In the Year of the Dragon, people whose zodiac signs are dragons are guilty of Tai Sui, also known as the year of birth and fate. According to superstition, it is not appropriate. If you happen to be in the year of birth and fate this year, going to Mount Emei to burn incense should be your best choice. People born in the year of Dragon (next year they will be Snakes) are closest to the physiological magnetic field of Samantabhadra, the natal Buddha, and have the strongest induction this year. Of course, what I say here, "the magnetic field is the closest and the induction is the strongest," is just what believers say and my point of view. However, even if it is not the year of your birth year, Mount Emei is a suitable place to burn incense and make wishes. I went there years ago and found that there were twenty or thirty temples of various sizes, and they were filled with incense all year round. This is probably why Chiang Kai-shek and other dignitaries from the Republic of China would burn incense sticks and make wishes when they came to Mount Emei. Burning incense and making wishes is not superstitious. It is an active release of psychological demands and life and work pressure, and it is one of the religious beliefs and cultures. However, if you place all your hopes and happiness on burning incense and making wishes instead of working hard and making progress in reality, then it is superstitious and a waste. As for whether it is effective or not, it is just like whether there is a Buddha or not. It only depends on each person's heart. Finally, a reminder that there are rules for burning incense: "Three gods, three ghosts and four". Buddha is a god, so he should burn three sticks of incense instead of one stick and a handful of incense. The man in the first picture above is very good at burning incense, while in the second picture he burns incense randomly. Burning the wrong thing and worshiping it in the wrong way are all unlucky. As the Buddha says - things go counterproductive!