Queen’s Road West Incense Shops

Hong Kong


At 136–150 Queen's Rd West, there are shops selling incense and paper offerings for the dead. The latter are burned to propitiate departed souls and the choice of combustibles is mind-blowing – dim sum, iPads, Rolexes, Viagra tablets and even solar-powered water heaters. You may buy them as souvenirs, but keeping rather than burning them is supposed to bring bad luck.


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