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• Incense — 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 …   Wikipedia

• Incense clock — The incense clock (香鐘, 香钟, xiāng zhōng in Chinese) is a special timekeeping device invented in China during the Song Dynasty (960 1279) that spread to neighboring countries such as Japan. The clocks bodies are effectively specialized censers that …   Wikipedia

• Incense 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… …   Wikipedia

• Incense of India — Indian Incense is known as agarbattī in Hindi (अगरबत्ती) (and other Indian languages). India has a rich tradition of incense making that goes back centuries. Many Indian incenses have a unique scent that is not found in any other part of the… …   Wikipedia

• incense — in|cense1 [ˈınsens] n [U] [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: encens, from Latin incensus, past participle of incendere to cause to start burning ] a substance which has a pleasant smell when you burn it ▪ a church filled with the smell of… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• Chinese incense culture — refers to the incense formulations and production techniques that were developed in China by the Chinese cultures as well as their usage in daily life. Records on the use and production of Chinese incense can be traced as far back as Spring and… …   Wikipedia

• Religious 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 …   Wikipedia

• Temple (Chinese) — The Thean Hou Temple in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia A Chinese temple can refer to any temple which is used for the practice of Chinese folk religion, a conglomeration of China s three main religions: Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism. Chinese… …   Wikipedia

• History of timekeeping devices — For thousands of years, devices have been used to measure and keep track of time. The current sexagesimal system of time measurement dates to approximately 2000 BC, in Sumer. The Ancient Egyptians divided the day into two 12 hour periods, and… …   Wikipedia

• Mosquito coil — is mosquito repelling incense, usually shaped into a spiral, and typically made from a dried paste of pyrethrum powder. The coil is usually held at the center of the spiral, suspending it in the air, or wedged by two pieces of fireproof nettings… …   Wikipedia

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