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 ...

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 ...

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