Friday 11 January 2008

Pictures of Taoist Altar Setup (道教道壇壇設)





Here are the pictures of Taoist Altar Setup.

Usually such setup cannot be seen locally but in overseas Chinese Countries. Different type of setups are mend for different Rituals/Ceremonies.

Different layers of Altars to represent different ranking/position of different Deities.

15 comments:

  1. Temperory Altar setup for Dotting Ceremony of Statues locally.(dotting4/6/13/14.jpd)

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  2. Very informative. Kudos shifu.

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  3. Shifu what sect does the priests and priestess here belongs to?

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  4. Zheng Yi Sect.

    These type of set up is the typical setup for certain Rituals/Ceremonies.

    So for you all, need to memorize and understand what is what, etc.

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  5. what subsect/school in Zheng Yi Sect Shifu?

    Yes Shifu please do teach us the order and proper procedures.

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  6. Tian Shi Zheng Yi School.

    Same as us.

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  7. Ah I see. What are the topmost three altar there is it the San Qing?

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  8. Of cos, this is the basic knowledge and basic placement, those who dont know this basic are not able to call oneself as Taoist.

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  9. then after the San Qing below them should be Yu Huang and 2 Gong Nv. The Scrolls there are ZhangTian Shi and Xuan Tian, and the four persons are the Si Yu. Am I right Shifu. The other deity there are too small too recognize but maybe San Guan?

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  10. Who are the four Yuan Shuai flanking Yu Huang Da Di? I recognize Zhao Yuan Shuai, Wang Ling Guan and Wen Qiong, am I right? who is the last one on the left of Jade Emperor? Is it Ma Tian Jun?

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  11. For Zheng Yi Setup:

    the top will be San Qing, both side Pu Hua & Tai Yi Tian Zun
    1 level lower: Yu Huang (or Si Yu), Nan Bei Dou at the sides
    1 level lower: San Guan Da Di, Xuan Tian & Tian Shi at the sides
    1 level lower: The main Deities that one temple honoured
    1 level lower: Usually for the Generals or Marshal plus Wang Ling Guan

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  12. Additional Info:

    The Zheng Yi Tian Shi School Lineage Title:
    正一天師派

    守道明仁德。
    Shou Dao Ming Ren De

    全真複太和。
    Quan Zhen Fu Tai He.

    至誠宣玉典。
    Zhi Cheng Xuan Yu Dian

    忠正演金科。
    Zhong Zheng Yan Jin Ke

    沖漢通元蘊。
    Chong Han Tong Yuan Wen

    高宏鼎大羅。
    Gao Hong Ding Da Luo

    三山愈興振。
    San Shan Yu Xing Zhen

    福海啟洪波。
    Fu Hai Qi Hong Bo

    穹窿揚妙法。
    Qiong Long Yang Miao Fa

    寰宇證仙都。
    Huan Yu Zheng Xian Du

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  13. Thanks for the information. Thank you very much. ^_^

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