Paper petrol station for dead ancestors

The desire to satisfy the dead ancestors sometimes borders on the ludicrous.


If the dead could really obtain the paper petrol station, then who is going to fill up the tanks with petroleum?


The following was reported in our local Star papers:

IPOH: It is common to burn “maids” and “luxurious bungalows” made from paper for the dead during Qing Ming (Chinese All-Souls Day) festival.

But the one that takes the cake is probably a paper petrol station with two pump attendants, a cashier and one security guard.

Zin Xin Ki Trading supervisor Kelly Tan said the petrol station came about when a customer asked her to make one for his late father.

"He had always bought luxurious paper cars from us to offer to his late father,” said Tan at her shop at Jalan Dato Onn Jaafar here yesterday.

“He told us that he was concerned that there was no petrol station in the netherworld so it was decided to present him with one,” she added.

The paper petrol station took a week to complete, Tan said.

She said it was quite a challenge to come up with the design.

“The design took me three days of thinking while it took me four more days to complete the structure,” she added.

The Qing Ming festival, which falls on April 4, is a day some Chinese celebrate by offering prayers and gifts to their departed loved ones.