Chinese Funeral

Chinese people typically burn joss money and paper effigies, among other paper items, during ceremonies as a way to express their thoughts and commemorate the deceased. They believe that after death, the departed will have wealth and items to use in the afterlife. However, burning a large amount of Joss money and other items at a fixed time is bound to hurt the environment. This project explores changing the materials of paper money to change people's behavior of burning paper money. This is a heuristic study aimed at prompting people to think about behaviors that can be improved at Chinese funerals.

Biological material Joss paper curtain

change

Burning Joss Paper transforms it into dissolving it in water, using a medium that changes from fire to water. The impact changes from polluting the environment to dissolving nutrients in the water, becoming fertilizer for the surrounding ecology.

Corn starch biomaterial

Corn starch biomaterials have the advantages of being easily soluble in water, recyclable, and environmentally friendly. And its texture is very similar to Joss paper.

Carrageenan biomaterials

Solution

Using water instead of fire as a medium, dissolve Joss paper made from biological materials in water to achieve the goal of conveying wealth and longing to the deceased.

Multiple biomaterials

Joss papers made by the relatives of the deceased themselves are more meaningful because they represent deep emotions and respect. Each sacrificial paper is unique, reflecting the maker's special memories of their deceased loved ones.