Juan Ch'ang-jui, head of Taiwan Provincial Museum's anthropology section, confirms that the Chinese have been burning spirit money for centuries with the aim of currying favor with ghosts and deities. "At bottom, it's simple bribery!
台灣省立博物館人類學組組長阮昌銳便坦率指出，中國人燒了幾千年的金銀紙，主要用意不外是期望用財物討好鬼神，「說穿了是賄賂嘛！」