Wood Chips

Claim & Evidence

Claim: Wood chips (木片) — ground or cut agarwood or sandalwood chips, heated to release a slow, complex aroma.

Evidence sources:

Source Type Evidence level Accessed
Incense Powder & Resin: Smoke-Light Format traditional Tier 6 — Editorial synthesis 2026-09-20

Attributes

Field Value
Material Wood chips (木片) — agarwood / sandalwood
Aroma slow, complex aroma as the wood warms
Smoke minimal (heated on electric heater) to higher (charcoal)
Burn characteristics smolders-warms (vs. resin, which melts); heated, not burned
Traditional context heated (隔火焚香, indirect-fire incense) rather than burned — the refined low-smoke method
Common uses low-smoke, controlled appreciation; the pure-material format

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