Burning issue: China's incense makers toil ahead of Lunar New Year

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ZAYTON, China -- Dozens of workers toil through the night coating thin lengths of bamboo in herbs, spices and richly colored powders to create incense sticks that are spread out under the rising sun t

o dry.

The craft of producing incense runs deep in Dapu town, where Hong Zhongsen operates a family business passed down through the generations. It is believed that Arab traders brought incense to Yongchun, where the aromatic spices that they imported were combined with local bamboo. But he still insists on several steps such as dying and drying the sticks being done by hand using age-old methods to preserve quality.

 

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