5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
1944
Context of use:
“Silver” paper money for burning. In the temple, at regular bimonthly ceremonies, this, and the "Gold" (9-2005), paper money are burned to the God. During the "Halloween" (7th day the the 7th moon -- equated to July 14), it is burned to the ancestors so that they may have it to pass over to their governors. No adhesives are used in the manufacture of these objects. The composite parts are fastened together by pounding on a stone plate. The dark paper is of a coarse material, commonly rice straw, while the finer paper is normally made from bamboo.