Paper effigies...

This morning just went to pray my past-away grandpa at "Guang Xi Cemetery" as "Cheng Beng" is approaching...although the exact date is next Saturday, many people already started to pay their dead relatives a visit while some might wait until the exact date arrives or maybe later...this is only my second year to 'celebrate' this so-called festival, so i don't really know much about this annual affair...as i know, this festival allows the living people to pay their respect to their ancestors and clean up the graves if necessary...i think this is the best way to ensure the people to remember their loved ones and do something for them even after they had died...food are brought along as offerings to the dead like dumplings, 'pau', chicken and various types of cakes(kuih)...paper effigies too are brought and to be burnt so that the dead at nether world could receive it...however, this is just a belief and many of us do not know whether the dead will receive it or not...when it comes to paper effigy, i'm so fascinated with so many looks-alike items that can be found in our everyday lives...the differences are the brand names which sound almost the same as the real items and of course it's made of paper or cardboard...during the old days, people used to burn only money and clothes but the dead now can even enjoy "luxurious" lifestyle with so many different types if "items" nowadays...the paper effigy business seems to advance with technology and they surely making big money from it...it's not all about traditional items as people tend to die at young age and "they" too require the modern items to live at nether world...so, businessman in this industry took this opportunity to widen their business by producing more relevant items...anyway, we still wondering will these "items" disappear in this world and reappear in the nether world?...