Why is the same dude on all those dollars??!!
General losing face. Hard when triad try to sit on it.
General losing face. Hard when triad try to sit on it.
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kronin323
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That was at a Buddhist temple in Hong Kong, where some in-laws' ashes (along with many others') are interred. There's a whole ritual around visiting the departed, and part of it is to make burnt offerings. So they have a shop with cheap paper replicas of all sorts of stuff - food, clothes, electronics, even appliances, and yes, money, that people buy and burn as offerings, analogs. The idea being the departed would have use for (or even need of) those sort of things in the "afterlife", and burning these cheap paper copies is how you give that stuff to them. Whether or not you really believe it, it's a show of respect, along with other ritual actions.
Thus, bundles of "money" meant for burning, but not good enough for circulation...
Ohhhhhhh yeah I've heard of that but never seen any. That's aweosme man. I'd love to go to Hong Kong one day.
kronin323
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TBH I'd rather we visit elsewhere - it is an interesting place to visit but this is my fourth time now and it's the same stuff every time. But it's The Wife's hometown and she wants to visit her father while she still can. At least this time we have a couple of days scheduled to go to Macau, which will be something new.
But my second trip was a 3-day quickie instead of an extended visit; it was for The Wife's grandmother's funeral. That was quite an experience, especially as "family" of the departed. Two days of rituals in three locations, ending in the body being given to the flame. First day had hours of dances and ceremonies around elaborate paper analogs that wrapped up with them all getting dragged to an outside furnace and burned...
As a big "gwai lo" I'm used to drawing a little more attention in HK, but as one dressed all in white as part of the deceased's family, it was constant stares as we walked the streets...
Damn. The only place I've been is Mexico so I'd be excited to go anywhere.
I was thinking about it when Medusa was having his issue and this story just confirms it, Asian people take better care of and have a better respect for their old people.
I bet you did get a lot of stares in ceremonial dress lol. Especially from those old people!
kronin323
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That is for sure. Instead of relying on retirement savings, children typically support their parents once they're old enough to earn money and/or the parents are too old to earn their own income. Some do well enough to have funds to retire, but most live day-to-day. As do many Americans, but support from their children is going above and beyond, not the standard tradition.
Lexkempo
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Hahahahahahaha
Folks gotta bump their crap that likely won't move anytime soon. The grind is on.
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