February 2016

A morphological analysis of Joss paper image in Taiwan - A case study of Fu Lu Shou

Based on the Fu, Lu and Shou Joss papers, the current study investigated the religious tradition of the Joss paper burning as well as the styling features, purposes, and types of the three-god Joss paper via the examination of previous studies and field work. With the collected Joss papers for different purposes, six samples with the three gods were extracted to decipher the componential principles of the three-god...

Author(s): Ching Yang, Tsai-Ching Tsai and Ming-Chuen Chuang