- to burn paper offerings (as part of religious ceremony)
Generated definitions (experimental)
- to burn paper offerings (as part of religious ceremony)
This phrase refers to the practice of burning paper items, usually replicas of money and goods, as offerings to ancestors or deities during certain ceremonies, reflecting respect and the desire to provide for those in the afterlife.
Every year during the Qingming Festival, we go to the cemetery to burn paper offerings.
Burning paper offerings during the ceremony can express respect for ancestors.
Generated collocations (experimental)
shāo zhǐ烧纸Zhài祭paper burning ritualshāo zhǐ烧纸Fú符to burn paper talismansshāo zhǐ烧纸Qián钱to burn paper moneyshāo zhǐ烧纸lián huā莲花to burn paper lotusesshāo zhǐ烧纸de的xí sú习俗the custom of burning papershāo zhǐ烧纸 ceremonypaper burning ceremonyjì sì祭祀shí时shāo zhǐ烧纸burning paper during a memorial ritejiā zú家族tuán yuán团圆shāo zhǐ烧纸burning paper offerings for family reunionchuán tǒng传统shāo zhǐ烧纸traditional paper burningshāo zhǐ烧纸de的yì yì意义the significance of burning paper