#joss paper

[fuckyeahchinesefashion]

This is how people usually burn joss paper during the Spring Festival now.

(In traditional Chinese culture, joss paper made through special production processes is believed to have the power of merit-making. When burned, it turns into supplies and money for the deceased in the afterlife—the world they stay in before reincarnation—so they can live well. Even after they are reborn, it will still bring them good luck.)

[samueldaclown]

The chocolate mint tastes like the joss sticks and joss papers from the temple

[coffee-666]

[cannedlychee]

Y'know. I don't know how much I believe in afterlife type shit, I mean. I believe in ghosts and whatnot. But like. The general whole underworld or heaven and hell or Valhalla sort of thing makes me kinda go 🤨

But. Just in case. How much joss money do I need to be rich and what is the conversion rate between living and postmortem currency? Where do my remains need to be for me to receive the money in the afterlife- can my ashes be put to sea and the money burned next to the ocean?? No one ever talks about that and no one wants to talk about that at a funeral while they are burning the paper money in front of you.

Joss money is like. Really cheap at my local grocery store, so is living currency valued really low in the afterlife? What happens if no one burns money for me when I die and there is an afterlife? I'm already poor in life, at least let me be rich in my afterlife?

[not-lame-maya]

Denar prednikov

Zavedamo se, kako pomembno je počastiti naše prednike in ohraniti spomin nanje. Eden od načinov za to je tradicionalna praksa denarja za prednike. V tem članku bomo raziskali zgodovino in pomen denarja prednikov, kako se uporablja danes, ter podali napotke, kje najti in kupiti te pomembne darove.

Kaj je denar prednikov?

Denar prednikov, znan tudi kot papir Joss, denar duhov ali duhovni denar, je tradicionalna kitajska praksa, ki sega v čas dinastije Han. Verjame se, da je posmrtno življenje nadaljevanje živega sveta, zato predniki v posmrtnem življenju potrebujejo zaloge, tako kot so jih potrebovali v svojem zemeljskem življenju. Denar za prednike se uporablja kot simbolična daritev, s katero se poskrbi za duhovne potrebe umrlih.

Papir se običajno sežge kot daritev med posebnimi dogodki, kot je festival Qingming, znan tudi kot dan pometanja grobov, ki je vsako leto 4. ali 5. aprila. Festival je priložnost, da družine obiščejo grobove svojih prednikov in jim ponudijo darila, vključno z denarjem za prednike, hrano in drugimi predmeti.

Kako se denar prednikov uporablja danes?

Čeprav ima denar prednikov korenine v kitajski kulturi, ga uporabljajo tudi pripadniki drugih kultur, vključno s tistimi, ki imajo kitajske prednike. Danes se denar prednikov uporablja kot način za povezovanje s pokojnimi bližnjimi in njihovo počastitev. Darila se pogosto sežigajo ob pomembnih mejnikih, kot so poroke in pogrebi, ali v težkih trenutkih, ko je potrebno duhovno vodstvo ali pomoč.

Nekateri ljudje denar prednikov uporabljajo tudi kot način, da svoje prednike prosijo za pomoč v posmrtnem življenju. Darila se lahko sežgejo z napisanimi posebnimi prošnjami ali željami, na primer za dobro zdravje, blaginjo ali vodstvo v določeni situaciji.

Kje najti in kupiti denar prednikov

Denar prednikov je na voljo na spletu in v specializiranih trgovinah. Pri nakupu denarja za prednike se je treba prepričati, da je papir izdelan iz visokokakovostnih materialov in da je kulturno ustrezen. V podjetju [ime vašega podjetja] ponujamo širok izbor denarja za prednike in druge tradicionalne ponudbe, ki so vsi izdelani skrbno in s spoštovanjem kulturnega pomena teh praks.

Zaključek

Zavedamo se, kako pomembno je spoštovati naše prednike in ohranjati spomin nanje. Denar za prednike je tradicionalna praksa, ki se je prenašala iz generacije v generacijo in ostaja pomemben način povezovanja z našimi bližnjimi in njihovega čaščenja v posmrtnem življenju. Ne glede na to, ali želite kupiti denar za prednike za poseben dogodek ali kot način, kako počastiti svoje prednike v vsakdanjem življenju, smo vam na voljo za svetovanje in podporo na vsakem koraku.

[hazelnootnut]

[start id 1]: a panel with a stack of joss paper. there is a buddhist string next to it. the title reads "77 days". [end id 1]

[start id 2]: a panel of a hand reaching out to take a piece of joss paper. the words read and trail on, "i think it's just a bit surreal," [end id 2]

[start id 3] a panel of a person flipping around the joss paper. the text continues, "- that not three months," [end id 3]

[start id 4]: a panel revealing hands that rolls the joss paper so the printed side is showing. the text continues, "- after my uncle died," [end id 4]

[start id 5]: a panel of hands taking the end of the paper and lifting it up so the back of the paper's printed edge touches the front of the paper's printed pattern. the text continues, "- i am in the same funeral parlour," [end id 5]

[start id 6]: a panel of the hands turning the paper vertically so that it rolls up tightly. the text continues, "- that i was in at the end of november," [end id 6]

[start id 7]: a panel of one hand holding onto the rolled up joss paper as another hand gently presses a finger into it to make it curve into itself. the text continues, "- staring at the face of my aunt," [end id 7]

[start id 8]: a panel of the hands again performing the same motion on the other side of the joss paper. the text continues, "- who passed away a few days ago," [end id 8]

[start id 9]: a panel of the hands holding onto a joss paper that is folded into a perfect sycee. the text finishes, "- just a few months after her husband's own passing". [end id 9]

[start id 10]: a panel of a hand turning to the side and dropping the joss paper sycee into a bag filled with even more sycees.

a guide on how to fold joss paper.

[angelkoh-blog]

offering to the jade emperor on the ninth day of the lunar new year.

[reportwire]

Asian students call on University of Toronto to take action after staff hands out 'hell money'

Asian students call on University of Toronto to take action after staff hands out ‘hell money’

Asian students at the University of Toronto are calling on the school’s administration to address the “hell money” sent to them in envelopes for Lunar New Year last week.  The students in a graduate residence received what is known as joss paper or incense paper instead of cash, according to NBC News. Money is normally given as a gift during the holiday. The bank notes are typically utilized in…

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