These symbolic offerings are to remind followers that just as the beautiful flowers would wither away after a short while and the candles and joss-sticks would soon burn out, so too is life subject to decay and destruction.

• 这些象征性的奉献品提醒信徒，正象美丽的鲜花不久就会枯萎一样，蜡烛和香也会熄灭，因此生命也会衰退和毁灭。