External cover title and title of the first text: 壹本煉度科 [yiben liandu ke].
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 38 folios.
Chinese era name (regnal year): 中華民國三十二年癸未歲五月初一日抄完.
