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Tiangong censer
Type of incense burner
The Tiangong censer (Chinese: 天公爐, tian gong lu) is a special type of incense burner used for worshiping the Jade Emperor.[1][2]"Because he is the highest-ranking deity in the deity world, most of the people in Taiwan do not make statues of the deity, but instead use the deity as a representative.[3][4] When it comes to the shape of censers, people usually think of round tripods with three legs. However, there are also square ones. The design of the censer typically features two dragons grabbing pearls, with patterns of dragons rising or descending on the censer's ears. In the past, most censers were made of stone or iron. Nowadays, it's rare to find large metal censers from before the Japanese rule, as many have been melted down and reused.[5]