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For instance, some people burn joss paper on the 1st and 15th of every lunar month, at family gatherings like a Chinese New Year dinner or even simply after thinking fondly of an ancestor during the day. There are many different ways to incorporate the burning of joss paper into the rhythms of the year. People burn joss paper during many occasions, e.g., Lunar New Year, Ghost Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Dongzhi (Winter solstice), Qingming Festival, Chongyang Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, etc. [2] Every fifteen days business owners in Taiwan burn spirit money in red braziers and set out offering tables on the sidewalk for both gods and Joss Paper, also known as ghost or spirit money, are sheets of paper that are burned in traditional Chinese deity or ancestor worship ceremonies during special holidays. Joss paper is also burned in traditional Chinese funerals. Joss Paper Joss paper is traditionally made from coarse bamboo paper, although rice paper is also commonly used. Many Chinese families keep golden papers at home to burn when commemorating their deceased relatives in their daily lives. For example, some people burn joss paper on the first and fifteenth day of every lunar month, at family gatherings such as Chinese New Year dinners, or even just after thinking about their ancestors fondly during the day. 4. 100 Piece Chinese Joss Paper Money Large Size. View on Amazon. The traditional Chinese joss paper money is used for funerals, ancestor’s birthday and festivals like Qingming festivals and the hungry ghost festival. It resembles the traditional Fengshui “Zhaocai Jinbao” and is decorated with the jade emperor’s image. While the burning of joss paper is most commonly associated with Chinese culture, similar practices can be found in other East Asian traditions. In Vietnam, for example, joss paper is burned during the Tết festival (Lunar New Year) to honor ancestors and seek their blessings for the coming year. Furthermore, burning joss paper is regarded as an act of performing the duties of descendants in China. By burning joss paper, Chinese people think that they show full respect to their ancestors, fulfilling their filial duty. Aside from the multiple answers above, I argue that there are more deep cultural reasons behind this practice. Often made of rice or bamboo, joss paper are sheets of spirit money and prayer folios burned as offerings to pay tribute to a generational bloodline. Central to Chinese ancestral worship, the practice continues to thrive and adapt over millennia, keeping lines of communication to passed ancestors as conveniently accessible as buying a toothbrush. Known colloquially as 烧纸 shāozhǐ, literally "burning paper," this tradition is observed during a number of Chinese festivals, one of the biggest being Tomb-Sweeping Day, or Qingming Festival (清明节 qīngmíng jié), on the first day of the fifth solar term. Bundles of coarse "joss" bamboo-based paper (often printed as ersatz "ghost In recent years joss paper has become one of the popular cultural products in various countries, but many people are unaware of its true purpose. The University of Toronto caused quite a stir among the international student community this year during Chinese New Year because of the erroneous use of joss paper. In this article, we will take interested foreign readers through its practical uses Indiscriminate burning of joss paper along HDB corridors, on drain gratings and in public spaces typically occurs during the eighth or ninth day of the Chinese New Year (which fell on Jan 29 and Photo courtesy of iStock . A pressing call to the public has been made by the Pollution Control Department (PCD), appealing for a reduction in the burning of paper offerings and incense during the Chinese New Year celebrations. On Tuesday, 28 January 2025, a security guard helped Filipino-Chinese women with the traditional burning of joss paper in front of the Philippine Thai To Taoist Temple in Caloocan City, a day ahead of the Chinese New Year celebrations on Wednesday, 29 January 2025. BANGKOK, Thailand – Chinese-Thai residents flocked to Bangkok’s bustling Chinatown district on Chinese New Year to pay their respects at temples and shrines, but with less incense burning. In Toxic smoke poses health hazard. PHNOM PENH--Environmentalists and cultural experts have urged Cambodians of Chinese or Vietnamese descent to reduce excessive burning of paper during Chinese New Year festivals because the smoke contains chemicals toxic to humans and which pollute the environment. During Chinese New Year, people have a long list of things to do. From one week preceding the festival to the 15th day after, many Chinese New Year customs are widely observed for thousands of years. The family reunion dinner, eating dumplings, and setting off firework are the must-dos that you might know. What else interesting do the Chinese do? Happy Lunar New Year 2024! 新年快乐!In this video, my family and I are burning joss paper ("spirit money"), which is a traditional Chinese-Taoist practice done d The number of complaints over burning joss paper during the Chinese New Year period fell by 70 per cent, from 886 cases in 2022 to 282 cases in 2023, the Alliance for Action (AfA) on Norms for Joss Paper Burning said on Wednesday. Indiscriminate burning of joss paper along Happy Lunar New Year! 新年快乐!In this video, my family and I are burning joss paper ("spirit money"), which is a traditional Chinese-Taoist practice done during The paper being burned this weekend is not your average A4 notebook paper. it’s called burn paper 烧纸 (shāozhǐ), the paper used specifically to honor the dead. The traditional ones will have money printed on them, but nowadays you can find really creative burn paper shaped like houses, cars, clothes, and even the latest tech gadgets.
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