Courtyard with free-standing stone pillar and incense burner at Jie tai si

Women burning incense outside Bai yun guan at New Year's

Crowd outside Bai yun guan at New Year's

People, lantern, and burning incense outside Bai yun guan at New Year's

Household altar at New Year's

View through a temple doorway at the Yun'gang Caves showing courtyard with animal statue and incense burner

Facade of a three-story temple building and courtyard with animal statues and incense burner at the Yun'gang Caves

Prayer-paper burner, incense burner, and cast-iron bell on East Peak of Hua Mountain with Qinling Mountains in background

Bell with dew-collecting cup on top, incense burner, and Daoist priests in front of temple building on East Peak of Hua Mountain

Temple courtyard with incense burner on Tai Mountain

Temple courtyard on Tai Mountain showing memorial stela and incense burners

Incense holder called a xiang ting in the courtyard of Xing tan at the Kong miao in Qufu

Terrace with sacrificial vessels and incense burner at Tai miao in Tai'an

Tomb of Confucius with inscribed stone stela, incense burner, and candlestick at Zhi sheng lin in Qufu

Incense burner at the tomb of Confucius at Zhi sheng lin in Qufu

Grave of the son of Confucius, with inscribed stone stela and incense burner at at Zhi sheng lin in Qufu

Grave with inscribed stone stela and incense burner at Zhi sheng lin in Qufu

Grave of Kongzi's grandson with inscribed stone stelae and incense burner at Zhi sheng lin in Qufu

Funeral altar with incense burning

Pilgrims lighting incense beside brick incense burner on Miaofeng Mountain