External cover title: 謝王化依科 [xiewang huayi ke ]. Secondary death ritual combined with huayi ‘making clothes.’ Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 太歲庚申年三月下盡廿九日申時抄完. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Two plausible dates: 1920 / 1980. Extent and format of original material: ...
Title of the first text: 壹本邙大齋邙金語 二本天娘邙蠻語雜法在內 [yiben wang dazhai wang jinyu erben tianniang wangmanyu zafa zainei]. External cover title: 壹本齋邙大邙金語 [yiben zhaiwang dawang jinyu ]. Instructions about various details in the retreat for the deceased and the ceremony in the funeral. Extent and for...
Title of the first text: 小集求花秘語 [xiaoji qiuhua miyu ]. External cover title: 求花語壹本 [qiuhuayu yiben ]. Miscellaneous instructions about exorcist skills, therapist skills and other magics. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 48 folios. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 先?二年八月中...
External cover title and title of the first text: 開山科 [kaishan ke ]. Instructions to “open the forest” so a new village can be built. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 98 folios. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 光緒三拾歲甲辰年八月上旬終畢.
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 宿啟 說醮 [Suqi shuojiao]. Suqi: Ceremony to announce various gods in advance (namely Suqi), as a preparation period of the whole ritual. Shejiao: Ceremony to hold an offering ...
Title of the first text: 壹本?斈彙字全 [yiben ?xue huizi quan ]. External cover title: 壹?斈彙字金 [yi ? xuelei zijin ]. A dictionary of some comprehensive Chinese words seem to be used in the ritual texts. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 38 folios. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript...
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: 㾺瘋秘語一本 [mafeng miyu yiben]. Instructions to treat disease created by the flying-work known as Ma Phon. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of...
Title of the first text: 諸百解禁盆 [zhu baijie jinpen]. External cover title: 雜諸百解共禁盆一本秘 [zazhu baijie gong jinpen yiben mi]. Miscellaneous instructions about exorcist skills, therapist skills and other magics. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 104 folios. Date(s) claimed in th...
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: 帝母橋始(臺) 盤皇科在尾 盤皇歌唱 [dimu qiaotai panhuang ke zaiwei panhuang gechang ]. Librettos about the merits to hold retreats, including the description of the work ...
Title of the first text: 諸秘語壹本 [zhu miyu yiben ]. External cover title: 集秘語百界 [ji miyu baijie ]. Miscellaneous instructions about exorcist skills, therapist skills and other magics. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 146 folios. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 咸豐拾年庚申歲肆月念壹...