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> Traditionally they actually worship money - By burning fake money. Burning hell money is a symbolic offering to the deceased, not an act of worshipping money
by jpatokal 9y ago
> Traditionally they actually worship money - By burning fake money.
Burning hell money is a symbolic offering to the deceased, not an act of worshipping money itself. Or do Westerners "actually worship flowers" because we place them on graves?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell_money https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell_money
- lsd5you 9y agoGood point and saying they 'worship money' was an unintended pejorative. Still it is a bit more than that. Flowers are merely a gesture/ritual whereas burning money is an attempt to send money to the afterlife (if my understanding is correct), which inevitably does elevate it somewhat in the minds of believers. I feel the original point is partially intact, in that they definitely do have superstitions surrounding money e.g. red packets ... etc.