External cover title and title of the first text: 化依科 [huayi ke ]. Small ceremony to make clothes for the ancestors, especially for the new/recent ancestors. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 任子年六月初六完. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Two plausible dates: 1912 / 1972. ...
External cover title and title of the first text: 一本日午燈延 安龍解冤秘語 [yiben riwu dengyan anlong jieyuan miyu]. 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. “Thi...
External cover title and title of the first text: 伸斗按龍解冤救患秘語一本 [shendou anlong jieyuan jiuhuan miyu yiben ]. Compilation of three texts: An long, Shen dou and Jie yuan. An long: Ceremony to fix and improve the cemetery for the ancestors; Shen dou: First ceremony for the ‘old people’ (in their f...
