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How to cut paper for the graves in the north

"Hanging paper"

Cutting method; first of all, prepare the square paper, corner to corner fold, and then folded (triangle), and then from the side of the triangle started cutting (distance of one centimeter or so) back and forth back and forth to know the top of the triangle (set aside one centimeter), after cutting (do not cut through, leave 1 centimeter) to unfold the paper from the middle of the lift up! is cut

"Hanging paper" used "tomb paper" is rectangular, yellow, white and three colors. Before hanging the paper, you have to remove the branches on the tomb, weeds, and then the tomb paper two or three stacked folded to make ripples, and then a small stone were pressed on the head of the tomb, the tombstone and the tomb next to the "back of the earth" (that is, the land god). In some areas, the paper is pressed directly into the soil of the tomb, regardless of the number and orientation. Hanging the paper can symbolize the new tiles added to the ancestors' dwelling place by the descendants once a year, or it can have the function of identification. During the Ching Ming Festival, if there is paper on the head of the grave, it means that there are descendants who come to visit the grave, but if there is not, it is a lonely grave with no one to pay homage to. Hanging paper", but also to prepare simple offerings to the grave, burn paper money, so that is considered to have completed the "hanging paper" ceremony.