Mermaid incense burner

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It is said that mermaids are the curse for the sailing people. The beauty of the upper part of their body is suffocating. However, the lower part of their body is the scaly fish tail. Sometime it has one fish tail, some it has divided two. Countless sailors were lost of their minds; and their souls also were taken out by the beautiful appearance and the seductive song of the mermaid. As the story goes the mermaids have no soul, and although they live long, they still face death.

Many folk tales refer to the story of mermaids marrying human beings. In the cases of the man stole the mermaid’s hat or belt, or a comb and or a mirror and keep it well the mermaids will live with the man. But they will go back to the sea when they find those things that they lost before. In general, the mermaids are very dangerous to the human. For example, the gifts they give will bring misfortune, such as floods. And it is the ill omen to see the mermaids on the sea. They sometimes yearn to see mortals drowned. For example, the Lorelei of the Rhine, they lured young men into the underwater to live with them. This story is carved on benches in churches in Cornwall and England.

The Melanesians of the southwest Pacific islands have the similar myths and legends. They called the mermaid ‘Adaro’. The upper body is humanoid, and the lower part is fish shaped. She lives in the sun and comes to the earth by rainbow. She was usually hidden in the tornadoes on the sea. Unlike other Mermaid, Adaro is a dangerous creature to the Melanesian people. They will use the fish to attack humans, so that they remain unconscious and even death.

And the incense burner comes from the ancient East. It has more than two thousand years of history. It is an essential tool in Chinese folk custom, religion and sacrificial activities. In history, the incense burner has different shapes. They include Boshan censer, handwarmer, incense bucket, horizontal furnace, and incense tube etc.

The materials used for incense burner mainly include copper, ceramics, gold and silver, bamboo and wood ware, enamel and jade, etc. There are many uses, such as, fumigating clothing, furnishings, Worship for Buddha. They are square or circular in shape. A square incense burner usually has four legs; Round incense burner has three feet, one foot in front, and two feet behind.

The combination of these two elements produces the complete protagonist of our today’ mermaid incense burner’. Next, let’s share the mermaid incense burner which combines the incense burner from China and the Mermaid from the European.