GEORGE TOWN: Gold and silver bars, foreign currencies and even safes – paper versions of them – are among the popular offerings for the departed this Qing Ming, also known as Chinese All Souls Day or Tomb Sweeping Day.
Ang Siew Siew, who sells prayer paraphernalia for the festival, said she believes the popularity of such offerings is because the families concerned want “to encourage savings to ensure that the deceased have enough money to spend in the afterlife”.
