Reprinted from the original Lu Xixing Si Han Tianshifu
There's a reason for the pockets. The coins used first were originally packed in a money bag, and the coins were also bagged. In the coffin of the Zhou clan of the Southern Song Dynasty in Jiangxi, a butterfly-shaped folded purse is placed in a round paper coin. The purse was originally for money, and the paper money was very natural for the money in the underworld to be put into the bag, and this money was used for the expenses of the deceased's hades. The tomb of King Ming Yixuan in the southwestern city of Jiangxi was excavated from the underworld, placed in a rough-edged paper envelope, and then packed in a Gebu bag, which was stuffed with paper money ashes. This ashed paper money is for the use of dotting on the underworld road.
Qing Pan Rong majesty 'Ji Sheng October in the Yanjing Dynasty' Yun: Scholars' families worship their ancestors and sweep the tombs, "In the evening of the evening, the book is made with five colors, made into a crown and clothing, burned outside the door, and sent cold clothes." "缄" is a seal, and the book is written with the name of the recipient. The role of this sealing bag is twofold: one is to prevent the paper ingot from blowing away. Paper ingots are processed from tin foil and are more expensive than the average paper money. It represents silver and is "worth" more than paper money representing copper coins. Therefore, when burning, try to maintain its integrity, at least do not let the ash drift away. Song Ren's "Maoting Guest's Words" Yun: "When burning, be careful not to touch the ground, you can use it." No one shall be stirred up in one place, and its money shall not be broken. This idea is still a habit that dominates the people.
The second is to prevent wild ghosts from snatching. In ancient times, the words of the ghost divided into family ghosts and wild ghosts, at least in the Han Dynasty' Zhu Shu bottle have been reflected. Since the Han and Tang Dynasties, the setting up of town tomb beasts to prevent the intrusion of ghosts in the wild is one of the important reasons. Money is just as important over there, as the saying goes, having money can make ghosts grind. Poor ghosts, especially those in the wild who have no descendants to sacrifice, have no source of money and can only satisfy themselves by robbing money.
In order to ensure that the money is not robbed of the sacrifice of relatives, the ancients have two methods, one is to bribe and the other is to deter. The so-called bribery is to give a small favor to the wild ghost and give a certain amount of money to make the money of the ghost safe. This practice has a long history in the Song Dynasty and even became a royal funeral. The Song Shi Li Zhi II says: "All evil instruments have buying paths, square phases, soul introduction, paper money, goose feathers, and shadow public opinion." What is buying a channel? Buying the road is to buy the road, Sun Jinbiao's "Popular Proverbs: Death and Funeral" said: "Today's people go out of the way of mourning coffins, throw gold and silver paper money in front of them, and the name is to buy road money." When the funeral is out, paper money is thrown all the way in front, which is called road money, which is used to bribe wild ghosts.
The other is intimidation, the idea that the wild ghost does not dare to invade or rob. The Han Dynasty brought out the Yellow Emperor (also known as Huang Jun, Huang Shen, and Huang Shen Yuezhang) sent by the Heavenly Emperor, the Taishan God who ruled the underground, and the Beidou. Since the Southern Song Dynasty, the Ten Halls of Southern Taoist Hell have been incorporated into the Hell System of Fengdu Mountain and become the masters of ghosts. In the path to the underworld, there are many fengdu mountains. For example, the funeral rites of the late Qing Dynasty still regard the "Fengdu Road Guide" as a project in The Tomb of Qingjiang Ming in Jiangxi Province and the "Fengdu Mountain Meditation Road Guide" excavated in Sichuan during the Ming Dynasty Wanli Period. The words on the bag read, "Wild ghosts are not allowed to be enchanted, and all bridges and roads are pretending to be robbed, such as violators are abducted and abducted" is exactly to threaten those ghosts who rob "money".
Tang Wangjian's "Cold Food Line": "Three days without fire paper money, paper money that gets yellow springs." In order to reach the Yellow Spring, the treasure must be burned at the water's edge. Tang Lin's "Chronicle of meditation" Yun: In WuDezhong, someone asked the ghost official, where did the paper money go? Answer: "Under a tree at the water's edge." The ancients believed that the deceased lived under the Yellow Spring from the water's edge or from the roots of large trees.