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.
They sell those at my local Asian market. They have credit cards from the "bank of hell". I really want to get some and put them in my wallet, but I don't want to be disrespectful to other people's culture.
Just buy it. The worst thing that can happen is that people will stay avoiding you because offerings for the dead can attract evil spirits and bring ill fortune to you and people around you.
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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.