Tradition II

Tianjin’s “Ancient Culture Street” is a reconstruction of a Qing-era shopping street (but is largely a tourist trap for Chinese visiting the city.)
Many Chinese claim they are not religious, but I’m always struck by how reflexively superstitious almost all of them are.  Whenever I see them lighting incense as shrines or temples, I automatically assume it’s piety, but perhaps it’s just more reflexive cultural motions.