silver ingot; paper offering
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silver ingot; silver sycee
Refers to traditional Chinese silver currency cast in the shape of a boat, shoe, or horseshoe, historically used as a medium of exchange before modern currency.
These excavated silver ingots are cultural relics from the Ming Dynasty.
Ancient merchants used silver ingots for large-scale transactions.
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This silver ingot weighs fifty taels.
noun
paper ingot (made of tin foil or paper, burned as offerings to spirits)
Used in traditional Chinese folk religion, Taoist rituals, and ancestor worship. These paper or foil ingots are burned as offerings to ancestors, ghosts, or deities, particularly during festivals like Qingming (Tomb Sweeping Day) or the Ghost Festival.
During Qingming Festival, people burn paper ingots for their ancestors.
These ingots are folded from golden tin foil paper.
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The Taoist priest burns paper ingots and spirit money during the ritual.