A task such as folding spirit money into ingots helps the surviving family gather together and work off their sad thoughts through a routine ritual. Furthermore, by performing a last helpful action for the loved one the survivors are eased of the painful feeling of not having done enough for them while there was still time. "These days burning spirit money is more popular in Taiwan than ever before."
親人剛過世時，家中生者不免悲傷萬分，摺金元寶、往生錢等工作，使遺族聚合一起，又可藉著這種例行儀式分散悲思，此外在為亡者盡了一分心力的「補償」心理下，也可減輕生者「子欲養而親不待」的傷悲。