This a pot were they burn a incense stick pray to the spirit of mercy and they bow three times and stick it in this pot and it is suppose to bless you. There is a story about it . A mother went up to the spirit of mercy and asked her to bless her son at war. She said she would but under one condition. The mother would have to go outside at two o'clock each day and call her son's name and he would come out of his tent thinking that his mother was there, right before his tent would be bombed.