Taiwanese family’s handmade joss paper in demand for Lunar New Year

Source: China – South China Morning PostPainstakingly, women of retirement age adorn sheet after sheet of yellow joss paper with gold and silver leaf and red paint to satisfy last orders for sacrificial cash offerings ahead of next month’s Lunar New Year festival.Taiwan’s Chen Kun-huei, 82, is determined to keep alive an ancient tradition of making the “joss paper” by hand even as others have shifted to automated production at factories.“I will continue making joss paper until I can’t move any more,” said Chen, the third-generation…Read More

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