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.
