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Friday, January 1, 2010

Incense Burners



Outside the Hall of Fragrant Splendor (Fanghui Dian), are all these incense burners. During the reign of Empress Dowager these would be lit with burning incense to ward off evil forces, but also to give the surrounding pagoda's and temples marvelous smell.




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