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Same for the fruit to set at my grandpa and grandma’s altar, as well as the joss paper to burn for their good fortune.

Other comments included: “One day soon, @joss_berry will regret having tweeted this. What a ghoulish tweet,” and “she is openly pushing violence on Twitter,” and “This is gonna cost her a job.”

Taiwan's Chen Kun-huei, 82, is determined to keep alive an ancient tradition of making the "joss paper" by hand even as others have shifted to automated production at factories.

On a beach in southern Taiwan, thousands gathered as volunteers hoisted a 45-foot boat, lavishly painted in gold and red, on top of a mountain of joss paper.

Residents can arrange funerals for departed animals complete with monks chanting last rites and a ceremony for burning joss paper so their spirits will live well in the afterlife.