In Chinese tradition, spirit money is burnt for ancestors and spirits in the after world as an offering.

"This yin and yang is perhaps best exemplified in Origin, a large circular wall piece made of “spirit money” rolled up and mounted in opposing forces with clean regular rolls on one hemisphere, and charred and offered ones comprising the other. As with fine jewelry, the dainty elements — silver and gold hints beckoning from the edges — provide currency not only for the living, but also, in this case, power to those spirits moved on into the afterlife."

—Steven Irvin, Buzzine, LA