This video shares the process on How to Fold a Yuan Bao (元寶) or Gold Ingot. Below are the ten steps listed in the footage:
1. Take 2 sheets from your joss paper stack. Ensure that the gold foil is face-up and that the red-orange rectangle is flushed against the paper's left edge.
2. Fold one sheet in half horizontally with the foil on the exterior.
3. Fold one sheet in half horizontally with the foil on the interior.
4. Slide the Interior Sheet into the Exterior Sheet using the red-orange edge as a guideline.
5a. Fold the bottom corners inwards using the indicated points & red-orange edge as guides.
5b. Repeat the fold.
6. Fold the entire top flap downwards.
7. Flip it over & fold both corner flaps inwards.
8. Fold the entire bottom flap upwards.
9. Flip it over & fold both corner flaps inwards.
10. Use fingers to nudge the piece to shape.
*Press down on both sides to expand the yuan bao.
*Adjust as necessary to fluff up the yuan bao.
⇨Filmed with: iPhone 7+
⇨Edited with: Final Cut Pro X