MIAOLI (Taiwan), Jan 26 Painstakingly, women of retirement age adorn sheet after sheet of yellow joss paper with gold and silver leaf and red paint to satisfy last orders for sacrificial cash offerings ahead of next month’s Lunar New Year festival. Taiwan’s Chen Kun-huei, 82, is determined.
By Fabian Hamacher MIAOLI, Taiwan (Reuters) - Painstakingly, women of retirement age adorn sheet after sheet of yellow joss paper with gold and silver.
MIAOLI - Painstakingly, women of retirement age adorn sheet after sheet of yellow joss paper with gold and silver leaf and red paint to satisfy last orders for sacrificial cash offerings ahead of next month's Lunar New Year festival. Taiwan's Chen Kun-huei, 82, is determined to keep alive an ancient tradition of making the "joss paper" by hand even as.
By Fabian Hamacher MIAOLI, Taiwan (Reuters) - Painstakingly, women of retirement age adorn sheet after sheet of yellow joss paper with gold and silver.
Painstakingly, women of retirement age adorn sheet after sheet of yellow joss paper with gold and silver leaf and red paint to satisfy last orders for sacrificial cash offerings ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday.
Chen Kun-huei (陳坤輝), 82, is determined to keep alive an ancient tradition of making the “ghost money” by hand even as others have shifted to automated production at factories.
“I will continue making ghost money until I can’t move anymore,” said Chen, the third-generation owner of his family’s business in Miaoli County.
Altogether, the Chens have been making ghost money for about 100 years.
Also called joss paper