As far as I know, these are called “incense tower”. I found this roadside worship place in an alley I walk past from time to time, but had never taken much notice of. From what I heard when I took the photo, it is a Taoist worship place. I only managed to take a few shots because it was very very smokey.
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This entry was posted by Lisi on Monday, March 27th, 2006, at 6:23 pm, and was filed in A bit of traditions.
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yeah, sometimes the smoke is unbearable.. but i like this photo,though
March 27th, 2006, at 7:07 pm #Hi Lisi,
A lovely photo.
March 27th, 2006, at 7:22 pm #Great colours in your photos. I particularly like the Wong Kar Wai one! Nice work!
March 27th, 2006, at 8:53 pm #Great photo! Amazing that they burn them all at once - that must be quite an odour for the whole neighborhood!
March 27th, 2006, at 9:46 pm #I like aromatic incense, especially the herbs. I have some and I use it use it when friends come to visit or if I just want to relax!
March 27th, 2006, at 9:56 pm #Its a lot of incense you got you got there!
That is so cool - I thought they were hats at first! Does it smell good there? I love incense, but I never saw it in this shape before.
March 28th, 2006, at 12:53 am #What an interesting place! Love the smokiness.
March 28th, 2006, at 12:54 am #Beautiful and interesting.
March 28th, 2006, at 1:01 am #wow cool! does it smell good?
March 28th, 2006, at 1:15 am #Great shot! wonderful atmosphere.
March 28th, 2006, at 2:11 am #I also thought they were hats!!!Great shot…
March 28th, 2006, at 4:30 am #I really have to save money to visit this city. Amazing. Thanks Lisi, for such colorful and artistic pictures with great captions. It’s a real pleasure.
March 28th, 2006, at 8:11 am #Like the scene from life - just ads on the TV?
March 28th, 2006, at 2:23 pm #Hi, Lisi.
Just like Sam, I thought they were hats as well! Interesting picture
March 28th, 2006, at 4:07 pm #Hi thank you for the comments. The incense smell ok to me although it was a bit too strong having that many at one time. Frankly, this is the first time I saw this; and in an area I’m familiar with it’s like discovering a hidden secret in your own home!
March 28th, 2006, at 4:39 pm #Great photo!
March 28th, 2006, at 11:57 pm #wonderful find!
October 18th, 2007, at 3:45 pm #interesting entry for this week’s thursday challenge, too!