Ten taboos for burning paper at graves Why can't you bring bananas to graves?

When visiting the grave of the deceased, an essential step is to burn paper money. The purpose of burning paper money is to ensure that the relatives will have enough food and clothing in the underworld so that they will not haunt the living. The top ten taboos of burning paper at graves. Why can’t you bring bananas to graves?

Ten taboos of burning paper at graves

1. Buy some yellow straw paper, spread it out, then take a real 100-yuan bill and press it on the paper. You should feel that the 100-yuan bill is a stamp. Press it from right to left and from top to bottom, row by row, until the whole paper is covered. Burning paper like this is hard currency down there. Money is real, and having it in your pocket gives you face.
2. When buying paper for burning, don't buy the kind that comes in stacks of printed materials. One sheet costs hundreds of millions. That money is not real and is not as valuable as old rubles or Vietnamese dong. There was so much stuff piled up that I couldn’t even buy a popsicle. Too gross. However, while spending big money, it doesn't mean to spend a little bit of this. There are many debt collectors out there who will shamelessly ask you for money and harass you if you don't give it. In that case, you have to use this kind of small money to deal with them.
3. Fold the paper for burning, cut it into seven or eight pieces with one cut, and fold it diagonally twice each time. Otherwise, it will be very difficult to burn a pile of paper. It is very convenient to stack them up and burn them.
4. Before you prepare to burn paper, you'd better prepare a lighter and a small stick. This will make it convenient for you to pull up the pressed paper when burning it, allowing air to circulate and facilitating burning. Using a discarded mop rod at home is a good choice, but be careful not to take it back after use, just throw it away.
5. You have to wait until it’s completely dark before you burn the money. No one will dare to come out to collect the money in the daytime. When you go to burn paper, try to avoid it if you see burning paper and don't step on it. Sometimes an intersection will be filled with piles of paper ashes and you can't avoid them. In that case, you have to carefully weave through them. Sometimes you may need to take a big step. Before you go through, you have to say, "Excuse me, please let me pass."
6. Before burning paper, draw a circle on the ground. Be careful not to circle yourself inside. Leave a gap in the northwest corner to facilitate relatives below to come in and take the money.
7. Keep a serious expression when burning paper, don't laugh or play around. Since you are here, just be respectful.
8. Before burning paper for your relatives, light two pieces and throw them outside the circle to answer the lonely ghosts who have no relatives to send money.
9. When burning paper, you should chant something, such as: XXX, I am sending you money and flowers. Today all your grandchildren and brothers and sisters have come to see you.
10. You must insist on watching the paper burn out before you leave. This can prevent fire and also prevent the wind from blowing the paper out and being picked up by passers-by, which would upset the elderly person.

Why can't you bring bananas to graves?

In some regional cultures, bananas have a bad meaning, because in Taiwanese, bananas are called "蕉", which sounds like "招", as if to recruit the living to another world, which has a bad meaning. Therefore, bananas are not suitable for offering at graves. In addition, plums, pineapples, pears, whole bunches, multi-seeded, and hollow fruits are not suitable for offering at graves.