Hookah, also known as hookahs, hookah pipe. Hookah smoking is a traditional Chinese way. Empress Dowager Cixi hobby of many, there is a hi addicted to hookah, in the National Palace Museum is also in possession of her relics used hookahs.
Empress Why not smell snuff, pipe down, not enjoying it carved exquisite snuff bottles, while the exception of hookah love it? There are probably four points: First, for the Queen Mother of my hobby, hi born addicted to this thing; Second, different from many men have smoked a pipe down, including the Ming and Qing emperors and the court since the ministers; Third, the Queen Mother was Manchu, Manchu ethnic portraits, like other smoking tobacco, snuff and hookah smell the proportion of people, far more than the Han people, this is probably due to habits and hobbies. Mongolian habit smell snuff, which has one of the reasons is to avoid smoking caused fire ignition; four is both elegant hookah, and health, not only enjoyable, but also add a bit of pursuits.
Ming Dynasty, tobacco started from West Asia, Central Asia and other places into China, and quickly spread. To the Qing Dynasty, the wind smoking flourished. Taking approach has been divided into water, drought, snuff several, mainly northerners suction pipe down, while southerners more water snuff, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Sichuan, Guizhou, Hunan, Hubei, Anhui and other places more popular . Hookah has become a product of this era backdrop.
The structure generally Hookah tobacco pipes, straws, Pelton, tobacco warehouses, Satisfy several components, both the whole cast, but also can split snuff. Its role is to dilute the tobacco irritant, the flue gas in the water filtered through it again, become more mellow mild taste, in order to suck. Later evolved into a kind of status symbol, once dignitaries and wealthy family pastime smoking. Qing Dynasty occasion, water Hookah smokers are usually shops treasurer, or gentry.
Hookah material to cupronickel majority, there are brass, copper, wood and silver, aluminum, porcelain and other textures. Their shapes are flat, diamond, round, hexagonal, etc. flare. Edged beautifully crafted hookah, set practical, artistic and historic in one, from the pot can show Chinese traditional engraved copper, calligraphy, painting, mosaic, enamel, and many other burning technology, clever Seiko, contains elegance. As for the modern use of hookah smoking as a few people, its value has not accounted for the first, but has become a favorite for people and appreciation of art, has also been a growing number of Friends of Tibet‘s favorite.
