This manuscript has no internal cover title for the first text. The given title is for the title on the outer cover. External cover title: 一本宿啟科 [yiben suqi ke ]. Ceremony to announce various gods in advance (namely Suqi), as a preparation period of the whole ritual. Extent and format of orig...
External cover title: 按龍科 [anlong ke ]. Ceremony to fix and improve the cemetery for the ancestors. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 58 folios.
Title of the first text: 壹本小橋台科 [yiben xiao qiaotai ke ]. External cover title: 一本小橋台 [yiben xiao qiaotai ]. Instructions to build an ‘earth bridge’ for Tai Mu. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 太歲戊子年七月初三日酉完畢. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Two plausible dates: 1828 ...
External cover title: 一本迓王科 [yiben yawang ke ]. Instructions to organize the food for the dead in the Purgatory. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 太歲癸亥年五月二十四日. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Two plausible dates: 1923 / 1983. Extent and format of original material: 1 ...
Title of the first text: 中卷南靈科 [zhongjuan nanling ke ]. External cover title: 南靈科 [nanling ke ]. Instructions to lead the Keau Hu Man to bring the particular dead – by names - from the Purgatory to the ceremony/house. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 90 folios.
Title of the first text: 飛章科 十方懺悔 共壹本 [feizhangke shifang chanhui gong yiben ]. External cover title: 飛章科 十方懺悔共壹本 [feizhang ke shifang canhui gong yiben ]. The ritual of sending up a petition to heaven.The ceremony of making confession. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 56 f...
External cover title: 一本救患科 [yiben jiuhuan ke ]. The story of all the deities. It is chanted to invite the deities into the house/altar: It serves to announce them to the public and to call them to join the ceremony at the same time. “This is you, this is your story, listen to it, come to join ...
External cover title: 一本大獻供接聖 [yiben daxiangong jiesheng ]. Instruction to direct all Celestial deities invited to the ceremony to occupy their seats at the main altar and provide an offering for the gods, with a common form. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 60 folios.
Title of the first text: 齋関告敕壇會聖科 [zhai guangao chitan huisheng ke ]. External cover title: 大関科 [da guan 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 original material: 1 volume of 66 folios.
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: [南昌科] [[nanchang ke]]. Nanchang:Compilation of talismans which are used in the ritual. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 32 folios.