Psychics talk about ghost money in the underworld. In our folk tradition, people need relatives to burn paper money when they die. Paper money, also known as ghost money, is burned to family members during sacrifices, and is also used to worship ancestors, bodhisattvas and buddhas, as coins used by the deceased in the underworld. Psychics talk about money in the underworld. Let's have a look.
The psychic on the underworld money 1
The first one has the longest history and good effect. This kind of mingbi is called playing with money. Even the money for beating copper and iron with a mallet is pinched on clay paper, as well as the inherited money beater and money beater. This kind of money is also recognized in the underworld.
The second kind is Yuanbao money, which is made by sticking gold, silver and tin on paper to form Yuanbao. This kind of money is widely circulated in Taoism and folk, and is recognized by the underworld.
The development course of paper money
Since the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the theory of karma, reincarnation and hell brought by the spread of Buddhism to the east has made people understand all kinds of other worlds and enriched their imagination of the world after death. Influenced by the immortal karma of the soul advocated by Buddhism, a large number of works devoted to describing the hell of hades have also been produced by the people, such as strange novels since Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties. The appearance of these novels, coupled with the propaganda of a large number of storytellers and Buddhists, made people from ordinary people to emperors and generals believe in Buddhism and the existence of the other side of the world.
According to the feast master's Belief in Buddhism, the custom of burning paper money in China began after the Han Dynasty. Wang Yu, a doctor in the Tang Dynasty, said: "Since the Han Dynasty, it is a ghost to bury money on paper." This means that since the Han dynasty, people have to be buried with coins after death and at funerals.
The ancients thought that people were ghosts after death, so they also said that "people belong to ghosts." People die as ghosts, and the world of ghosts and people is the same, but the world of yin and yang is different. Therefore, they think that ghosts also need life and money, so they bury them with coins. Later generations thought it was a pity to use real money, so they cut the paper into the shape of money and burned it for ghosts, which was called paper money. After the circulation of modern paper money, it developed into "Bank of Guo Ming" currency.
Can the dead receive mingbi?
In fact, according to Buddhism, the possibility of a person becoming a ghost after death is only one in six, because the ghost road is only one of the six divisions in the wheel of karma, and life keeps turning and incarnating among the six roads. It is impossible for him to decide which road to incarnate after death is drawn by karma before his death (including previous lives).
Moreover, after death, most people will immediately enter the "Yin body" stage. After a maximum of 49 days, the Yin body will be reincarnated with karma. After this time, under normal circumstances, simply burning paper money or mingbi will have little or no benefit to the undead, but it may be good for ghosts or other sentient beings.
Let's look at ghosts again. The ghost mentioned in Buddhism is one of the six divisions in the wheel of karma. If they are really reincarnated as ghosts and become so-called "ghosts" after their death, it will be really bad, because ghosts are one of the three evil ways in the wheel of karma, and most of the people in them are miserable. Buddhism often calls them "hungry ghosts" because they have created corresponding bad karma before or in their previous lives, and they are suffering every minute.
The medium on the money in the underworld 2 Before Cai Lun made paper, it was the custom in China to bury objects, including some gold, silver, jewelry and copper coins. However, sacrifices often bring ancestors the result of being dug up and leaving no bones. Whether the ancestors can benefit from it is another point. In short, the disadvantages outweigh the advantages, even disadvantages. After the invention of papermaking, the custom of burning paper money originated in Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, flourished in the Tang Dynasty, and has continued to this day.
In the past, paper money was cut into the shape of copper coins. When the deceased goes to the funeral and moves the coffin, family members will throw paper money at intersections and bridges for ghosts and gods on roads and rivers so as not to make things difficult for the deceased. It's called "buying road money" Throwing "tolls" all the way to the funeral and burning a lot of paper money after going to the cemetery. In addition to burning paper money, the ancients also burned some gold ingots and silver ingots folded with tin foil. These burnt flowers are for ancestors.
Modern paper money keeps pace with the times and begins to develop paper money. The earliest printed banknotes were those printed with Jade Emperor or Yama right. In recent years, I don't know why, it has evolved into an imitation RMB style of a great man's head! It has been stopped by relevant departments.
It is said that these coins are not recognized in the underworld and are not allowed to circulate at all. Think about it, if those billions of banknotes can really circulate in the underworld, won't it lead to inflation there?
At present, paper money has begun to keep pace with the times, and Tiandi Bank's "underworld credit card" and "underworld check" have appeared one after another. The design of "underworld credit card" is very similar to the real credit card, and the production is meticulous and exquisite. The "deceased's check" refers to a huge sum of money, not burning a lot of paper money. I wonder if this thing will be regarded as a bad check by the underworld? Speaking of empty checks, some people burn blank "checks in the underworld" so that the deceased can enjoy the convenience and fun of writing their own checks in the underworld. Actually, don't bother. Isn't there a "smartphone" burning? Let the ancestors learn to pay by mobile phone! If the ancestors can't use it, they may give the two bosses a dream to teach.