The Four Yin Gates

Have you heard of the “Four Yin Trades”? It’s a collective name for four professions that deal with the dead. There’s a saying that goes: “The executioner’s blade hangs on the wall; the coroner’s eyes can see; the paper effigy maker’s craft looks lifelike; the second-skin tailor’s needle and thread stitch right through the hide.” My grandpa practiced the third of these trades: he made paper effigies!