The origin of the custom of grabbing the head incense dates back to the Song Dynasty, when it was already very popular. Before that, there was a lot of small-scale worship. The main process is that religious believers arrive at temples, Taoist temples or shrines early and try to light the first incense or incense burner to show their piety.
It can be said that in the past, the significance of grabbing the head incense was to show one's piety and belief in religion, but it can also be said that with the gradual commercialization of religious beliefs in recent years, many ancient temples and famous temples will auction the head incense at a high price whenever the Spring Festival or some major festivals come, to show the merits of the incense snatcher, and the good luck will last forever.
As one of the folk beliefs:
Take the Lama Temple in Beijing as an example, you can often see some news reports. People always line up at the Lama Temple on the first day of the Lunar New Year, which makes it burn incense.
During the Spring Festival, the most important thing is to grab incense. Before midnight, a large number of people lined up in front of Lan Palace in Dajia Town, Taichung, and the Kindness Palace in Songshan, Taipei was also crowded with believers.
In the Nanyao Palace in Changhua, some believers couldn't wait to break the door three minutes in advance, so that the winner of the past two consecutive batouxiang accidentally fell down and failed the challenge. This year's Touxiang winner was replaced.