Title: Origin of Joss-paper
Description: "Why we must we burn joss-paper?"
Description: "Why we must we burn joss-paper?"
javewu - May 12, 2006 08:57 PM (GMT)
jackalith - November 21, 2006 06:44 AM (GMT)
Can anybody translate this article to English? Thanx!
javewu - November 22, 2006 02:42 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (jackalith @ Nov 21 2006, 03:44 PM) |
| Can anybody translate this article to English? Thanx! |
A brief intro on the origin of Josspaper:
Josspapers, can be classified into 2 types, first: Josspaper for the Deities and secondly, Josspaper for the Nether World.
Josspaper for the Nether World was believed to be created by Emperor Li Shi Ming (Emperor Tang Tai Zong) after he made a trip to the Nether World to see the scenes in there.
Whereas Josspaper for the Deities was believed to be created by Cai Lun, the paper inventor.
Cai Lun found that, by creating such papers for temples, he would be able to earn a lot from there and so from then, he created Josspaper for all temples in his era.