Several formats for writing tablets
Note: In order to facilitate the naming of the tablet format below, here is an example assuming that the parents’ names are as follows:
Father’s name : Li Renfa
Mother’s name: Yang Shuying
1. The children set up memorial tablets for their fathers
The first type: There is someone of higher generation than the father in the family. (For example, if one of the grandpa, grandma, grandma, or grandpa is present) the father has taken the first step. Write "Xian" and "Kao" in front of the tablet to represent the father
Format of the tablet:
< p>Xianxiao Li Gongtao Renfafu Jun was born in Xilian positionNote: Write the names of the Yang people's children on the left side of the front of the tablet, and write the deceased
on the right side Hometown Mirror Master.
On the back of the tablet, write the time of birth and death (lunar calendar) of the deceased. This will make it easier to find the underworld and the ghost king. The tablet formats listed below are the same. No more annotations.
Second type: The father has passed away, and there are no elders living before him, but there are grandchildren
Format of tablet:
镕Kao Li Gongtao Renfafu Jun gave birth to the Xilian throne
Second, the children set up memorial tablets for their mothers
The first type: There is someone of a higher generation than the mother in the family, and the mother If you leave first,
write the word "Xian" in front of the tablet. "妣" represents mother
Ranking format:
Predecessor Li's mother Yang Ruren's maiden name Shuying was born in Xilian position
Notes:
< p>1. "Xian" dies before the person of higher generation2. "妣" represents the mother
3. "Mother Li" represents the mother of the children
4. "Yang Ruren" is a girl whose mother lives in her natal family. "Ruren"
The proper name for a child. All children are called "Ru" throughout their lives
5. "Girlfriend's name" XX is the name of the mother in her natal family when she was not married
The second type: the mother has passed away, there is no elder living above her, and there are grandchildren, who can be called "顕"
Format of tablet:
Concubine Li’s mother Yang Lian’s maiden name is Shuying and she was born in Xilian position
The third type: when the mother passed away, the husband was no longer alive (that is, the children’s father passed away before the mother) and there was no higher elder. Now, it can be called "镕", and the word "太" must be added before "Ruren" to distinguish whether the father is gone when the mother leaves. "Xian" and "镕" distinguish whether the elder is "present" or "absent".
Format of the memorial tablet:
My concubine Li’s mother, Yang Tairu, whose maiden name is Shuying, gave birth to Xilian
3. The husband writes a memorial tablet to his wife
< p>Format of tablets:The first type: the wife has given birth to children
The first wife, Li’s mother, Yang’s maiden name, Shuying, gave birth to Xilian tablet
The second Type: The wife has no children
The first wife’s maiden name is Shuying and she is Xilian
The third type: The wife writes a memorial tablet to her husband
The first wife is Yang Her maiden name is Shuying and she is born in Xilian.
4. The wife writes a memorial tablet to her husband
Format of the tablet:
My late husband, Li Gongtao, was born in Xilian. Lotus position
Note: When a wife writes a memorial tablet to her husband, she cannot call her husband "Fu Jun", but can only call her husband "Jun". Only a son can call his father "Fu Jun"
Five , Parents write memorial tablets for their children
Format of the tablet: XXX for the old man (the eldest son or the second son or the oldest son) XXX for the old daughter (the oldest son or the oldest son)
Note Ming: Parents can call their children by their first names without violating any taboo
6. Writing memorial tablets between brothers and sisters:
The first type: younger brothers and sisters write memorial tablets to their eldest brother and sister< /p>
Format:
Brother XXX
Sister XXX Second type: Brother and sister write cards to younger siblings
Format:
Dead brother XXX
Dead sister XXX cannot be called deceased brother or sister
The lotus position of the West
7. Grandchildren and granddaughters to grandparents , Grandparents' memorial tablets
The format of the tablets refers to the previous writing methods of "test" and "妣". But the title should be Rongzukao, Rongzuyi or Rongwaizukao, Xianwaizuyi.
However, this should be noted. For example, if an elderly person has a son, daughter, daughter-in-law, uncle, aunt, uncle, aunt, or aunt, it is not your turn to take charge of the affairs if (any one of them) is still alive. How do you do this? When you sign on the Yang, people will see that all the children of the old man on this tablet are dead. Do you dare?
8. Writing soul-calling flags at the memorial service site
In addition to setting up a memorial tablet for the deceased at the memorial service site, we also need to write memorial tablets for the deceased’s enemies and creditors. At the same time, It is necessary to set up another soul-calling banner for the deceased. If you don’t understand the prayer group, if the tablet is written but the soul-calling banner is not set up, his consciousness will wander around. If we write a soul-calling banner for the deceased, Wherever, his spiritual consciousness cannot escape, this works, the writing method of the soul-calling flag is basically the same as the writing method of the tablet, the writing method of the tablet is the Buddhist power of the title, which is highly recommended: Xian Kao or Qian Kao... Fu Jun Sheng Xi Zhilian (The female deceased will follow the format of the relationship between the female deceased and the Yang person.) The spirit should be summoned or tested first. Then, the righteous soul of the second position of the Fujun should be added to be reborn in the Western Paradise. It's not a lotus position, but putting it here can make his consciousness very stable and not run around, which is very important.
Tomb stand
How to write ancestor tablets
Writing ancestor tablets vary from place to place, but the format and number of words are particular, and you need to strictly abide by the zodiac formula : "When will the long road be accessible, and when will the long road return home" is written, that is, the last word of a line of big characters in the middle text should fall on the words next to (dao, far, tong, reach, far away, return) take away, according to The text arrangement of the above formula can be in cyclic order. It can be 5, 6, 8, 11, 13, 14, 17, or 18 characters, which are all considered standard. Otherwise, it is not standard, which means you don't understand, and it becomes a joke. In order to facilitate the actual operation, the following examples are given, see the picture:
This is the writing method for the tablet when the father passed away. When he died, he should write "newly passed away". After three years of "full service", a monument can be erected for him. , the erection of monuments has been a matter of generations, so the main characters in the middle of the inscriptions begin with "古", and the mother writes " therefore shows heirs" and " old children". Make a monument for the grandparents and write "old ancestor kao", "old ancestor heir", "0 male 00" (name), "0 female 000" (name), "old man" and "old child". The general number of large characters in the middle text is 13 characters for men and 14 characters for women (14 characters including the surname). There are also 17, 18, 20, and 23 characters. It means the difference between yin and yang, and the last character It should fall on the word with "walk by", which means that the road is accessible, otherwise, it will not be accessible. Some local customs and customs are based on the formula of the Little Zodiac: "life is prosperous and death is inevitable". The last word should fall on the word "生", which is auspicious.