By overloading the path with spiritual money, hopefully all troubled souls on the way will be too occupied with the money and leave the traveling-soul alone.
在路上洒满纸钱,亡魂就会忙于捡钱,不会骚扰过路者。
Yan Wang is normally depicted wearing a Chinese judge's cap and sometimes appears on Chinese Hell Bank Notes.
阎王通常戴着一顶乌纱帽,纸钱上也会有他的形象。
以上两种说法,spiritual money和hell bank notes都比较形象地说明了“纸钱”的本质,一是象征意义上的钱(spiritual),二是烧给阴间(hell)的人使用的钞票(bank notes),大家记住了吗?