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Show GHINESE MONIAL PAPE 1 Small piece of paper that have been wholl or partialIy coated with tin foil for use in sacrificial off a p cut printingis often used furofiumgs Forthe most part owever, true joss paper is coated, at least to some extent,witha thin layer of tin,sometimes chs \gtdt(ndul gold by brushing over with a liquid made from th extracted from seaweed or dyed witha solution Rowe of the pagoda trec (Syp/orajaponica) In Chekiang there are fully two hundred thousan ple dependentin some manner uponthe joss pape trade,and the yearly value of the product, most of whic is burnt,s placed by the Ministe of Industry at almos thirty million Shangha dollars. It must be borne in min that these figures ae from but the one province,tatisic n Europ other parto s C merica this unique industry is mbmlnmly nonexunnt,mndmxdxlficnk to realize the millions of dollar sper ntannually by the Chincse throughout monial papers ofall kinds Tin foil manufacture is @ separate cmix,cmml_» disl'mctfmmpapcrmnkmg,bn(bulhln ncommo e | Digitalimage© 2004 arriott Library, University of Utah, Allights reservec |