What is Joss paper?
{{Infobox Chinese | order = ts | t = 金紙 | s = 金纸 | p = jīnzhǐ | l = gold paper | t2 = 陰司紙 | s2 = 阴司纸 | p2 = yīnsīzhǐ | j2 = jam1 si1 zi2 | l2 = netherworld paper | t3 = 紙錢 | s3 = 纸钱 | p3 = zhǐqián | j3 = zi2 cin4*2 | l3 = paper money | t4 = 冥幣 | s4 = 冥币 | p4 = míng bì | l4 = shade/dark money }} '''Joss paper''' is a type of paper that is burned as an offering during Chinese ancestral worship and in the worship of [[Deity|deities]] in Chinese folk religion. People believe it helps the dead get what they need in the [[afterlife]]. In [[Taiwan]] people spent US$400 million on Joss paper in 2014.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Everington|first=Keoni|date=2016-11-08|title=Monks gone wild: Fast and furious nuns, monks peering at porn|work=[[Taiwan News]]|url=http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3024603|access-date=2016-11-17}}</ref> Different types of spirit money are given to distinct types of spirits.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mafatchun.action-mind.com/worshipteaching.htm |title=拜 神 教 室 |access-date=2023-03-15 |archive-date=2022-11-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221126215259/http://www.mafatchun.action-mind.com/worshipteaching.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hkreporter.com/talks/thread-229394-1-1.html |title=簡介：冥鏹及衣紙 |access-date=2023-03-15 |archive-date=2012-12-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121208235838/http://www.hkreporter.com/talks/thread-229394-1-1.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://www.kaifook.com.hk/special/sp005.htm 衣紙2] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313113038/http://www.kaifook.com.hk/special/sp005.htm|date=2012-03-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hk32168.com/thread-161970-1-1.html |title=拜神用的金銀元寶衣紙及其他的排列次序 |access-date=2023-03-15 |archive-date=2011-07-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711171953/http://www.hk32168.com/thread-161970-1-1.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> There are three main types of joss paper: cash (also known as copper), silver, and gold. Cash paper is given to newly deceased and unknow