The practice of burning items as a sacrifice honouring the dead dates back thousands of years. Now 3D design and other technologies are making it even easier to "sacrifice" a deceased person's car, home or furniture.
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00:00Traditionally, from the past to the present, we Chinese believe that through the ritual of burning with fire,
00:18all the things, the things of paper, after burning, they become real.
00:30In ancient times, we would print all kinds of things on paper like this, and then burn them.
00:46From this simple piece of paper, we have this kind of totem.
00:50Until now, we have slowly transformed everything into 3D,
01:04so that the whole thing can become more...
01:06Because the times are constantly improving,
01:08the lives of people in the past were not as good.
01:10But now the times are different,
01:12life has become better,
01:14and the times have become more advanced, more technological.
01:17So we hope to make everything more real.
01:23I make a lot of things very small, very delicate,
01:28because I want them to be perfect.
01:31And I think the things they use in the world will become real.
01:35So we have to make things as realistic as possible.
01:47When we burn these things,
01:49they are usually important days.
01:52For example, most of the guests burn on the anniversaries.
01:57And some people burn on their anniversaries,
02:00like birthdays, Christmas,
02:03which are important days for them.
02:16We don't always say that technology is advanced now.
02:19Everything is about technology,
02:21so we have to verify it scientifically.
02:23Few people will believe in folk beliefs.
02:27So this kind of traditional memory
02:31is actually the first moral principle of Taiwan.
02:47There must be a fire to spread the fragrance.
02:54So through the ritual of fire,
02:58we make our longing for our ancestors
03:02become a medium through the fire,
03:05to convey our longing for our ancestors.
03:08This is what we want to dedicate to you.
03:11That's it.
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