How the Chinese Send Money to the Dead
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- Опубликовано: 26 авг 2024
- There are many ways to honor the dead. For Chinese people, a preferred method is to burn things for them to use in the afterlife.
The idea is that spirits in the afterlife still enjoy the trappings of the real world. Many Chinese families believe that burning paper representations of money and other goods will satisfy the dead.
The ritual is practiced at funerals, on death anniversaries, and during Qingming, the annual tomb-sweeping festival in April. Here’s our step-by-step guide on how to make offerings to the dead.
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Director: Dolly Li
Voiceover: Ashley Yue
Writer: Venus Wu
Editor: Hanley Chu
Animator: Ray Ngan
Mastering: Victor Peña
Music: Audio Network
Hope you guys liked the video! The Chinese burn things for the dead because they believe people in the afterlife still enjoy the trappings of the real world. How do you honor the dead in your culture?
Goldthread with their favorite foods,snacks, alcohol sometimes cigarettes depending of what they enjoyed while alive. I’m Mexican and it’s called Día De Los Muertos (day of the dead).
This is very interesting. I study Thanatology in University so I love this type of content!
So if they kind or bad in real world it doesn't matter they still can enjoy afterworld. Killing lying do sins still can enjoy after die. Other religions kind go to heaven bad go to hell. No enjoyment after dead for bad people. Do they really follow Buddha??? Do they read tripitaka??
@@mrri8166 your afterlife really only depends on how you judge yourself and the state of your mind. If you have guilt and a complex of inferiority and you feel you deserve to be punished, your subconscious mind will create a hell or send you to some hellish place. Of course it will be easier to forgive yourself if you've been a good person. It's all up to you really.
Here in Argentina mostly it's about lighting candles and saying prayers; most people are Catholic. So, nothing as funny as what you Chinese do.
Ancient Egyptians buried statuettes called Ushabtis that represented servants for the soul in the Beyond. All Ancient cultures did something similar for the soul of the dead, so they didn't lack anything in the Beyond. Viking kings were buried with ships and chariots, the Celts did the same, etc.
We send grandpa in purgatory Benjamin's, cell phones and laptops. Grandpa floats in style in Asian Elysium.
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Great video! I love content that depicts unique traditions. Keep it up Goldthread!
This is like Greek and Roman times! These videos are so informative!
Videos like these really help preserve rich old traditions and culture. Keep it up Goldthread! ❤️
That is so cool to know! It’s fascinating to learn different cultures, keep working hard!☺️
this is so educating and fascinating seeing how other culture are👍🏻
This ancestral practice might have spread to Korea during China's most flourishing periods, and as such, you can see this practice in some K-dramas, such as Bring It On Ghost. In that K-drama, the male lead burns a precious dress so that the female lead, a ghost, can wear it. The ghost character is not really dead. She is really the wandering spirit of a girl in a coma, and when she wakes up from the coma, she and the male lead have to work together to defeat the villain.
I don’t have a shrine but I have always been burning paper money in a metal cookie container at the doorway.
Awesome!!
Rituals are things that people make later. Philosophy is the main and most important thing. Rituals differ even in same religion. Should choose correct one. Offering money, things to dead are good, but should do wisely
Awesome quality
Thank you for all your videos. It helps to keep Chinese culture alive.
Do you know were I can get the Gaunyin joss paper at 2:17 ?
I mean 0:45 ?
Available in Chinese shops selling joss sticks n paper money.
Wooow!!!! That’s so interesting.
I understand that this is the format that is chick, easy to understand and suits the modern tastes and demands of teens and millennials. However, as a zoomer, i think the concepts explained here are Hokkien specific and might not apply to all southern chinese traditions. Not that ALL traditions should be presented in one video, but the specific form of worship presented here was oversimplified and suggested in a very bleak way. There are certainly alot more depth to the different ceremonies and the meanings behind the different rites out there for southern chinese ancestral, hungry ghost or deity worship.
How do you know ?
Very interesting🤔
天呐，第一次看到这么一本正经的介绍烧纸钱的😂😂😂😂快过年了，约一波烧纸钱吗？
Where to buy joss paper houses,cars,women
joss paper currency looks so much better than prc currency lmaooo
Very beautiful culture ❤
That's cool I never thought about that. My culture pays respect at funnels.
Salute.. hehe your story .. oh yeah i know i know
Where can I fine paper servants and paper houses and food
You could try online but I think that would be very hard to find. If there is an established Chinatown or Chinese community near you I highly recommend going there and asking about where to find shops that sell funeral paper goods
Interesting 😎
Oh
nice
from tier family line they must have burned thoussands of imes for thier ansectors because their family line is long
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"When a person dies, all their deeds end except three: a continuing charity, beneficial knowledge and a child who prays for them,”
(Prophet Muhammad, messenger of One God)
Muslim
Please don't advertise your culture in the comment section of a video about a different culture. That's just rude.
WHAT
@@dusty_giraffe2111 If you see his comment, and not take effort to research into it. Then you are in for a heavy accountability on the day of judgement.
Nobody asks you. Dont shove ur religion in other's throat, dumb2
@@planet7694ik but it’s literally rude to advertise different culture or religion
My friends Dad died so I decided to buy some joss for them. My friend lives in US but her Dads in China. She said if we do a ceremony here then he’ll get lost. Is that true?
Woah never knew that lol
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Father: son, you burn all ma money, when i die.
Son: but dad, if I burn all money, I dont have money left to me.
Father: yes, I dont give money to you cuz you lazy! I told you became a doctor but you no follow me!
Son:burn money so you can be rich.
Father:What?You can also burn other objects to me too!
Son:Okay...
too bad i stopped believing in ghost after my grandpa pass away.
阴司纸？？？烧的时候，注意小心火灾，不过烧着烧着也挺好玩的。
😂
😱
Hungry ghost festival
Yay im early, i think : (
Very interesting I was just talking about this with my aunt lol
yeah I think they like man-made..
I feel so sorry for all these ingorant people arround the world , i feel sorry because they can't read and use their brain and mind to find the truth, people are burning their dead omg people are doing anything without any knowledge just because it is a tradition, use that money to buy food for poor people this is how you send money to your dead , why you are still blind for how long ?
Feel sorry then feel sorry lor
And it’s fake money
They use fake money?
so freaking weird
The statue is scary
Say fake money not just mentioning money....be specific
But can I use real money in today's time if I wanted to???
The law will catch up with u if u burn real currency. But I heard stories of rich people burning small stack of real currency n branded handbag to offer to the deceased.
Ah, I do this as a half-Chinese American. All except for the fruit-candle
As a Chinese, the only God I will worship is 耶稣基督 (Jesus Christ) because one day every knee shall bow every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord & King of the Heaven.
Oh Yeah !,
found the Brother & Sister in Christ Jeusu faith
in this comment in this video session.
God Bless You
God is love with heart not about materialistic
@@Eleora1997Msia Amen, Sister. God bless you too. Stay blessed always.
Sure bud
I would like it if the chinese spend there money on a macbook for me that i can use before i die
Open burning in residential area is an extremely selfish act. You burn and pray for your Own family's good health at the expense of your neighbours families health. Babies and children are living in their small pigeon apartment hole smelling your smoke. This smoke is toxic, fyi. It burnt for hours(sometimes start as early as 4am and end 2am) and days. I beg and implore you, please think of everyone, especially your neighbours.
Gweilo is a racist term. Disappointing
Maybe it's more productive if they could give the money to the poor and charities..just saying...
It is fake money. No burning of real money.
@@eliselo9073 oh....then that's good 😉
It's fake money lmaooooololooolooo
Spiritual money
Those who are dead cannot come back & they do not received any money....fake !!!
supersticious !!!!