Since the late Qing Dynasty, China's traditional social system has been impacted unprecedentedly by the continuous war and political unrest and the successor of western social thoughts, and Chinese fragrance culture has entered a more difficult period of development.
Fragrance is a kind of "luxury" to a great extent, so the development of fragrance culture needs a stable and prosperous "prosperous" environment. The continuous turbulence in modern society not only greatly affects the development of fragrance fighting trade and fragrance making industry, but also makes people lose the leisure and comfort of fragrance.
On the other hand, modern China lags behind the Western world in science, technology and military affairs, which also arouses people's doubts about traditional culture and begins to widely accept the trend of thought of modern culture in the West. However, the reflection on traditional culture started to be too radical at the time of national peril. From this, the excessive and athletic criticism has made many of the essence of traditional culture negated in the dross. Even the concept of clear mind and self-cultivation has been criticized as a negative attitude. In this radical reflection, fragrance culture with distinct traditional characteristics is also inevitable.
At the same time, with the evolution of the literati's life style and values, the strength of the literati class, which has been supporting the development of Chinese fragrance culture for a long time since the Wei and Jin Dynasties, has become weaker and weaker. In this situation, the incense culture which has already been integrated into the daily living life of the factory's studio and piano room is also gradually getting farther and farther, losing the connotation of tranquilizing the gods, beautifying the life and cultivating the soul, and mainly being retained in the temple sacrifice as a sacrificial ceremony.