For thousands of years Buddhist tradition has created paper money which is legal tender in Hell. This paper money is burned, so that the person who just died or the dead ancestors who might have ended up in Hell would have something to spend. These Hell Notes are also burned on the Chinese New Year. One of the tenets of Buddhism is ancestor worship. Unlike Christian's belief, Hell is not an evil place run by the devil. Hell is an in between place of learning and a place of spirit waiting to be reborn. In other words, another dimension of life. The larger the denomination burned, the more desire for contact and the more purchasing power the loved person in Hell has.