She pays homage by slowly waving the sticks up and down, and then makes her request to the Buddha as the smoke spirals upwards with her prayers and hopes. The practice of burning incense in temples has become a custom in China, and is considered a symbolic link between the human and spiritual worlds.
香爐中的香煙經年不斷，負責燃香的工作，由婆婆傳給媳婦，再傳給孫媳婦，就這樣代代相傳，成了敬天法祖、慎終追遠、代代相傳的精神象徵。