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Burning Paper in Taiwan
There is what I believe to be a religious ceremony performed in Taiwan, and I truly do not understand what they are doing or why.
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Taipei, Taiwan
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
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As best I can tell, they take this little container and rip up the paper below and throw into the container to burn.
The same as all religions, there are ceremonies of worship, as best I an determine this is a Buddhist type ceremony, however very much different than in Thailand.
From a distance, this looks like Monopoly money, as if they was throwing money into the container to burn.
I was at a store here that was selling all this various type of paraphernalia.
Burning Paper in Taiwan
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Anonymous said on Wednesday September 17th, 2008 04:44:00 AM
Prayers? The smoke carries them to heaven.
sporkboy said on Wednesday September 17th, 2008 07:42:00 AM
I believe that I heard about this long ago as it is ringing a bell. I believe that this is something like "spirit money". It's burned and floats to the spirit world where it is received by their recently deceased so that they can live a comfortable afterlife. It was that or it's burned to bring good luck and fortune. I'm not sure why I have to stories stuck in my head for this one.
Mira said on Wednesday September 17th, 2008 08:11:00 AM
I just had a class on this so, here we go. It is more of a Daoist practice than a Buddhist practice here in Taiwain, or should I say popular religion because it doesn't really fit anywhere nicely? At any rate, the paper money with gold is burnt as offerings to the gods. It is expected that if a person burns money to the gods, the gods will give them real money back. However, there is also paper money with silver on it. This is burnt for what they call hungry ghosts, or gui. The gui run around and mess things up sometimes, like lost souls or so forth. People burn the silver money to appease the hungry ghosts so they will not start messing things up in their life, or house or shops. In order for the money to get to heaven or out of our physical world it must be burn, and kind of the vapors are what the gods or ghosts can feed on, or spend.
Wade Vagabond Journey.com said on Wednesday September 17th, 2008 09:02:00 AM
Yes, a priest will write a prayer and burn it so that it may be known.
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