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    Joss paper, also known as incense papers, are papercrafts or sheets of paper made into burnt offerings common in Chinese ancestral worship (such as the...
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    Ash (section Joss paper ash)
    uncontrolled burning of joss paper during the festival, which is not just confined to the people who do the burning,” and “burning joss paper during worship activities...
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    Hell money (Chinese: 冥鈔; pinyin: míngchāo) is a modernized form of joss paper printed to resemble legal tender bank notes. The notes are not an official...
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  • a religious object Joss house (disambiguation) Joss JP1, an Australian-built supercar Joss paper, a type of burnt offering Joss Pass, a mountain pass...
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    typically include traditional food dishes and the burning of joss sticks and joss paper. The holiday recognizes the traditional reverence of one's ancestors...
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    tooth fillings. A less well-known source of mercury is the burning of joss paper, which is a common tradition practiced in Asia, including China, Vietnam...
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  • Hong Kong, China Joss (Chinese statue), Chinese religious statue Joss paper, paper made into burnt offerings in Chinese culture Joss (disambiguation)...
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  • A Joss is an English term used to refer to a Chinese deity or idol. It generally describes a Chinese religious statue, object (such as joss paper), or...
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    JOSS (acronym for JOHNNIAC Open Shop System) was one of the first interactive, time-sharing programming languages. It pioneered many features that would...
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    sites will take many years due to their long service lives." Burning of joss paper and the ash produced is an important source of air pollution. As per the...
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    drink to the ghosts and burn hell bank notes and other forms of joss paper. Joss paper items are believed to have value in the afterlife, considered to...
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    Joscelyn Eve Stoker (born 11 April 1987), known professionally as Joss Stone, is an English singer, songwriter and actress. She rose to prominence in late...
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  • contracts often involved being buried with 9999 coins, a practice related to Joss paper, as it was believed the dead would need that amount to buy the burial...
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    (disambiguation) Festive ecology Festivus Halcyon days Hanukkah HumanLight Joss paper Koliada Kwanzaa Lohri Midsummer Summer solstice Thai Pongal Tekufah Tirgan...
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    offerings of food items, incense, and joss paper are commonly presented. The offering of food and joss paper signifies the continuing interdependence...
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    joss paper, a report of two cases". Giang LV, Thanh T, Hien TT, Tan LV, Thi Bich Phuong T, Huu Loc H (2021). "Heavy metals emissions from joss paper burning...
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    Chinese and Vietnamese ancestor veneration, imitation money in the form of joss paper are ceremonially burned, with the aspiration that the dead may use the...
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    Modular origami (redirect from Paper star)
    tradition, notably the pagoda (from Maying Soong) and the lotus made from Joss paper. Most traditional designs are however single-piece and the possibilities...
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    particulates. For example: Burning of fossil fuels (e.g., aircraft), joss paper, waste, firecrackers and biomass including wood and crop residue. Construction...
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    candles, and even food, while Chinese Filipinos additionally burn joss sticks and joss paper (kim). Many also spend the day and ensuing night holding reunions...
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    Flue-gas emissions from fossil-fuel combustion Health impacts of sawdust Joss paper Metal working Mining Non-exhaust emissions Power tool Rubber pollution...
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    BCE and remained popular throughout Chinese history until the advent of joss paper and hell money during the late 19th century CE. Burial money was modeled...
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    burnt joss sticks, wrote their wishes on joss paper tied to an orange, then threw them up to hang in these trees. It was believed that if the paper successfully...
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    which serve as a treatment, might include herbal remedies or offerings of joss paper money or livestock. In cases of serious illness, the shaman enters a trance...
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    Krung 23, it is Thailand's largest and oldest marketplace for Chinese joss paper, god-honoring items, Moon Festival offering items, and the last source...
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    hold heaven worshipping as well as honoring their ancestors by burning joss paper at their ancestral shrines to show gratitude. In ancient times, the day...
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    chicken, liquor, joss sticks, and joss paper are arranged in a tray and put in the bed of the mother. The priest then burns joss paper and attempts to...
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    numismatic items (such as tokens, medals, or scrip) other than coins and paper money. This includes "Good For" tokens, badges, counterstamped coins, elongated...
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    location or factory producing lye from wood ash Bottom ash Charcoal Fly ash Joss paper Open burning of waste Wood glue Wood preservative Wood veneer Woodchips...
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    Fullerene Health effects of coal ash Health effects of wood smoke Indian ink Joss paper Open burning of waste Rolling coal Soot blower Sulfur dioxide Omidvarborna;...
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