釋鑑稽古略續集 2.19

2.19

Sweet Dew (ganlu): also called oily dew (gaolu). It is lustrous like wine, congealed like fat, and white like newly formed pearls. Sweet malt-sugar is spread everywhere, and pines and cypresses stand fragrant; its aroma extends to the left and right, burgeoning and overflowing, heavily permeating the Great Harmony. On the thirteenth day of this month, it descended upon the green pines. Li Shanchang and others led the ministers to offer congratulations. Furthermore, during the Yongle reign, it descended upon the pines and cypresses of Xiaoling Mausoleum for four days; it congealed into jade fat and melted into oily liquid, glittering like hanging pearls and linked like strung cowries. It was offered only to the ancestral temple and bestowed upon the hundred officials; its fragrant sweetness reached in all directions, beyond compare. Recently, there is a variety called "sparrow malt-sugar"; its color is turbid white, its taste very sweet, and its odor like pine resin. When chewed, it sticks heavily to the tongue; eating it when hungry causes sickness, and eating too much of it brings death. This is its verification.