The custom of burning incense has a long history in China. People usually incense their clothes for etiquette. Ancient literati also like to burn a pot of incense in their study to create the artistic conception of red tea adding incense and reading at night. 
incense burners made of pottery, porcelain, copper, iron and tile appeared as early as the Han Dynasty. In the Han Dynasty, the introduction of Buddhism played a considerable role in the development of incense burners. At the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, The censers made of other materials were gradually replaced by copper censers, which reached its peak in the Xuande period of the Ming Dynasty.
Influence of religion on incense burner making technology