spirit tablet

A spirit tablet is not the same as an idol.

Spirit tablet - a spiritual home in your house for ancestor spirits.

It is here that the soul or spirit tablets of clan members are kept and venerated.

May, a film producer's assistant, finds a spirit tablet in an outdoor filming location.

Sitting on the altar are three spirit tablets and three funeral banners.

A spirit tablet acts as an effigy of a specific deity or ancestor.

Spirit tablets are traditional ritual objects commonly seen in temples, shrines, and household altars throughout China.

Spirit tablets.

Ancestral Hall is the representative building of a clan with a lot of spirit tablet worshiping ancestors according to their positions in the family hierarchy.

The central hall worships the statue of Koxinga as well as the spirit tablets of each generation of ancestors.

However, it did come with some negative connotations, being called a "fake spirit-marriage", or referred to as "marrying a spirit tablet", and a way to avoid marriage.

The spirit tablets of the Joseon kings and queens are in Jongmyo, but their tombs are scattered all around Seoul.

Spirit tablets are found not just amongst the Chinese but in other East Asian cultures, such as Japan, Korea and Vietnam.

With origins in traditional Chinese culture, the spirit tablet is a common sight in many East Asian countries where any form of ancestor veneration is practiced.

In Taoism, spirit tablets are often used for the spirits ancestors and sometimes such tablets are found under deities, which represent the enclosed spirit of the deity.

The sinologists Eduard Erkes and Bernhard Karlgren debated this Chuci usage of shi "corpse; spirit tablet".

The officials thus suggested that she be buried in the outer perimeters of his tomb Jingling (景陵) and that her spirit tablet not be placed inside his temple.

A spirit tablet, memorial tablet, or ancestral tablet, is a placard used to designate the seat of a deity or past ancestor as well as to enclose it.

In Korean culture, spirit tablets are of great importance in ancestral rites called jesa, as they are the centerpieces of food offerings and represent the spiritual presence of the deceased.

Robert Morrison explains the spirit tablet as follows in his Dictionary (1820)' 'Incense is burnt before it, and a sort of worship paid to it morning and evening for forty'nine days.

The following day, Ming goes to Yellow Hill Village, now abandoned and ruined, and sees a spirit tablet in the temple, with the name "Cho Yan-may" inscribed on it.

Hawkes justifies translating "corpse": "According to some accounts it was the 'spirit tablet' of his dead father [King Wen] which King Wu carried in his chariot to battle.

A spirit tablet is often used for deities and ancestors, with shrines found in households or in temples, where there are specific rooms for individual spirit tablets for ancestors.

Typically there are at least four altars: one with Sahng-jeh-nim's portrait, another with Tae-mo-nim's portrait, one representing a local terrestrial spirit, and one enshrining the spirit tablets of the practitioner's ancestors.

In 1530, it was decided that all existing images of Confucius should be replaced with spirit tablets in imperial temples in the capital and other bureaucratic locations, although many modern Confucian temples do feature statues.