I asked Hyungi Park, an artist in Los Angeles, to break down the steps → How to Make Your Own Incense Here’s what you need: 1 ½ teaspoons sandalwood powder 2 teaspoons makko powder ½ teaspoon ginkgo ...

At the start of every year, incense sticks are used to celebrate Tết, or Vietnamese Lunar New Year. Due to shifting industry and demands, the local incense producers had to readjust their strategy.

The use of agarwood, or agalloch eaglewood, has a long history in China. Agarwood is rare dead wood containing naturally forming aromatic materials. It is used to make incense and carved crafts. It is ...

When Elena Jacob was listening to her Chinese zither teacher play a piece of music in 2009, she also detected a delicate scent pulling at her heartstrings. The smell was unlike the perfumes of any ...

Finished incense sticks are bundled up at a factory in Fujian province, which supplies much of the world's incense AFP / HECTOR RETAMAL Dozens of workers toil through the night coating thin lengths of ...

Although the time is ripe for selling incense sticks, people do not see many of them in Le Minh Xuan incense-making village in HCM City. At four am, people can hear powder mixer, drying machine… being ...

Located 40km from the center of Hanoi, Cao Thon village in Bao Khe commune, Hung Yen province, is among the largest incense-making villages in Vietnam. Located 40km from the center of Hanoi, Cao Thon ...

A worker covers incense sticks with colored powder at the Fujian Xingquan Incense Factory in East China's Fujian Province. Photo: AFP Dozens of workers toil through the night coating thin lengths of ...