If I say that there is hidden knowledge inside the joss
paper we burnt then you may not believe me.
There is a set of knowledge taught by Feng Shui masters of
old that can let people know the deceased's death.
The approach is very simple: If the deceased is of unknown
sex or origin, then before Qingming; Or it can also be done in front of the
grave, or in front of the coffin if someone have burnt some joss paper. We can
take a look at the paper ashes of what it was like:
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If the ashes yellowish white, that the deceased
might be male.
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If the ashes is black, and that the dead was a
female.
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If ashes show red colour, that the cause of
death was bleeding or bleeding to death due to injury.
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If there are white spots within gray ashes, that
the cause of death was due to drowning.
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If yellow is seen in ashes, the cause of death
is due to edema or long illness.
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If erythema then the person is believed to have died
in childbirth.
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If the colours are red and green then the cause
of death is crushed by woods.
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If the colours are yellow and red, then the
cause of death is crushed by stones or soil such as in mud slide.
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If the ashes are with yellow stripes then the
person is died of strangulation.
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If the ashes show black lines then the person
was killed in a foreign place.
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If red stripes are seen crisscrossing, then the
person died during a fight.
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If there is no paper dust found than the dead
was a loner, it is now described as unbelievers Taoism.
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If the paper ashes are wet and black in colour,
then the bones already turn black and rotten.
I can’t stand by if the above tell tale signs will be
accurate enough, but it is suffice to deem them as part of our cultural
heritage!
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