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These colorful afterlife notes are adorned with the "lucky" number 8, rocking denominations of 8 million and 880 billion. The "Heaven" banknote is a happy variant on the usual "Hell" (generic for underworld/next world) notes commonly seen at shops near temples. Sourced in Chongqing, circa 2009.
A friend told me about a MailArt call on Swap-bot for a Postal Worker who is experiencing health issues….
Another crazy version of Rex Ray from some I did a few months back, shown here:
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Magazine cutouts, joss-type paper from Cambodia, letter sticker (I hope to do a full alphabetical Rex Ray series :D!)
Collage #277/365
apart from joss paper, paper replica of various material goods are burned during the qingming festival (清明節/清明节) to ensure that the spirit of the deceased live a good afterlife. the festival, literally means "Clear Bright Festival", also known as tomb sweeping day, all souls day, or ancestors day, and it's usually held on the 104th day after the winter solstice. the burning seen here took place at a well-known chinese temple in gunung rapat, ipoh, malaysia - sam poh temple (三宝洞).
Pamela G./Cappucinno and Art Journal always has wonderful joss paper and SF Chinatown love. AND now with her latest zine!
Part of a wake in Taiwan involves burning 'ghost money' or joss paper, which is traditionally made from coarse bamboo or rice paper. Traditional joss is cut into individual squares or rectangles. Each square of paper has either a thin piece of square foil glued to its center or it may be endorsed with a red ink seal from a traditional Chinese seal.
My husband could get luchy tonight!
We had Chinese food last night, and my husband, who can't see without glasses, asked me to read his fortune. Well, I did, and I was laughing too hard to get to the last word. Then his mom read it, and she was laughing too hard. Then Serena laughed too hard. Eventually, we had to take a breath and get through it.
*When I told my daughter I was going to call this picture "Fuch," she said, "Like luck is luch, fu— is fuch." She's too smart.
Joss paper printed to resemble real currency. Many have the image of the Jade Emperor, the ruler of heaven and all realms of existance below.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jade_Emperor
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell_bank_note
I wonder whether the Potala in Lhasa on the reverse has any significance or relevance.
Robert Lang's two-dollar crane made from joss paper -- Hell money, they sometimes call it. Good quality paper, folds neatly.
11/08/2010 223-365
It seems that everything revolves around food at the moment, we're still very busy editing the cookbook and doing ultimate photo-shoots, it's a new moon and Ramadan, the month of fasting for Muslims has started, but this year it coincides with the beginning of the month the Hungry Ghosts may roam the earth to find food, money and entertainment. I saw quite a lot of altars with food erected today. Here a collection of joss paper, money and small candles, all to be burned to be offered to the Hungry Ghosts.
This colorful afterlife notes, sourced in Chongqing, feature a now-inflation-sapped $20,000 denomination and a Federal Reserve District A, or Boston, seal. Unusual notes date to around 2009.