FREE: 4 Asian Hell Notes-Joss Paper

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First let me say that to the Asian people who celebrate this, "hell" is not a fiery furnace , it just means "afterlife" to them.
Hell bank notes are a form of joss paper printed to look like legal tender bank notes. This faux money has been in use since at least the late 19th century and possibly much earlier. The notes are not currency or legal tender since their sole intended purpose is to be offered as burnt-offerings to the deceased as often practiced by the Chinese and several East Asian

...It is believed that when people die, their spirits or ghosts go to an afterlife where they continue to live on, doing the same things they did while they were living, like eating, drinking, wearing clothes, playing with their children, and so forth. In order to ensure that they have lots of good things in the afterlife, their relatives send them presents, and one of the best things to send them is Hell Bank Notes -- money to spend in the afterworld.