Chinese Joss paper ? Ghost/Spirit money collection (#185) $25Attention Chinese artifacts and relics collectors!!!!!You are looking at an assortment of vintage Chinese Joss paper with gold and silver painted on them as well as a set of ?Fu, Lu and Shou star?, the three Chinese lucky Gods. These Joss prayer papers, also known as spirit money or ghost money are burned in traditional Chinese funerals, to ensure the spirit of the deceased enjoys many good things in the afterlife. The Chinese also believe that the spirits of the dead continue to dwell in the natural world and have the power to influence the fortune and fate of the living. The living is to provide the dead with enough ?money? to spend for their expenses in their after-life and Joss money serves that purpose. The Joss paper money is also used for worship ceremonies during special holidays and festivities, like Chinese New Year, Spring Festival, and special occasions, but mainly in old-style Chinese funerals. Spirit money is most commonly burned, but may also be offered by being held into the wind or placed into the deportee?s coffin at funeral ceremonies.There are different styles of joss paper, depending who should receive the spirit money, and it has to be used precisely to prevent an insult of the spirits. This collection is a combination of ?small & large? paper with ?gold & silver? painted in a square and rectangle shapes to representing wealth or affluence, hence the name ghost or spirit money. The collection also has a set of ?small & large? Joss paper with the three Gods of ?Good Fortune (Fu), Prosperity (Lu) and Longevity (Shou)? painted on a thin layer of gold. These are very unique and rare to find since the tradition now is to decorate the coffin with symbols, pieces of distinct paper, belongings, articles, engraved designs or other images characterizing and symbolizing the deceased.Note