What's the point of changing incense burners?

There is no special ceremony to replace the previous incense burner. If you think it's serious, it's ok to set off firecrackers (200 is enough, not too big). Just buy an incense burner with ears. If you have ears, you should listen to your ancestors, and you should also listen to the words of the immortals.

Pay attention to when buying incense burners:

There are many styles of incense burners, including large, small, square, round, long and short; Materials such as copper, iron, tin, stone and ceramics are also different to show their different values; Carved with different patterns and words, indicating different uses. At home, there is an incense burner on the altar for ancestors to use. If Buddhists worship Buddha statues at home, don't forget to put an incense burner; Taoists worship God and use incense burners, all of which are used to burn incense. There are many kinds of incense burners with different shapes, which are used to burn different incense at different positions. For example, the big incense burner in the center or outside the hall of the Great Hero is mostly cast or carved from copper, iron and other metals, and the temple number is engraved on the furnace body for believers to insert incense. The incense burner on the table in the main hall is copper, stone or porcelain, which is used to burn sandalwood. There is a rectangular furnace tray in the main hall of the Buddhist temple, on which there is a delicate small incense burner burning sandalwood. Embroidery furnace is hung in front of the plate, which is very solemn and beautiful, and is dedicated to the abbot and monk. After the Buddhist ceremony in the main hall is completed, if you want to worship Buddha in other attached halls, the waiter will take the stove first, and the monk will go to the attached hall to burn incense.

Lying incense burners are more suitable for Buddhist temples of believers at home, and there are also two kinds of bronze and porcelain. Cut off a bamboo branch below the incense line and burn it flat in the incense burner, so that the ash burner will not fly and pollute the altar. A small wooden incense burner carved with the shape of lotus has a long handle. Only one incense can be inserted, in the hands of monks and vegetarians during Buddhist ceremonies. It's called a hand stove. There is also a box incense burner dedicated to burning incense powder, mostly made of copper, which is divided into three layers. Put incense-burning model vessels in the lower layer and incense powder in the middle layer to make the upper layer burn incense; Most of the models are "shou" or "fu" in seal script, and they are cast into a continuous back-shaped hillock pattern with a thickness of about 0.40 cm. Put the powder on the model to make beautiful patterns; Burn at the starting point, cover the furnace cover and let it burn in order, which is elegant; This kind of incense burner is rarely used for offering sacrifices to Buddha or ancestors, but is mostly used for burning incense in Sichuan.