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Burning Devotion: The Art and Craft of Chinese Paper Offerings

Burning Devotion: The Art and Craft of Chinese Paper Offerings

Stanley Yap
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Chinese believers burn paper replicas as offerings so that deceased kin and wandering spirits do not become “hungry ghosts” with no food, money and material comforts. But this folk tradition is fading away as more Singaporean Chinese adapt customs or adopt other religions. Makers and sellers of paper offerings are also retiring or have departed without passing on their skills and knowledge.

Burning Devotion offers a fascinating photographic window on paper offerings and their last surviving artisans – before the craft is gone and all forgotten.
Language
English
Pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Splash Productions Pte Ltd
Release
August 01, 2014
ISBN 13
9789810914370

Burning Devotion: The Art and Craft of Chinese Paper Offerings

Stanley Yap
4/5 ( ratings)
Read Download
Chinese believers burn paper replicas as offerings so that deceased kin and wandering spirits do not become “hungry ghosts” with no food, money and material comforts. But this folk tradition is fading away as more Singaporean Chinese adapt customs or adopt other religions. Makers and sellers of paper offerings are also retiring or have departed without passing on their skills and knowledge.

Burning Devotion offers a fascinating photographic window on paper offerings and their last surviving artisans – before the craft is gone and all forgotten.
Language
English
Pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Splash Productions Pte Ltd
Release
August 01, 2014
ISBN 13
9789810914370

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