Bai Jin

• Futechlogy

  9 Apr 06, 23:17

  Bai Jin in english is Platinum ?
• R3SsH|n

  9 Apr 06, 23:18

  yea...
• dork3d

  9 Apr 06, 23:20

  Bai Jin can also mean the money given to the family member at a funeral.
• ndmmxiaomayi

  9 Apr 06, 23:21

  Depends. To a Chinese, it meant 2 things:
  
  1) money (when you visit funeral, you pay a token sum)
  
  2) jewellery
  
  Just English only, it just means the silver or platinium.
• R3SsH|n

  9 Apr 06, 23:26

  then in that case...anyone know bai jin for funeral is called what in english?
• latterrain

  9 Apr 06, 23:30

  English= White Gold
• Futechlogy

  9 Apr 06, 23:30

  jewellery .. white gold ? got anything as white gold or just Singapore-own-creation ? White gold is silver + gold ?
• ndmmxiaomayi

  9 Apr 06, 23:32

  Originally posted by R3SsH|n:

  then in that case...anyone know bai jin for funeral is called what in english?

  Can't remember liao. It's white envelope or something like that. Because they put the money in a white envelope.
• Xcert

  9 Apr 06, 23:53

  Originally posted by Futechlogy:

  jewellery .. white gold ? got anything as white gold or just Singapore-own-creation ? White gold is silver + gold ?

  bai jin in jewellery is platinum....expensive to buy from jewellery shop but resale value very low...its just used to make gold look nicer.
  
  the composition of platinum...U can just google for it...should be quite easy to find.
  
  
• dork3d

  10 Apr 06, 08:08

  Originally posted by R3SsH|n:

  then in that case...anyone know bai jin for funeral is called what in english?

  Some people call it as Wreath Fund, but more often people refer it as Beh Kim (in hokkien).
• Wanda

  10 Apr 06, 08:57

  How does the beh kim (wreath fund) come about in the past? Does anyone know?
  
  Was it bec people were poor then, so relatives and friends make a contribution to help out with expenses of the funeral? If that's the reason, then it seems to be a kind of outdated practice?
  
  I do contribute it but give a token sum only, since it's not like the family really needs money. But some ppl think that we shd contribute a lot more if it's for close relatives. What do you think?
• dork3d

  10 Apr 06, 09:06

  Originally posted by Wanda:

  How does the beh kim (wreath fund) come about in the past? Does anyone know?
  
  Was it bec people were poor then, so relatives and friends make a contribution to help out with expenses of the funeral? If that's the reason, then it seems to be a kind of outdated practice?
  
  I do contribute it but give a token sum only, since it's not like the family really needs money. But some ppl think that we shd contribute a lot more if it's for close relatives. What do you think?

  Not too sure about it's originity actually.
  
  Heard from my grandfather that people in the past were poor, so they pooled their money together to help their fellow mates in settling the funeral proceedings and burial. They put all the monies garnered and placed in a piece of white cloth and passed it to the immediate family members.
  
  The tradition evolved to the nowadays that we use a white envelope instead of white cloth.
  
  As for the amount, it's actually a gesture.