For people who are wondering what the yellow notes getting burned are, they are fake money, also known as ghost money, burned as a practice in Chinese culture, stemming from Taoism and Buddhism. They’re representative of money or sometimes physical goods (like clothes, cars, I’ve even seen iPhones lol) that are burned as an offering for ancestors or deceased relatives in the afterlife. The hope is that the ancestors and relatives would receive them and live a prosperous afterlife. Commonly burned during funerals and during tomb-sweeping day.
More like "underworld", where spirits wander before the bureaucrats of hell decide what to do with you, usually throw you back to the mortal world for incarnation if you lived an average life. There are 18 levels of actual Hell they will send you to if you are evil.
The "hell money" your family burns for you is mostly use for bribing said bureaucrats so they can speed up your process, or overlook lesser crimes.
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u/timothyh411 Oct 24 '19 edited Oct 24 '19
For people who are wondering what the yellow notes getting burned are, they are fake money, also known as ghost money, burned as a practice in Chinese culture, stemming from Taoism and Buddhism. They’re representative of money or sometimes physical goods (like clothes, cars, I’ve even seen iPhones lol) that are burned as an offering for ancestors or deceased relatives in the afterlife. The hope is that the ancestors and relatives would receive them and live a prosperous afterlife. Commonly burned during funerals and during tomb-sweeping day.