Incense sticks are used by Chinese people to worship gods,ghosts and ancestors,and this has become a unique trait of Chinese religious behavior. Incense may be made from a variety of materials. Among them,sandal wood,agalwood,aloe wood,and many others were introduced to China from India through Central Asia by land and from South Eas Asia by sea around 200 A.D. Chinese people gradually developed their own favorite scents and ingredients over the centuries. |