Uses for Incense (香)

香為何物﹖

 

"香"” ﹐一種讓人們與神明溝通的管道。

 

在祭祀中﹐人們只要在點燃“香” 之後﹐心中祝念﹐誠心祈求﹐“香” 所發出的裊裊香煙便會將人們所祈求的願望“傳達” 至神明前。

 

What are Incenses (joss-sticks) for?

 

Many people have tend to mix up the idea of Ghosts eating joss-sticks with the offering of Incenses to the Deities, actually this is not accurate.

 

And then why must a person offer Incenses infront of the Deities? Is it to bride the Deities? Or trying to “force” the Deities by agreeing on the requests that one person requested, if not he/she will used the smoke to “suffocate” the Deities?

 

Ha ha, of-cos all NO. The real significant behind that is:

 

Incenses are used as a form of “media” for human to communicate with the Deities (in today’s language – One Way Mobile). By lighting the incenses, standing infront of the statues and making requests, the smoke of the incenses will somehow “help to transmit” one person’s message to the Deities.

With this reason, a lot of people tend not to get the new type of incenses that won’t give out smoke.

 

But, since we are all living in this planet, we also shall think for the others, try not to get those which give out thick smoke, this will not only cause pollutions but also a form of dis-respect to the Deities.