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Money to Burn.
- Source :
- Faces; Mar2015, Vol. 31 Issue 6, p26-29, 4p, 4 Color Photographs
- Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- The article discusses the issue of burning the paper money in China as their religious tradition. It mentions that the religious belief of people of the China to burn the paper spirit money during the Hungry Ghost Festival to stop the ghosts from entering their homes. It also adds that Chinese believe that the ancestors and ghosts also having daily needs so their burned gold, silver spirit money reach them.
- Subjects :
- RELIGIOUS thought
BELIEF & doubt
PAPER money
GHOSTS
RELIGION
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 07491387
- Volume :
- 31
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Faces
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- 101057885