External cover title: 說醮在頭 飛章在中 送聖三獻在尾 共一本 [shuojiao zaitou feizhang zai zhong songsheng sanxian zaiwei gongyigen ]. Ceremony to set up an altar, hold an offering for the gods, and to send up a petition to heaven, ensuring the fortune of the host; and offering flowers and wine, etc. several tim...
External cover title: 一本醮関告科在頭 齋怗簡在尾 [yiben zhai guangao ke zai tou zhai zhanjian zaiwei ]. Text with instructions to open the ceremony. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 太歲壬戌年六月十九日午時終畢(太歲庚年辰八月十三日到十六日午時抄出完). Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Two plausible dates: 1922 / 1...
External cover title: 敕壇在頭 會聖在尾 科共本 [chitan zaitou huisheng zaiwei ke gongben ]. Text to open the ceremony. The Tham Teang ‘original priests’ go to collect the money from the Three Celestial Banks. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 太歲丁卯年七月廿五日抄完. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-year...
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: 一本清醮演朝科 [yiben qingjiao yanzhao ke ]. Ceremony to hold an audience with the gods, for the sake of the deceased; including morning and noon audiances. Exte...
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: 一本迓王科 [yiben yawang ke ]. Instructions to organize the food for the dead in the Purgatory. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 56 folios. ...
External cover title: 一本伸斗科 [yiben shendou ke ]. Ceremony for the ‘old people’. Basic ceremony to introduce them to the deities of the elders. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 太歲庚辰年八月初二日辰時抄完. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Two plausible dates: 1940 / 2000. Extent an...
External cover title: 一煉度 二給從人 三材樓契 四從人契 五馬契 科共本 [yi liandu er geicongren san cailouqi si congrenqi wu maqi ke gongben ]. Liandu: Instructions to break the Gates of Purgatory. Cailou:Instructions to build and open the eyes of the house of the Ancestors for the secondary death ritual. Date(s) c...
External cover title: 一本笠旛茭簡破獄科共本 [yiben lifan jiaojian poyu ke gongben ]. Instructions to break the Gates of Purgatory. Send the Five Armies and Keau Hu Man to attack the underworld and collect the dead. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 太歲庚辰年六月二十一日未時抄完. Calendar note: Stem-branches system ...
External cover title: 齋醮神目科 [zhaijiao shenmu ke ]. Instructions to invite all spirits to join the ceremony. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 60 folios.
External cover title: 延生貢王救苦宿啟科共一本 [yansheng gongwang jiuku suqi ke gongyiben ]. Ceremony to announce various gods in advance (namely Suqi), as a preparation period of the whole ritual. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 太歲壬戌年六月中旬十六日申時完畢. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle:...