https://www.scmp.com/rss/330392/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com The popular ritual of “villain hitting” to repel bad luck has been halted for the first time in decades under a Hong Kong flyover, with police officers guarding the area to stop people gathering on Saturday amid a raging fifth wave of Covid-19 infections. The government announced on Thursday that the chairman of Wan Chai District Council and the District Office had reached a consensus with major ritual performers that they would suspend business underneath the Canal Road Flyover to avoid crowds... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3169396/hong-kongs-villain-hitters-shut-shop-first-time?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3169396/hong-kongs-villain-hitters-shut-shop-first-time?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 05 Mar 2022 12:20:43 +0000 There are many ways to honor the dead. For Chinese people, a preferred method is to burn things for them to use in the afterlife. The ritual involves joss paper—pieces of paper meant only for the spirits. They’re usually made from bamboo or rice and folded to resemble money or goods such as designer handbags, clothes and even dim sum. The idea is that spirits in the afterlife still enjoy the trappings of the real world. Burning joss paper is a way of sending those goods to the heavens, with the... https://www.scmp.com/culture/money-chinese-people-burn-dead/article/3000160?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/culture/money-chinese-people-burn-dead/article/3000160?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 05 Oct 2018 02:58:29 +0000