Since ancient times, the Chinese believe that after death, a person leaving earthly life passes into the other world empty-handed, and his children and grandchildren must provide the deceased with everything for life in the other world, where he remains until the next rebirth. Therefore, on memorial days in the cemeteries of China, relatives of the deceased burn paper offerings, which, according to legend, fall into the other world in the form of real objects.
Over the past five decades, traditional paper offerings have become more and more intricate. In today's Chinese consumer society, paper models of cars, laptops, designer bags, and even figurines of servants are burned on graves. All this diversity was captured by a British photographer Chinese origin Kurt Tong in his series of photographs entitled "In case of rain in the other world."
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1. The tradition of burning paper offerings in honor of the deceased ancestors in China has more than one hundred years. In the photo: paper servants.
2. Usually, offerings are burned in cemeteries on special days, such as Qingming, which is a traditional Chinese festival of remembrance of the dead, which is celebrated on the 104th day after the winter solstice.
3. During Qingming, the Chinese gather with their families and visit the graves of their ancestors. They arrange the graves, decorate them with green branches, make sacrifices to the earth god in the form of fruits and vegetables, and burn ritual money and other paper offerings.
4. Chinese ritual money is paper money issued for the purpose of performing ritual sacrifices to spirits and transferring them to the dead in Chinese tradition.
5. Ritual money and other offerings are widely used in all countries with a Chinese population, both in antiquity and at the present time.
6. Offerings are used to enable the spirits of deceased relatives to live better in afterlife. This is what makes the deceased relatives live in the afterlife or in the underworld. At the same time, the word "underworld" does not have a negative connotation, we are talking about the world in which the dead and spirits live.
7. Traditional Chinese mythology everyone who dies falls into underworld Diyu (Chinese: 地獄/地狱, literally "underground court"), where judgments are held in order to be sent to heaven or nirvana or be reborn in other worlds.
8. Ritual money and other offerings are burned in special ovens at temples or in cemeteries and are often dedicated to certain deities. At the same time, it is believed that burning real money instead of sacrificial ones brings misfortune.
9. Although paper offerings look like souvenirs or games, the Chinese perceive them without a hint of humor (cf. artificial flowers in European rituals).
10. It is not recommended to give such offerings to living people as a gift (even as a joke) - this can be perceived as a wish for death and can greatly offend. If we draw an analogy, then in fact in China such a gift to a living person is perceived as if in Russia a funeral wreath was presented to a living person.
11. Officially, the practice of burning paper offerings to the dead is prohibited in China, but it has always been treated quite tolerantly.
12. Over the years, paper offerings, which are massively sold in Chinese cemeteries on memorial days, have become more and more intricate, sometimes reaching the point of absurdity.
13. So in 2006, journalists wrote that Chinese cemeteries sold not only paper models of cars or paper copies of iPads and iPhones, but also figurines of prostitutes, paper Viagra, condoms, ecstasy and even casino equipment.
14. The items featured in this collection are those that were burned by Chinese-born British photographer Curt Tong as offerings to his deceased relatives.
15. Kurt was born in Hong Kong in 1977. Initially trained as a health visitor, he co-founded a charity home for disabled children in India in 1999.
But since 2003, Kurt has been working as a photographer and, thanks to his photo project about Indian children with disabilities, he won International Competition photographs by Luis Valthuen. In 2006, Kurt received a master's degree in documentary photography from the London College of Communications. And now he works on photo projects, drawing inspiration from family relationships and their Chinese roots.
There is no such person who would not want to live in prosperity. It's so great when you have the opportunity to buy what your heart desires and not think: "Will there be enough money to pay?". But not everyone has the opportunity to afford such a luxury. Some people are forced to work several jobs in order to feed their families, but there is still not enough money, and this is a shame. In this case, you need to perform strong rituals for money, after which your financial well-being will improve significantly.
There are many rituals for lack of money
Basic rules for conducting ceremonies
There are many rituals for lack of money. Properly performed money rituals contribute to the fact that the amount of money in your wallet will increase. But do not hope that a person who does not want to work will suddenly become rich. It will not happen. The ritual will help only those who work and strive to increase income, and also sincerely believe that with the help of magical influence, money will “stick to their hands”.
Conspiracies can be directed to:
- promotion at work;
- return of debt;
- entry into the inheritance;
- winning in gambling.
Most rituals for money, wealth and financial well-being are completely harmless and safe, because they are aimed at improving the human biofield and opening a money channel. Most of the rites do not use black magic and do not invoke dark forces.
Rite of passage for receiving a large sum of money
The ceremony for big money must be carried out before sunrise on Monday.
How to conduct a ritual
- For this, it is necessary to approach front door of your house or apartment and insert the key into the keyhole.
- Then imagine that you have a lot of money and that you are getting richer and richer every day. After that, read the plot:
"Will go Gray wolf V dark forest look for a white hare.
The wolf will catch up with the white hare, and find a forged casket in it
upholstered with gilding, and hard blued steel.
On that casket the lock weighs heavy, the lock is strong,
silver lock. The key to the casket is hidden in the dark water,
hidden from the eyes of strangers.
Only to me, the servant of God (name), is the key given in the water surface to find,
honey with water herbs, and old stones.
Not a gray wolf, not a passer-by,
the key is not intended for fast fish,
he is only for me, the servant of God (name), appointed by fate.
Only I can unlock that chest.
stones, silver, and gold in it to find and collect.
I, the servant of God (name), will hide that key,
so that everything that has been said comes true, which is appointed by fate.
Let it be so. Amen. Amen. Amen".
After the spell for a love spell is read, the key must be removed from the keyhole and hung around the neck. For the ritual to work, the key must always be worn around the neck as an amulet.
Honey Ritual
The rite, using honey, serves as a sweet bait for money, it will bring you money and wealth. It will begin to act on receiving money in a month after it has been held.
What is needed for the ritual
To perform the ritual, you will need to prepare:
- a handful of oatmeal or oats;
- a pinch of peas;
- a bowl filled with liquid honey two-thirds.
The rite, using honey, serves as a sweet bait for money
How to conduct a ritual
Add oatmeal and peas to honey. Mix everything thoroughly. While mixing, you need to read the magic words:
“I am a wild marten, a servant of God (name), sweet ladies porridge,
I will appease her with honey gingerbread. Marten that wealth to me
will bring, he will give me fertile lands, he will give houses
high, expensive jewelry will give, coins will bring
all gold. If the raven becomes black at the marten gingerbread
honey to take away, I will be the servant of God (name), that raven
to drive a marten with a stick. If the marten has a bear
take away the gingerbread, I will drive him, but with human words
scold. I, the servant of God (name), will receive from the marten for this
great monetary blessing. May what has been said come true. Amen. Amen. Amen".
Conspiracy to get money fast
A conspiracy for quick money, like the previous rites, is completely safe. The ritual is easy to perform. In order for the rite to take effect, everyone needs to internal forces imagine what you got a large sum money.
How to conduct a ceremony
Exactly at 12 o'clock in the afternoon you need to light church candles- two pieces. It is important that there is no one else in the room except you.
After that, you need to read the plot three times:
“My Lord, I believe in you and ask for help!
Your slaves passed through the sky and big ones,
filled with money, bags were dragged.
Accidentally those bags opened and the money
that were in them fell to the ground right at my feet.
I collected all the wealth and came home.
Immediately after reading the magic words, put out the candles and they need to be hidden so that no one can find them. But first, cut off a small piece from one of them and put it in your wallet - it should be there all the time.
Golden rite to attract big money
To conduct the ceremony, you need to be patient and do everything strictly according to the points and at home. It is important that no one knows that you are performing a ceremony for money.
For the ceremony, you will need to prepare:
- clay pot or regular plate;
- scarlet church candle;
- coins;
- towel.
How to conduct a ceremony
- The plate must be placed in your room on the floor, near the door. Six days in a row at 17.00 you need to throw one coin into it. As a result, in six days, you should have six coins in your plate. Important point: you need to take all different coins.
- On the first day when you throw the first coin, read the plot:
“Flow, money, to me. Shine, money, hurry to make me, the servant of God (name), rich.
- In the following days, after tossing coins, read the words:
“Money, you money, you are my powerhouse. You, the servant of God (name), do not leave me, do not leave for an hour, do not leave me at a difficult hour. Amen".
- When there are six coins in the plate, you need to wait until twelve o'clock at night and put the container with money on a wooden table covered with a linen towel. Coins need to be laid out around the plate.
- Remove the plate, and put a jar of salt in its place, into which you need to insert a lit red candle.
- The room in which the ritual is performed must be full moonlight. To do this, you need to calculate the phases of the moon so that the last day when you toss a coin falls on the full moon.
- Looking at the burning candle, read the plot:
“Over the blue sea, beyond the boundless ocean, on the distant island of Buyan, lies a white stone, a combustible stone - Alatyr. As the dawns on that stone close, as the dawns console themselves on it, and sing songs, so I, the servant of God (name), sang songs on it, consoled the blue-winged falcon, the black crow. Tight sadness has sucked my zealous heart, blackened it with black need. I don’t have the necessary prosperity in my house, that’s why it’s not sweet for me day or night. As I, the servant of God (name), light a candle, put money in, so my money will multiply, as my candle begins to oscillate. The wax on my candle melts and melts, so my need decreases, and prosperity increases. In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen. Amen. Amen".
- When you finish reading the plot, then immediately go to bed. The candle should burn itself out at this time. You need to wake up before dawn. All coins must be put in a bowl and left on the table.
You still need to throw coins into a plate of coins for a week
A jar of salt and a candle end must be wrapped in a towel and left at the crossroads until dawn. In a plate with coins, you still need to throw coins throughout the week. The result should be 13 different coins. Read after each coin strong prayer"Our Father". Then stack all the coins on top of each other, on a sheet of paper and pack carefully. You need to hide the coins in a cache and store them there for three years. It is worth noting that the rite for wealth is the most powerful and effective.
Spell to get money
After the ritual, you will be accompanied by good luck and luck. After all, this is a powerful rite of passage for gaining money. And big money will go straight into your hands, you can be sure. But before conducting it, think carefully, because this ritual uses magic and witchcraft, and this suggests that the ritual is not as safe as it seems.
What is needed for the ritual
For the ritual you need to prepare:
- aromatic oil of cinnamon;
- deck of tarot cards;
- three green candles.
How to conduct a ceremony
It is necessary to wait for the new moon and lubricate the candle with aromatic oil.
- From the deck you need to get the Ace of Pentacles and put it behind the burning candle with the image up. The Ace of Pentacles is a symbol big money, and the aromatic oil of cinnamon acts to attract them.
- Next, you need to sit down in front of the candle and looking at its fire, think about how poverty leaves your house forever, and settle in it: good luck, success and a lot of money. Just imagine how, where and for what you can get a large amount.
- Imagine holding a lot of money in your hands, smell it. Imagine, as far as you can, that you are very rich.
- After that, you need to blow out the candle and rub your palms over the smoke emanating from it. Imagine with all your might that in your palms gold coin. The candle and the card should remain on the table until the next night, and when it comes, the ritual must be repeated, but on the left side of the ace, you need to put a card - the six of Pentacles.
- Imagine that you have a huge capital, and you help friends and relatives with money. You also make charitable contributions to orphanages and hospitals. You need to finish the ritual in the same way as on the first night: put out the candle and rub your hands over the smoke.
- On the third night, take out the second green candle, because the first one has already burned out. Also anoint with cinnamon oil. On the left side of the six, place the Page of Pentacles. Imagine that without complex efforts, money comes to your house from all possible sources. It is necessary to finish the ritual, as in the previous days. The fourth night, the penultimate one, do everything in the same way, but on the left side of the Page, place the ten of Pentacles. Imagine that you are very rich, and that you are completely safe. After the visualization session, you need to blow out the candle again and rub your palms over the smoke.
- The fifth night is the last. Take out the third candle and anoint it with cinnamon oil. If the ritual is performed by a woman, then you need to get the Queen of Pentacles from the deck, and if a man performs the ritual, then you need to get the King of Pentacles. The card must be placed on top of the layout. And after visualization, you need to read a conspiracy for well-being and for quickly getting money:
“Money and luck come to me, the Universe will give me opportunities and sources of wealth. I send a spell to the Universe so that my order will be fulfilled.
- Then blow out the candle and say:
"How full are my palms of smoke, may they be full of money."
- Then clap your hands and say:
"So be it, so be it, so be it!"
The layout should remain on the table until the full moon. On the morning after the full moon, return the cards to the deck. If you have no experience in using tarot cards, then it is better to use another ritual.
The spell to get money involves the use of tarot cards
Conspiracy for wealth
After reading the plot, money will regularly come to your house. You need to read the plot on a bill. Best time to read the plot - to the growing moon, on an even number.
How to conduct a ritual
Read the magic words:
“As there is a lot of mud in the swamp, fish in the water, so much money for me. A month to grow - grow up, and give me wealth to the servant (slave) of God (name). Amen. Amen. Amen".
The bill must be left in the corner for seven days, and then spent. Repeat the action three times.
Spell to live well
This conspiracy will help get rid of lack of money.
- You need to get the wick from the candle and set it on fire on both sides and quickly say the magic words:
“My fire is eternal, and my spirit is marked with gold, silver and all good things. Amen".
- Using gypsy conspiracies for wealth
- Ancient gypsy conspiracies are considered to be practically the most powerful methods for getting rid of lack of money and gaining wealth. A certain part of the rites and rituals has come down to us.
Gypsy magic is aimed at appealing to the natural elements:
- Spirits of the elements of water. Most often they help people, but sometimes they are evil and vindictive.
- Spirits of the elements of the earth. They are distinguished by special friendliness and nobility. They help people, give only good advice.
- Spirits of the elements of air. They are independent. People can be helped or harmed, and they also like to disorient people.
Ritual for urgent money
This ceremony is carried out to quickly receive money. Sometimes there are times when finances are urgently needed, and there is nowhere to get them from, then it is recommended to conduct a strong ceremony for money. Gypsy rite will help to find a way out of this situation.
How to conduct a ceremony
On the growing moon, go to the forest and find seven acorns and three small white stones there.
- Also find a place in the forest where there will be a lot of moss. Carefully remove the moss. It should be of such a size and shape that you can put stones and acorns on it, and then twist it into a bundle.
- When the bundle is ready, tie it with a rope.
- The next day, go to bed at sunset, and hide the bundle of moss under your pillow. You need to wake up at midnight.
- Then look for a bush with thorns. Near it, make a small depression in the ground and bury the bundle there.
- Go around the bush three times, near which the bundle is buried. You need to walk clockwise.
- After that, say the plot three times:
“Mi Dovvel opral, dik tule opre mande” (“My God is upstairs, look down at me”).
A large amount of money you will have the next full moon.
Ritual with banknote burning
There are different rites of black magic for money, and the rite with the burning of a bill is one of them.
In order for you to be pleased with a good result, you need to do everything according to the rules. And for the reason that black magic is used in the ritual, in order not to harm yourself and others, you need to make a donation in the form of a five thousandth bill.
What is needed for the ritual
For the ceremony you will need:
- five thousandth banknote;
- black bag;
- dry branches;
- matches.
In order for you to be pleased with a good result, you need to take a 5000 bill
How to conduct a ritual
- Light a fire with matches and dry branches.
- Throw money into the fire and read the magical plot, the words of which will be written below.
- After the fire has burned down, collect the ashes in a black bag.
- Take the bag of ashes to the grave of the murdered person and bury it.
- Conspiracy words:
“Fire Demon, Fire Demon, accept this sacrifice in exchange for wealth. Send me money and prosperity. Damn, take away my poverty, poverty and evil inferiority. Bes, take away the failure, I will not cry from poverty. Amen!"
The current ritual is designed to quickly receive money and gain wealth. If in a month you do not start to get rich, then the ritual needs to be repeated again.
Love spell for money with the help of grains
What is needed for the ritual
For the ritual you will need:
- church candles;
- germinated grains of wheat;
- textile bright color, with pattern;
- a sheet of green paper;
- burlap or other coarse fabric;
- crystal vase.
How to perform a ritual
- To make a love spell, you need to concentrate and imagine a lot of money in your hands. Then imagine what you will spend them on, because without a clear visualization, magic will not work.
- Take a piece of paper and write on it about how you feel and about relationships with family and friends.
- Unfold the fabric. Place a folded sheet on the fabric, on which place a crystal vase.
- Place a handful of germinated seeds in a vase and stir.
- Next, you need to light candles, and hold your hands over the grains.
- Then go around the table 3 times.
- Put a few grains in your wallet and let them lie there. whole year. After 12 months, the ceremony will need to be done again.
- Fold the remaining grains on a coarse cloth and attach a piece of paper with your manuscript to it.
- After that, hide the bundle in the house with right side in the corner. Nobody should see him.
Within 4 weeks your financial affairs will improve.
Chinese ritual money (Chinese 冥幣，陰司紙、冥鈔 - literally Money of the underworld, also Money of the afterlife bank) - paper money issued for the purpose of performing a ritual of sacrifices to spirits and transferring to the dead in Chinese tradition.
Ritual money is widely used in all countries with a Chinese population, also at the present time.To enable the spirits of deceased relatives to live better in the next world, they are given paper gifts and paper money, on which they live in the next world.
According to other ideas, ritual money is given to them to transfer a "bribe" to the lord of hell, Yanlo-wang, so that he would help them avoid punishment during the trial. In traditional Chinese mythology, everyone who dies goes to the underworld, where they undergo judgment to be sent to heaven or nirvana or be reborn in other worlds.
Ritual money is burned in special ovens at temples and dedicated to certain deities. Although they look like souvenirs or games, the Chinese take this money very seriously.
During the burning, Hell's banknotes are treated like real money - they are not tied up, but placed in the form of unfolded piles. At the same time, it is believed that burning real money instead of sacrificial ones brings misfortune.
The image of the Jade Emperor is common on almost all the obverses of the banknotes of the Underworld. This is the supreme deity of the Taoist pantheon. He is portrayed as a passionless sage who rules over the sky and the affairs of men.
The reverse of banknotes often depict buildings (as a symbol of the Bank of Hell building), pagodas, or even the Potala Palace in Lhasa, which was the main residence of the Dalai Lama, until the 14th Dalai Lama, after the Chinese invasion of Tibet in 1959, was forced to leave the country and received political refuge in India. Sometimes a stylized seal of the Bank of Hell is depicted.
It should be noted that in China the word hell does not carry a negative connotation, as in Western countries under the influence of the centuries-old influence of the “holy” Inquisition and Christian obscurantism in general.
The paper of banknotes is very different from each other. From low-grade, thin, grayish to solid, thick and snow-white. It certainly doesn't have of great importance to use the money for its intended purpose, but the collector, of course, wants to hold a high-quality, beautiful bond in his hand.
As far as I know, these bonds are not listed in the catalogs and are not offered at auction, but many collectors have several copies to illustrate the customs and traditions of China. This is part of the life of the country of collecting, there it is more reflected in banknotes.
Sometimes ritual money also depicts the Eight Immortals, Buddha, Yanlo-wang, dragons. It has also become popular to issue "credit cards" of the Bank of the Underworld, ranging from primitive (marked with VISA) to very carefully crafted with monograms and decorations. self made. In addition to the money of the Underworld, some make and then burn complex objects made of paper, such as houses, cars, clothes, watches, Cell phones, home appliances.
In Feng Shui, these banknotes are called heavenly. Heavenly banknotes are universal remedy Feng Shui, generating for you the energies of prosperity and good patronage higher powers. By performing the ritual of burning heavenly money, you attract wonderful opportunities into your life in achieving the desired level of well-being and happiness.
If you suddenly decide to open an account with the Bank of the Underworld, follow the following recommendations. Choose an auspicious time to send money to the Jade Emperor Bank. It can be any period accompanied by a natural progressive growth of the energies of Nature; sunny dawn, the first days of the young moon, New Year. This action can be timed to coincide with any personal celebration, especially birthdays, name days, anniversaries, housewarmings and weddings.
It is better to burn banknotes on a clean plate. In the right frame of mind, carefully set fire to the banknotes one by one, imagining how the smoke, going up into the sky, returns to you with huge wealth in the equivalent of the denomination of the burnt banknotes. The remaining ashes should be placed under any plant in or near your home. Now your virtuous money is deposited in an account in the main Bank of Heaven, which stores all conceivable and unthinkable treasures and riches of the universe. Don't forget to replenish your account periodically.
The tradition of burning "Chinese Hell banknotes" on the grave of the deceased. The Chinese believe that in the next world, this money can be given a bribe to the "Lord of Hell."
In addition to this "Lord", Joseph Stalin, Nikita Khrushchev and John F. Kennedy are judged in the Underworld - it is their portraits that are printed on the "banknotes of Hell".
Chinese ritual money
Chinese ritual money ( whale. trad. 金紙 , ex. 金纸 , pinyin: jīnzhǐ, pall. : jinzhi, lit. ‘ golden paper’, whale. trad. 銀紙 , ex. 银纸 , pinyin: yinzhǐ, pall. : yinzhi, lit. ‘ silver paper’, whale. trad. 陰司紙 , ex. 阴司纸 , pinyin: yīnsīzhǐ, pall. : yinsizhi, lit. ‘ hell money’, whale. trad. 紙錢 , ex. 纸钱 , pinyin: zhǐqian, pall. : zhiqian, lit. 'paper money', whale. trad. 冥幣 , ex. 冥币 , pinyin: míng bì, pall. : min bi, whale. trad. 冥鈔 , ex. 冥钞 , pinyin: ming chao, pall. : ming chao, whale. trad. 冥紙 , ex. 冥纸 , pinyin: ming zhǐ, pall. : ming chi) letters. ‘dark money’, whale. trad. 紙楮 , ex. 纸楮 , pinyin: zhǐchǔ, pall. : jichu, viet. tiền âm phủ, tiền địa phủ, tiền vàng bạc, Tiền vàng mã , Japanese 冥銭 (meisen),
Also afterlife bank money) - paper money issued for the purpose of performing the ritual of sacrifices to spirits and transferring them to the dead in Chinese traditions. Ritual money is widely used in all countries with a Chinese population, also at the present time. The name "underworld" does not carry a negative connotation, we are talking about the world in which the dead and spirits live.
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The concept of "Hell" was instilled in the Chinese by Jesuit missionaries in mid-nineteenth century. European priests then frightened the natives that if they did not accept Christianity, they would go straight to Hell. Since then, the non-Christian Chinese believe that after death they go to Hell.
Story
The concept of hell appeared in connection with the Buddhist abhidharma, explaining samsara and the cycle of rebirths . Buddhist ideas were accepted by tradition and reworked into Taoism.
On the other hand to hell (hell) appealed in China Christian missionaries who claimed that unconverted Chinese would go to hell after death.
In the traditional Chinese mythology everyone who dies goes to the underworld Diyu (Chinese) 地獄 / 地狱 , literally "underground court"), where the court is held to be sent to heaven or to nirvana or be reborn in other worlds.
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However, unlike white world, The Chinese do not associate hell with any kind of torment. In their view, this is just a place underground, where a dead person is judged. The “Lord of Hell” (another name is the “Emperor of Hell”, Yanlo-wang) presides over the court - a bearded, imposing man. Most often, it is his image that is applied to banknotes. In the 20th century, the Chinese began to believe that the spirits of significant world personalities help him in court: as a rule, these are the rulers of the USA and the USSR. From Soviet Union in Hell there are Joseph Stalin and Nikita Khrushchev, from the United States - Presidents Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson and Roosevelt.
But the Chinese are sure that with the help of "hell banknotes" they will be able to bribe these judges. To get to the court in Hell with comfort, there are also “first class tickets”. Here is their image:
The Chinese also give the deceased a “pass to Hell” with earthly affairs entered into it. This is done so that judges spend less time reviewing the case. Here is a picture of this "pass":
In the representation of the Chinese in Hell in last years bribes to judges have grown thousands of times. This is due to the fact that there are too many rich people in the country who can afford to spend on bribery large sums. That is why the denomination of banknotes has grown from 200-1000 units to millions and even billions. The banknotes themselves are often stylized as dollars.
The use of ritual money
To enable the spirits of deceased relatives to live better in the next world, they are given paper gifts and paper money, on which they live in the next world. .
According to other ideas, ritual money is given to them to transfer the "bribe" to the lord of hell Yanlo-wang so that he would help them avoid punishment during the trial.
Ritual money is burned in special ovens at temples and dedicated to certain deities. During the burning, banknotes are treated like real money - they are not tied up, but placed in the form of expanded stacks. At the same time, it is believed that burning real money instead of sacrificial ones brings misfortune.
Although they look like souvenirs or games, the Chinese take this money without a hint of humor (cf.artificial flowers in European ritual). It is not recommended to give the money of the underworld to living people as a gift (even as a joke) - this can be perceived as a wish for death and can greatly offend. (If we draw an analogy, then in fact in China such a gift to a living person is perceived as if in Russia a living person was presented with a mourning wreath)
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With the onset of capitalist reforms, this cargo cult among the Chinese grew to such an extent that, along with money, passes and tickets to Hell, they began to burn household items of the deceased - furniture, televisions, motorcycles, etc. In the view of the Chinese, these things will help the deceased live in comfort in the Underworld. The communist government was forced in 2006 to ban the ritual of burning things. But in the Chinese diasporas South-East Asia he practices without interference. Here is a photo of the burning of the things of a wealthy deceased Chinese in Malaysia:
Sacrificial money burning oven, Taipei, Taiwan
The turnover of the production of "hell banknotes" in China is estimated at 600-800 million dollars, hundreds of thousands of people (from artists to printers) are employed in this business. A similar cargo cult is also developed in Taiwan and Vietnam (the photo below shows banknotes from this country):
Type of ritual money
Modern ritual money imitates the style of modern banknotes, often - dollars, contains inscriptions on English language and even portraits of US presidents.
It has also become popular to issue "credit cards" of the Bank of the Underworld, ranging from the primitive ones (marked with VISA) to the very elaborate ones with monograms and handmade ornaments.
Notes of the Bank of the Underworld usually have very high denominations - 10,000, 100,000, 1,000,000 or 500,000,000 dollars. An image is placed on banknotesJade Emperor and his signature Yu Wong
Afterlife bank money - paper money issued for the purpose of performing the ritual of sacrifices to spirits and transferring to the dead in the Chinese tradition. Ritual money is widely used in all countries with a Chinese population, also at the present time. The name "underworld" does not have a negative connotation, it is about the world in which the dead and spirits live. In order to enable the spirits of deceased relatives to live better in the afterlife, they are given paper gifts and paper money, on which they live in the afterlife.
According to other ideas, ritual money is given to them to transfer a "bribe" to the lord of hell, Yanlo-wang, so that he would help them avoid punishment during the trial.
Ritual money is burned in special ovens at temples and dedicated to certain deities. During the burning, banknotes are treated like real money - they are not tied up, but placed in the form of expanded piles. At the same time, it is believed that burning real money instead of sacrificial ones brings misfortune.
Although they look like souvenirs or games, the Chinese perceive this money without a hint of humor. It is not recommended to give the money of the underworld to living people as a gift (even as a joke) - this can be perceived as a wish for death and can greatly offend. If we draw an analogy, in fact in China such a gift to a living person is perceived as if in Russia a funeral wreath was presented to a living person...
Oven for burning sacrificial money, Taipei 
Modern ritual money imitates the style of modern banknotes, often - dollars, contains inscriptions in English and even portraits of US presidents.
It has also become popular to issue "credit cards" of the Bank of the Underworld, ranging from the primitive ones (marked with VISA) to the very elaborate ones with monograms and handmade ornaments.
Notes from the Bank of the Underworld usually have very high denominations of $10,000, $100,000, $1,000,000, or $500,000,000. The banknotes bear the image of the Jade Emperor and his signature (Yu Wong), as well as the signature of Yanlo-wang (Yen Loo), often with Latin signatures. On the back of the banknote - the image of the Bank of the Underworld.
Sometimes ritual money also depicts the Eight Immortals, the Buddha, Yanluo-wang, dragons or famous dead people, even John F. Kennedy or Marilyn Monroe. They are sold in packs of 30-50 bills in a cellophane wrapper.
Quite often fake yambs (gold or silver bars) folded from golden or silver paper are burned together with ritual money.
Sacrificial money burning oven, Taiwan 
The concept of hell appeared in connection with the Buddhist abhidharma, which explains samsara and the cycle of rebirths. Buddhist ideas were accepted by tradition and reworked in Taoism.
On the other hand, Christian missionaries appealed to hell (hell) in China, who claimed that unconverted Chinese would go to hell after death.
In traditional Chinese mythology, all who die end up in the underworld of Diyu (literally "underground court"), where they undergo judgment to be sent to heaven or nirvana or be reborn in other worlds.
