Date
Aug 31
Time
Announced Programme
22:00
Sept. 1
7:00
morning lesson and
Kaiko" WANA
Table 1. Time Table
pre-offering 前传施戰鬼
Observed Programme
Inviting the gods
night ritual
pre-offering
morning ritual 1
morning ritual 2
Time
15:00
20:00-20:45
22:00-22:40
7:00- 7:20
10:00-10:30
15:00
afternoon Kaiko
15:00-15:50
and Reporting NAJLA
ritual and prayer for
reincarnation
15:50-16:10
Reporting
18:00
night lesson and
20:00-20:45
night ritual
repentance 晚課拜懺
20:00-22:00
movie
22:00
the great offering 大拖能鬼
10:10-11:00
the great offering
Sept. 2
7:00
morning lesson and
7:00-7:20
morning ritual
[
kaiko朝課间间
10:00-10:25
morning ritual 2
15:00
afternoon kaiko, FEMA
15:00-16:15
Lantern floating
Reporting and lÆSLA
16:20-16:40
Reporting
Lantern floating
18:00
night lesson and
20:00-20.45
night ordinance and
repentance 晚課拜懺
repentance
22:00
the great offering R
20:00-22:00
22:10-23:00
movie
the great offering
Sept. 3
7:00
morning lesson and
7:00- 7:20
morning ritual 1
kaiko悯課川河
10:00-10:20
morning ritual 2
15:00
afternoon kaiko and Reporting
14:30-15:00
FOR
FRASILA
15:00-15:15
afternoon reincarnation
Reporting
18:00
night lesson and
20:00-21:00
night repentance
repentance #
20:00-21:45
22:00
the great offering AAMUE
22:00-23:55
Sept. 4
0:00- 0:40
7:00
Late Kaiko
H
10:50-11:05
11:10-11:15
movie
the great offering
Burning
Thank the Temple Gods
Thank Heaven
11:20-11:25
15:00
* = in Japanese, means reincarnation through praying
Offering to the late
and handicapped ghosts. Feast.
+
IL.
the prayer book for the offerings is 瑜伽燄口科怆 reincarnation it is A LAKE
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for the ritual and
According to the priests, the morning and night rituals are their normal daily rituals in the temple ( Wat ), only the 'Offering', the 'Reporting', the 'Lantern Floating', and the three rituals on the last day were performed specially for the Festival. During the night rituals, after reciting charms and presenting in-
cense sticks to the altar of Heaven-and-Earth (T’ien Di T'an AM), all the priests, except one who kept on striking a drum 天地壇
in the Tao Ch'ang area, walked through the whole festival area. At the same time, the main priest bowed to every object of worship."
After returning to the Tao Ch'ang area and purifying a small dish