Incense Culture Association of Singapore Visits Hangzhou China

As usually KZ would like to apologize for the slowness in writing posts.. there’s just an overwhelming load of offline activities going on.. classes.. courses.. workshops… making incenses.. hosting events.. and even taking association members overseas for a trip! (if you would like to see if KZ is active.. you can always follow me on instagram at Aloeswoods.) Between the 21st to the 25th of September this year, both me and Jingxintang led an entourage from the Incense Culture Association of Singapore to visit and stay at a lovely private and exclusive incense clubhouse in Hangzhou, China.

The River over which the clubhouse was built, includes a boat that can be floated onto the river where people can have tea, incense or other activities on cruise.

One of the Incense Rooms

Nearing the source of the River. Hydroelectric power is produced.

A magical spring

Natural mountain Spring water flows over the rocks

Members carrying mountain spring water they collected to brew tea later

Peace and Tranquility

Tea and Incense Event

Remnants of the fireworks we had set

Calligraphy Room

Japanese Style Incense Room

Lots of incense tools and implements

Meticulously Crafted incense tools

Incense Burner display

Incense Tools display

West Lake at Hangzhou

Ling Yin Temple

Bronze Carving by a National level Master~

The entrance to the clubhouse

One of the Tea drinking areas at the clubhouse

Monkoh

Incense Stencils

Giant Root Sculpture museum! gigantic and meticulously carved pieces! There are several thousand root carvings at this private “temple”/”museum”. This root pictured here is probably over 8 tons, would have belonged to a tree that is several thousand years old.