Is it a bad cultural habit to burn paper for the dead?

In my opinion, this is a bad habit! Because burning paper has no practical effect and has caused many negative effects, we support remembering the dead, but we do not advocate this way.

1. The trick of the living. I often hear many old people say that they should burn more paper money for their deceased relatives, because then he will have more money in another world, including when my grandfather died, my grandmother also told me to buy more. But in fact, if you think objectively, you will find that it is useless to burn more, because once people die, they don't exist at all. As for burning more and burning less, it is nothing more than a psychological comfort to the living.

Therefore, it is most important for you to be filial when your loved ones are alive. When they leave, no matter how you sacrifice, you can live up to your conscience.

2. The degree of superstition is gradually deepening. If burning paper is just a psychological sustenance, then it is not a bad habit, but there are many? Fortune teller? Will do a lot of rituals in this way. Especially in rural areas, many people would rather believe in ghosts and gods than scientific evidence, and would rather burn paper than go to the hospital to see a doctor. If this idea is not controlled, more and more people will not make efforts to make progress, and more young people will only be influenced by the feudal ideas of the older generation.

Modern science and technology have been developed. When you encounter various doubts or pathological problems in your life, you must choose the right way to solve them. Don't trust them? Ghosts? .

The problem of environmental pollution is very serious. Burning paper is explicitly prohibited in most cities because it is too harmful to the environment. For example, the gas during combustion will seriously affect the air quality, and the paper scraps and dust after combustion will bring trouble to street cleaning. Therefore, this ancient way of paying homage has had an impact on modern society. In order to live a better life, we should look at the problem in all directions, and it is no problem to get rid of this bad habit.