What's the point of burning paper on May 7th?

The focus of paper burning on May 7th is mainly the preparation of sacrifice, and other paper burning processes should follow the previous steps. May 7th Sacrifice: Lotus, cornucopia, cash cow, paper money, incense, clothes and wine offering.

May 7th after the death of a relative is a very important day. Later generations will burn paper for the deceased relatives on this day. Let's talk about the importance of burning paper on May 7th.

Details 0 1 May 7 The focus of paper burning is mainly the preparation of sacrifices, and other paper burning processes should follow the previous steps. First of all, this May 7th Sacrifice: lotus, cornucopia, cash cow, paper money, incense, clothes and wine offering. Secondly, the May 7th paper burning procedure: bring sacrifices, incense burners, incense and clothes to the grave for burning. If there is no burial, please take out the urn, put it on the altar, burn paper with incense, and finally burn your clothes and take back the urn and incense burner.

Paper money may not be used for burning at first, and it may be buried, scattered and hung earlier than burning. However, because the image of paper money turning into smoke when burning can make people imagine entering the underworld, burning immediately became the most commonly used way to deal with paper money. From this point of view, the upper limit of the legend of the origin of burning paper money can be traced back to the same era of paper money in theory-Wei and Jin Dynasties. Mingbi has also been unearthed in Buddhist national sites such as the former site of Gao Changguo in the Western Regions.

Legend has it that Cai Lun invented papermaking, which caused a sensation all over the world and gained fame and fortune. Cai Lun's sister-in-law was jealous and forced Cai Lun's brother Cai Mo to learn papermaking. Cai Mo did a paper behind his brother's back and didn't get the point. The paper was dark and thick, and no one came to buy it. It was piled up all over the room. Sister-in-law Cai Lun felt deeply guilty and died suddenly. In a rage, Cai Mo burned paper in front of his wife's coffin and heard her shout in the coffin: "Open the door, open the door! When people opened the coffin, Cai Mo's wife sat up and muttered, "The dead have money, and the underworld uses paper for business." If my husband doesn't burn paper, who will let me come back? "Later, everyone said that I was dead, and the children sent me to the palace of hell. Hell made me suffer. On the way, the husband burned paper to give money, and the children scrambled for it. They got the money and saved me from hell. In this way, the news that the paper made by Cai Mo can be used as money in the underworld quickly spread, and the original mountain of paper was snapped up. Cai Mo knew that it was his wife who deliberately pretended to be dead in order to sell paper, and there was no deep responsibility. As a result, the custom of burning paper for funeral has been handed down. Today, people still burn rough paper with deep color, commonly known as "bucket bottom paper" and "ascending bottom paper".