According to his family members, the man, in his early 20s, had told them that his dead grandfather had acknowledged receiving the IT tool, and since he did not know how to use it he wanted the youth to teach him.
The youth is said to have suffered a fright from his dream, and fell sick thereafter.
His family members said they then consulted a medium, and following prayers and burning of some paper money, the youth is said to be feeling better now.
One of the family members, who requested anonymity, said the youth had returned to his workplace in Singapore after he felt better, and swore that he would never again lay hands on such items in future Qing Ming.
The incident might sound ridiculous, but, similar tales have emerged during every Qing Ming as families burned modern ‘IT tools’ for their dead ancestors.
One housewife, who also wanted to remain anonymous, said she was unsure whether to believe in such tales, “but, for the sake of peace and harmony in the family, I forbid my children to burn such modern items for the dead ancestors”.
A coffee shop owner in Sibu Jaya said he had been following the tradition of burning items during Qing Ming, “but, our family only burns paper money”.
He said this was being done in accordance with the teachings of the Chinese Dao Religion, in which only the burning of paper money was mentioned.
“The practice has been commercialised in the modern days when traders start selling other items for burning, like boats, houses, mansions, motorcycles, luxury cars, maids, shoes, cigarettes, and, now, the IT items.”
He said this also happened during Christmas when profit-oriented parties churn out attractive figures of Santa Clause and promoted food like ginger bread and Christmas pudding, the items of which had nothing to do with the spirituality of the celebration.
Each Chinese family might spend thousands of ringgit during Qing Ming just to buy items for burning, food, flowers, and the cleaning of the tombs.
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