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EAP791/1/23/25
- Record Id:
- 040-003706708
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003706207
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100108466825.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP791/1/23/25
- Title:
- 怗簡符吏 開啟會聖 凈壇解穢三科共一冊
- Additional Titles:
-
Zhanjian fuli kaiqi huisheng jingtan jiehui sanke gong yice
- Scope & Content:
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External cover title and title of the first text: 怗簡符吏 開啟會聖 凈壇解穢三科共一冊 [zhanjian fuli kaiqi huisheng jingtan jiehui sanke gong yice].
Instructions to send the messenger dragon to the Purgatory to wake up the dead and let them know that the secondary death ritual is taking place.Text to open the ceremony. The Tham Teang ‘original priests’ go to collect the money from the Three Celestial Banks. Bring the money from the bank to start the ceremony. The priest tao kong prepares a ‘mountain of money’ and leaves it ready for the payments at the end. Instructions to cleanse the altars in the house (‘clean the office for the deities’). They make the spirit side of the altars clean and beautiful.
Custodial history: Private collection.
Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 22 folios.
Chinese era name (regnal year): 嘉慶十一年十二月二十八日抄畢.
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- Lanten Textual Heritage
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003706207
033-003706683
040-003706708 - Is part of:
- EAP791/1 : Lanten Manuscripts from Northern Laos
EAP791/1/23 : Anonymous Collector 23
EAP791/1/23/25 : 怗簡符吏 開啟會聖 凈壇解穢三科共一冊 - Hierarchy:
- 032-003706207[0023]/033-003706683[0025]/040-003706708
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP791/1
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 48 TIFF images
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP791-1-23-25⧉ (opens in a new tab)
- Thumbnail:
- Languages:
- Chinese
- Scripts:
- Han (Traditional)
- Start Date:
- 1806
- End Date:
- 1806
- Date Range:
- 1806
- Era:
- CE
- Place of Origin:
- Northern Laos
- Access:
- User Conditions:
- Access is for research purposes only
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- Former External References:
- EAP791_MSS0478
- 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)
- Subjects:
- Death
Folklore
Rites and Ceremonies - Places:
- Laos, Asia
