Hi all - thank you very much for your comments. I did this shot in a Cheng Shon Teng Temple (founded in the 1600s) in the city of Malacca. This is may be the only one temple in a World serving as a Center of Worship for three different religions - Taoism, Confucianism, and Buddhism. These small plates, I think, are for memory of the people who passed away.
K