Tuesday, April 05, 2005

Hell Money

https://web.archive.org/web/20150526213232/http://www.bigwhiteguy.com/baskets/hell.php

From Randall van der Woning.
"In a classic case of misinterpretation, the Chinese believed Hell was the English term for the Afterlife. The word was incorporated and printed on the traditional Chinese Afterlife Monetary Offerings, otherwise known as Hell Bank Notes. Some refer to the notes as Spirit Money."

3 comments:

  1. such wonderful colors and patterns, love this !

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  2. Oh, these are fun! Thank you for sharing them, Meggiecat.

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  3. You amaze me! Where do you find these treasures.

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