Hell Money

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9 Jul 2004

In China, the word Hell doesn't carry the same negative connotation as western Hell. The popular story has it that zealous Christian missionaries warned all non-Christian Chinese they'd "go to Hell" upon death.

In a classic case of misinterpretation, the Chinese believed Hell was the English term for the Afterlife. The word was incorporated and printed on the traditional Chinese Afterlife Monetary Offerings, otherwise known as Hell Bank Notes. Some also refer to the notes as Spirit Money.

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