Ming De Tang Incense Shop Introduction
In the past, Xizhi had an abundance of raw materials for incense-making, specifically camphor wood. Taking advantage of this local resource, the inn was soon transformed into an incense shop, which is now known as Mingde Hall Incense Shop. In earlier times, obtaining incense materials was not easy. The machine for grinding incense powder was a large iron barrel filled with countless small iron balls. After placing the Chinese medicinal materials inside, the iron balls would collide to turn them into incense powder. The incense master’s first task each day was to check the weather; if the sun could help dry it for half a day, that would be sufficient. An experienced master could produce up to one hundred catties of incense in a single day.
