Why is the color red for the boy and green for the girl in the paper figures?

The paper figures in the shrine are the "deacons" who serve the dead in the underworld, and they are usually served by boys and girls. When the spirit is burned, it goes to the netherworld, and when the spirit of the deceased goes to the netherworld, they start to serve the deceased. Some of them have names written on them, such as "Heard" and "Supported". Za Zhi thing is burned to the dead people with, not like the usual things used by the living that casual. Take the tie paper people to speak, paper people is nothing more than a boy and a girl, but the boy and girl color but a lot of care, boy with red, girl

got to use the green, which is called the red boy and green girl. And the paper man tied good, is not to paint the eyes, because painted eyes, it will come to life. Maybe someone will ask, how can the paper man will come to life ah, this is too far right? In fact, what I mean by come alive, not that the paper man itself will live, but that there will be lonely ghosts to take advantage of the situation, attached to the paper man, so that the paper man to become alive. And burn

This kind of thing is also a great deal of care, take the paper horse and so on to speak, male death burn horse, female death burn cow, but not all dead are burned white horse, otherwise the deceased is not over the ghosts of the said common sense is the paper tie craftsmen. Paper, also known as paper, paper, paper, color paste, etc., integration of paper-cutting, painting, weaving, bamboo and laminating in one, to say a good point is a traditional Chinese folk art

Art, to say a little bit is to eat the dead rice craftsmen. Because the things tied can not talk about what artistry, is some burned to the dead with children, paper house paper horse and so on. Whether you believe it or not, in any case, these rules are the old generation set down, extended thousands of years, some of the rules can not easily change.