Title of the first text: 関告會聖敕壇淨 [guangao huisheng chitan jing ]. External cover title: 一本齋醮敕壇関告會聖淨壇科 [yiben zhaijiao chitan guangao huisheng jingtan ke ]. Text to open the ceremony. The Tham Teang ‘original priests’ go to collect the money from the Three Celestial Banks. Extent and format of...
Title of the first text: 齋引朝科 [zhai yinzhao ke]. External cover title: 一本齋醮引朝科 [yiben zhaijiao yinzhao ke ]. Instructions about holding the audiences with the gods. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 太歲乙未年二月初四底畢. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Two plausible dates: 189...
Title of the first text: 設醮飛章科 [shejiao feizhang ke]. External cover title: 說醮飛章科 [shuojiao feizhang ke ]. Ceremony to set up the altar, hold an offering for the gods, and to send up a petition to heaven, ensuring the fortune of the host. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 68...
External cover title and title of the first text: 宿啟科 [suqi ke ]. Ceremony to announce various gods in advance (namely Suqi), as a preparation period of the whole ritual. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 太歲乙未年正月初八底畢. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Two plausible dates...
External cover title and title of the first text: 安龍科 [anlong ke ]. Ceremony to fix and improve the cemetery for the ancestors. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 太歲丙申年底畢. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Two plausible dates: 1896 / 1956. Extent and format of original m...
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 良緣齋醮秘語一冊 [Liangyuan zhaijiao miyu yice]. Miscellaneous instructions about different kinds of rituals, including open the eyes. Extent and format of original material: 1 vo...
Title of the first text: 邙秘語 [wang miyu]. External cover title: 一本邙秘語天機 [yiben wang miyu tianji ]. Instructions about various details in the retreat for the deceased and the ceremony in the funeral. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 太歲甲辰年夾大?子月十四日院申時終畢. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or...
External cover title: 一本救患按龍秘語 [yiben jiuhuan anlong miyu ]. Miscellaneous instructions of exorcistic healing rituals and visualization practices; Magic to send the dragons to fix the graves in the cemetery and to protect the graves. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 150 foli...
External cover title: 一本齋醮秘語 [yiben zhaijiao miyu ]. Miscellaneous instructions about exorcist skills, therapist skills and other magics. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 200 folios.
Title of the first text: 一本度亡喪家秘語 [yben duwang sangjia miyu ]. External cover title: 一本道家喪塲秘語 [yiben daojia sangshang miyu ]. Instructions about details in the retreat for the deceased and the ceremony in the funeral. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 140 folios. Date(s) cl...