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Show 4 CHINESE CEREMONIAL PAPE bnhmg{he(‘hlmsuofic Is. At the home of the decease is burnt, uwcnnmm fona paper 65 resrepresenting slav anda umm.m of garments and e]-\hnratnly orated paper, so that the spirit of the departed may have ".,.mbm.d« nce oimoncv,:].\u es,domestic animals,an clothing after entering the spirit world. Aside from th pny(rxl'u‘u i e special pape puppets representing attendants or scrvants. Thes figures are about twelve inches in height and consist o handmade paper glued to frameworks of bamboo. The are symbolic of both malc and fe spread before the body so that there may be no interruption in the devotion of the family to their relative I, uncouth structures made of paperan representin hillsare placed at each side of the corpsc; one is terme the sgolden hill"and the other the ¢silverhill, and the Digitalimage© 2004 Marriott Library,University of Utah. Al ights reserv |