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70-Year-Old Woman Buys Snacks with Hell Money

2/20/2026

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  • A video from Zaozhuang, Shandong, shows a woman in her 70s using ritual hell money to buy snacks and has drawn about 600,000 likes.
  • She has frequented the stall for seven years, exchanging hell money and toy cards for meals.
  • The clip, posted by a barbecue booth owner, shows her getting roasted chicken skewers with the 'worthless' paper.
  • Hell money is joss paper resembling real banknotes burned to honor ancestors.