chinese incense smoke
1Incense — Burning incense Incense (from Latin: incendere, to burn )[1] is composed of aromatic biotic materials, which release fragrant smoke when burned. The term incense refers to the substance itself, rather than to the odor that it produces. It is used …
2Incense in China — A Western Han inlaid bronze mountain censer Incense in China is traditionally used in a wide range of Chinese cultural activities including, religious ceremonies, ancestor veneration, traditional medicine, and in daily life. Known as xiang… …
3Religious use of incense — have their origins in antiquity, and may have their roots in the practical and aesthetic uses considering that many religions with not much else in common all use incense. One common motif is of incense as a form of sacrificial offering to God or …
4List of Chinese inventions — A bronze Chinese crossbow mechanism with a buttplate (the wooden components have …
5boshan xianglu — ▪ Chinese incense burner Wade Giles romanization po shan hsiang lu , also called hill censer Chinese bronze censer common in the Han dynasty (206 BC–AD 220). Censers (vessels made for burning incense) of this type were made to represent… …
6Triad (underground societies) — Triad (zh tspl |t=三合會 |s=三合会 |p=Sānhéhuì |l=Triad Society, also known as zh tspl |t=黑社會|s=黑社会|p=Hēishèhuì|l=Black Society) is a term that describes many branches of Chinese underground society and/or organizations based in Hong Kong and Macau and …
7Pollution in China — Beijing air on a day after rain (left) and a sunny but Smoggy day (right) Pollution is causing serious problems in China. Contents 1 …
8Dujiangyan Irrigation System — For the adjacent city, see Dujiangyan City. Mount Qingcheng and the Dujiangyan Irrigation System * UNESCO World Heritage Site …
9temple fairs — (miaohui) or ‘competitive celebrations to welcome the gods’ (yingshen saihui) take place in temples dedicated to local gods throughout rural China, and in a few closely regulated urban temples. The pantheon of gods worshipped in China extends… …
10Smoking — For other uses, see Smoking (disambiguation). Part of a series on …
