a large enclosed stainless steel incense burner

afterlife ancestral ash ashes asia asian bamboo big buddhism buddhist burn burner burners ceremony chines chinese coarse contain container custom customs dead deceased enclose enclosed gesture ghost give giving heat heaven hell huge incense joss large metal money motifs offer offerings paper pass passing practise pray prayers public reflect reflective religion religious rice shine shiny spirit stainless steel surface taoism taoist temple temples tradition traditional underworld usage use veneration worship