Burning

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Mar 22nd 2012 23:06 custom
In Taiwan, folks believe that we can send something to god and people in the other world through burning such as burning paper money, paper house, paper furnitures and so forth.

I don't know when and where this tradition stems from . That's just the thing.

As technology advances, some digital products such as PC ,cellphone and consoles made out of paper also appear in Taiwanese funeral and ritual service .

The paper-made products, however, is not cheap at all.

For example, a elaborate paper-made cellphone could charge as much as 30 USD, which is the same price as some second-hand cellphones.

Someone who doubts this custom also jokes that if the dead really receives these things for funeral, they must be in a world that suffers inflation seriously.