Spiral incense sticks dangled from the ceiling of a Taoist temple called Thien Hau

Swirled incense sticks hung from ceiling
Spiral incense dangling from the ceiling
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Chinese temples in Ho Chi Minh City differ from Buddhist temples in Japan in many ways. One of them is the shape of the incense sticks. The incense sticks in the censer are longer than those seen in Japan, and spiral incense sticks hang from the ceiling. These differences are also elements that add a touch of exoticism to the experience.

When I arrived at the Thien Hau, a Taoist temple, what I initially thought was a strange object hanging from the ceiling was, upon closer inspection, incense sticks. People hang them from the ceiling using long sticks. I had never noticed such spiral-shaped incense sticks in Japan, but I had never seen them in temples on a large scale. To me, coming from Japan, they look like mosquito coils, but Vietnamese spiral incense sticks are not for mosquitos.

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Jun 2009 STILL LIFE VIETNAM

PHOTO DATA

No

2852

Shooting Date

Mar 2009

Posted On

June 2, 2009

Modified On

July 1, 2024

Place

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Genre

Street Photography

Camera

CANON EOS 1V

Lens

EF85MM F1.2L II USM

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