Lee making traditional joss sticks by hand at his shop house in Stewart Lane in George Town, Penang.
PENANG’S last and only joss stick maker Lee Beng Chuan was all smiles after receiving the one-time 2020 Special Living Heritage Treasures Award.
Believed to be the world’s oldest joss stick maker, the 92-year-old has devoted his life to the production of joss sticks which are widely used as offerings in temples and homes to the divine and for ancestral worship.
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