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EAP791/1/17/2
- Record Id:
- 040-003706516
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003706207
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100108466607.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP791/1/17/2
- Title:
- 壹本破獄煉度茭龍科
- Additional Titles:
-
Yiben poyu liandu jiaolong ke
- Scope & Content:
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External cover title and title of the first text: 壹本破獄煉度茭龍科 [yiben poyu liandu jiaolong ke].
Compilation of three texts: Poyu, Jiaojian and Liandu Mi. Poyu: instructions to break the Gates of Purgatory. Send the Five Armies and Keau Hu Man to attack the Underworld and collect the dead. Jiaojian: Instructions to send the messenger dragon to Purgatory to wake up the dead and let them know that the secondary death ritual is taking place. Instructions to purify/cleanse the bodies of the ancestors once they have been rescued from the Purgatory during the second death ritual. Last part of this ceremony in which they had been rescued and can join the ancestors’ tablet. The dead are bathed, get new clothes and are fed. They become official ancestors.
Custodial history: Private collection.
Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 52 folios.
Chinese era name (regnal year): 太歲？丁亥年七月二十三日抄完.
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- Lanten Textual Heritage
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003706207
033-003706514
040-003706516 - Is part of:
- EAP791/1 : Lanten Manuscripts from Northern Laos
EAP791/1/17 : Anonymous Collector 17
EAP791/1/17/2 : 壹本破獄煉度茭龍科 - Hierarchy:
- 032-003706207[0017]/033-003706514[0002]/040-003706516
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP791/1
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 32 TIFF images
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP791-1-17-2 (opens in a new tab)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Chinese
- Scripts:
- Han (Traditional)
- Start Date:
- 1900
- End Date:
- 1999
- Date Range:
- 20th century
- Era:
- CE
- Place of Origin:
- Northern Laos
- Access:
- User Conditions:
- Access is for research purposes only
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- Former External References:
- EAP791_MSS292
- Information About Originals:
- The original material is located in a private collection in Northern Laos.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)