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Woman Burning Gost Money in the Street
If there is indeed such a thing as afterlife, the Chinese and Vietnamese might just be the richest people there. And that’s because their living relatives make sure they are well provided for – by throwing money into flames. Well, not real money. Only fake notes. This fake money is commonly known as ghost money, “Joss paper” and as ‘pinyin’ (literally ‘shade’ or ‘dark’ money) in Chinese. The ghost money, along with other papier-mâché items (usually expensive stuff) are burned as a part of Chinese tradition – on holidays to venerate the deceased, and also at funerals, to make sure that the spirits have plenty of good things in the afterlife.
Photo ID: JW_060115_6878
Created: June 01, 2015
Author: Jeremy Woodhouse
© Jeremy Woodhouse, 2018
Photo size: 17.3 Mpixels (49.6 MB uncompressed) - 5100x3400 pixels (17.0x11.3 in / 43.2x28.8 cm at 300 ppi)
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