Sometimes, one can smell the fragrance of lit joss sticks wafting from the windows. |
The fire started in Cemetery Road last night when a plant pot caught fire after a joss stick was left unattended. |
The joss houses or temples of Chinatown have no external beauty save in the carved panels of their balconies. |
Commonly called joss houses, some of these temples survived into the twentieth century. |
Each joss house was usually created and used by Chinese from the one village or district of origin. |
This astounding piece of fiddling while Rome burns was written no doubt to the sound of whalesong and the pungent aroma of joss sticks. |