What does it mean to put millet in the incense burner?

Putting millet in the incense burner has no special significance, just as a support for incense, so that incense can be better inserted in the incense burner.

At first, millet was usually put in a censer, and a little more incense ash became a mixture of rice and ash. According to the tradition of the older generation, some rice must be put in the incense burner of Xianjia, and sorghum is usually put at the earliest. At that time, the incense was stronger and the incense burner was bigger.

Modern incense burners are small and fragrant, and sorghum rice is difficult to insert incense, so it is generally changed to millet. If you can't see rice in the incense burner for a long time, it is recommended to catch some millet and mix it in. It is better to always see a little rice, because rice also represents support.

Extended data:

Incense burner is an indispensable instrument for "fragrance", and it is also an indispensable instrument for folk customs, religions and sacrificial activities in China. Incense burners used in past dynasties include Boshan furnace, hand furnace, incense bucket, lying furnace, incense cone and other incense burners with different shapes.

In addition, it should be noted that the incense burner also has cigarette balls, incense sticks, incense trays, incense boxes, incense clips, incense shovels, incense spoons, incense cones and sachets. The main materials used are copper, ceramics, gold and silver, bamboo and wood utensils, enamel, jade and so on. Square incense burners generally have four feet, and circular incense burners all have three feet.