Gongyi candles are specialties of Maogang District. In recent years, gongyi candles have become artworks for display in many households in Maoming, as well as gifts for relatives and friends. Not long ago, a group of foreign experts bought a number of gongyi candles when they left Maoming to bring back and give to their relatives and friends. Many compatriots from Hong Kong and Macao, as well as foreign guests, who come to Maoming for sightseeing or trade talks, always take a tour of the candle factory to see the competing and fascinating gongyi candles.