Burning Ghost Money

People Burning Ghost Money.

A delightful way to spend a Sunday afternoon in Taipei is to climb Green Mountain, one of the rolling hills around the city, and visit Pishan Temple. It takes about one hour to hike up to the temple, and the view is breathtaking. So is the temple.

I was lucky in that today is the Taiwanese National Holiday called Tomb Sweep Day, when people visit and clean the graves of their ancestors.

On Tomb Sweep Day, they also burn ghost money, which their departed ancestors can use in the after-life.

From the blog of ilombardo:
http://www.travelpod.com/traveler/ilombardo.html

http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/ilombardo/taiwan-2004/1081054800/tpod.html

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