March 14, 2021
Diary: Ancestor Money
Last month, I wrote an article that was about Chinese Local Gods, in which I wrote about having the habit of "burning spell", and then someone left a comment saying that it reminded him of Harry Potter. lol. They are not the same, but I do not know how to explain this thing. Today I finally found the English name of it.
Ancestor money is paper that you can burn to send into the spirit realm. This burning ritual at your ancestral altar provides the ancestors with what they need on the "other side". To burn money for our ancestors is to repay their blessing in another world and pray that they will continue to bless our life and official career. Some of money are printed with silver powder on one side and no design on the other. Some of them have the image of the Jade Emperor, who is a Higher God in Taoist pantheon.
Then something magical happened. This custom has spread abroad, ancestor money was localized into a familiar style. Some people print some pop stars like Michael Jackson and Elvis Presley on the money... A guy made a tree which is made of pine nuts and cinnamon, and put the money in the tree, which is specially prepared for burning money. According to the blogger who made the tree, it was done to "spread the blessings of our ancestors."
No offense, just a little interesting.
Diary: Ancestor Money
Last month, I wrote an article that was about Chinese Local Gods, in which I wrote about having the habit of "burning spell", and then ss". Someone then left a comment saying that it reminded him of Harry Potter.
You could also say "Then, someone left a comment saying that it reminded him of Harry Potter." This would also sound natural. The one sentence you had creates what is called a "run-on sentence", which is a bit of an abstract English concept that describes when a sentence feels too long and should be broken up into smaller ones.
lol.
They are not the same, but I do not know how to better explain this thing.
You could also say: "They are not the same, but I did not know how to explain it better." if you're speaking of the past.
Change "did" for "do" if you're speaking of the present tense
Today I finally found the English name of it.
Ancestor money is paper that you can burn to send into the spirit realm.
This burning ritual at your ancestral altar provides the ancestors with what they need on the "other side".
To burn money for our ancestors is to repay their blessings in another world and pray that they will continue to bless our life and official career.
Some of money areis printed with silver powder on one side and no design on the other.
Some of them have the image of the Jade Emperor, who is a Higher God in the Taoist pantheon.
Excellent word! Pantheon is the perfect word 😁
This custom has spread abroad, and ancestor money was localized into a familiar style.
Some people print some pop stars like Michael Jackson and Elvis Presley on the money... A guy made a tree which is made of pine nuts and cinnamon, and put the money in the tree, which is specially prepared for burning money.
According to the blogger who made the tree, it was done to "spread the blessings of our ancestors."
No offense, just a little interesting.
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Diary: Ancestor Money
Last month, I wrote an article that was about Chinese Local Gods, in which I wrote about having the habit of "burning spell", and then someone left a comment saying that it reminded him of Harry Potter.
lol.
They are not the same, but I do not know how to explain this thing.
Today I finally found the English name of it.
Ancestor money is paper that you can burn to send into the spirit realm.
This burning ritual at your ancestral altar provides the ancestors with what they need on the "other side".
To burn money for our ancestors is to repay their blessing in another world and pray that they will continue to bless our lifeves and officialbring success in our careers.
You could say several things here. The original is not technically wrong in terms of grammar, but it sounds very strange. It would sound more like native English if you more closely describe what that part is (lots of money, good job prospects, professional success, etc.)
Some of the money areis printed with silver powder on one side and no design on the other.
Some of them have the image of the Jade Emperor, who is a Higher God in Taoist pantheonbelief.
What do you mean by pantheon?
Then something magical happened.
This custom has spread abroad, and ancestor money whas been localized into a familiardifferent styles.
No offense, just a little interesting.
No grammatical issues here, but it is confusing to say no offense here. Why would the reader have been offended?
March 14, 2021
Thanks :)
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Last month, I wrote an article that was about Chinese Local Gods, in which I wrote about having the habit of "burning spell", and then someone left a comment saying that it reminded him of Harry Potter. This sentence has been marked as perfect! Last month, I wrote an article that was about Chinese Local Gods, in which I wrote about having the habit of "burning spell You could also say "Then, someone left a comment saying that it reminded him of Harry Potter." This would also sound natural. The one sentence you had creates what is called a "run-on sentence", which is a bit of an abstract English concept that describes when a sentence feels too long and should be broken up into smaller ones. |
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Today I finally found the English name of it. This sentence has been marked as perfect! This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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Ancestor money is paper that you can burn to send into the spirit realm. This sentence has been marked as perfect! This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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This burning ritual at your ancestral altar provides the ancestors with what they need on the "other side". This sentence has been marked as perfect! This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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To burn money for our ancestors is to repay their blessing in another world and pray that they will continue to bless our life and official career. To burn money for our ancestors is to repay their blessing in another world and pray that they will continue to bless our li You could say several things here. The original is not technically wrong in terms of grammar, but it sounds very strange. It would sound more like native English if you more closely describe what that part is (lots of money, good job prospects, professional success, etc.) To burn money for our ancestors is to repay their blessings in another world and pray that they will continue to bless our life and official career. |
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Some of them have the image of the Jade Emperor, who is a Higher God in Taoist pantheon. Some of them have the image of the Jade Emperor, who is a Higher God in Taoist What do you mean by pantheon? Some of them have the image of the Jade Emperor, who is a Higher God in the Taoist pantheon. Excellent word! Pantheon is the perfect word 😁 |
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Then something magical happened. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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This custom has spread abroad, ancestor money was localized into a familiar style. This custom has spread abroad, and ancestor money This custom has spread abroad |
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Some people print some pop stars like Michael Jackson and Elvis Presley on the money... A guy made a tree which is made of pine nuts and cinnamon, and put the money in the tree, which is specially prepared for burning money. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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According to the blogger who made the tree, it was done to "spread the blessings of our ancestors." This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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No offense, just a little interesting. No offense, just a little interesting. No grammatical issues here, but it is confusing to say no offense here. Why would the reader have been offended? This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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