龍重茭簡 斎壇凈壇 釋服讃材樓兩本在尾

Title of the first text: 龍重茭簡 斎壇凈壇 釋服讃材樓兩本在尾 [longzhong jiaojian zhaitan jingtan shigu zancailou liangben zaiwei].

External cover title: 龍重茭簡 斎凈壇 釋服科 讃材樓 四卷 [longzhong jiaojian zhaijingtan shiguke zancailou sijuan].

Compilation of four texts: Long zhong jiao jian, Jing tan, Shi fu and Zan cai lou. Longzhongjiaojian: 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; Jingtan: 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; Shifu:The dead become Ancestors of the house. Zan cai lou: Instructions to build and open the eyes of the house of the Ancestors for the secondary death ritual. It contains instructions so this house has everything in the three levels. It says what the new ancestors are getting as gifts and ritual payments. These gifts include the horse for the ancestors so they can freely travel the skies.

Custodial history: Private collection.

Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 29 folios.

Chinese era name (regnal year): 嘉慶七年十一月中旬啟錄.