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Stick incense is probably the most common form. The gum or resin from which it is made coats a long thin stick that burns slowly, releasing the particular fragrance that it contains. The stick type can also be solid so there is no stick center or core, only a solid chunk of material.
The first recorded use of incense was by the Egyptians during the Fifth Dynasty, 2345-2494 BC. Incense use in religious ritual was either further or simultaneously developed in China, and eventually transmitted to Korea, Japan, Vietnam and the Philippines. Incense holds an invaluable role in East Asian Buddhist ceremonies and rites as well as in those of Chinese Taoist and Japanese Shinto shrines.