, angelica, ambergris, etc., as well as herbs that may be used for specific effects.
(2) Processing:
The selected raw materials are processed, including cleaning, drying, frying, cooking, etc., to remove impurities and adjust the medicinal properties.
(3) Compatibility:
According to traditional fragrance recipes, different spices are proportioned according to the principle of "the emperor and his ministers assist each other" to ensure that the aroma is harmonious and has specific effects.
(4) Powdering:
Grind the prepared spices into a fine powder, sometimes sifting to ensure fine powder.
(5) Mixing:
Mix the fragrant powder evenly. Sometimes it is necessary to add binders or other auxiliary materials, such as honey, date paste, etc., to facilitate shaping.
(6) Beating and fermentation:
The mixed fragrant mud is beaten to ensure a uniform and dense texture. After beating, it usually needs to ferment for a period of time to make the fragrance more stable. 
(7) Handmade beads:
The fermented fragrant mud is hand-rolled into beads. This step requires skill and experience to ensure that each bead has the same shape and size.
(8) Dry in the shade:
Place the formed fragrance beads in a ventilated and cool place to dry slowly, avoid direct sunlight and dry quickly to avoid cracks.
(9) Grinding and polishing:
After drying, the fragrant beads need to be sanded and polished to remove the roughness on the surface and make the fragrant beads smooth and uniform in color.
(10) Screening:
The finished fragrant beads are screened to remove unqualified products to ensure the quality of each fragrant bead.
(11) Packaging:
When packaging qualified fragrant beads, they are usually classified according to the aroma and efficacy of the fragrant beads.
(12) Quality inspection:
Finally, quality inspection is conducted to ensure that the fragrance, shape, size and efficacy of the fragrant beads meet the standards.
Except for the powdering step, the entire production process is done manually and cannot be mass-produced through mechanization. This is also part of the unique charm of Hexing beads. Each Hexing bead contains the hard work of the craftsman and the wisdom of traditional craftsmanship.
