烧头香 (燒頭香) shāo tóu xiāng

1. shāo tóu xiāng set phrase to burn the first stick of incense
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Culture
   Notes: Refers to the culture of struggling to burn the first stick of incense at a festival (Guoyu '燒頭香')
2. shāo tóu xiāng set phrase to burn the first incense
   Domain: Buddhism 佛教 , Subdomain: Fo Guang Shan
   Notes: (Glossary of Humanistic Buddhism)

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• Burning the First Stick of Incense 燒頭香 Between Ignorance and Enlightenment 8 - Where do Blessings Come From? 《迷悟之間(八)福報哪裡來》 — count: 11
• Lecture 6: Buddhist Etiquettes and Rites 第六講．佛門禮法 One Hundred Lessons on Monastery Language and Affairs 3: Activities at Places of Practice 《僧事百講3－道場行事》 — count: 9
• Chapter 29: My Approach to Questions and Answers 【二十九說】我對問題的回答 Hear Me Out: Messages from a Humble Monk 《貧僧有話要說》 — count: 1
• Hsing Yun Diary 21 - Compassion is the Treasure of the Buddha's law: An Ordinary Mind 星雲日記21～慈悲是寶藏 平常心(1993/1/16～1993/1/31) Hsing Yun Diary (1993/1-1994/8) 《星雲日記(1993/1~1994/8)》 — count: 1