Editing Oil lamp (section)

===Chinese===
[[Image:Malaysian god shrine.jpg|thumb|upright|right|Traditional Chinese shrine in [[Petaling Jaya]], [[Malaysia]], containing an oil lamp]]
Oil lamps are lit at traditional Chinese shrines before either an image of a deity or a plaque with [[Classical Chinese]] characters giving the name of the deity. Such lamps are usually made from clear glass (giving them a similar appearance to normal drinking glasses) and are filled with oil, sometimes with water underneath. A cork or plastic floater containing a wick is placed on top of the oil with the bottom of the wick submerged in the oil.

Such lamps are kept burning in shrines, whether private or public, and incense sticks or [[joss sticks]] are lit from the lamp.