Spirit tablet

Transcriptions
Spirit tablet
	Spirit tablets for ancestors in Hong Kong
Chinese name
Chinese	神主牌
Literal meaning	spirit master sign
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	shen2 zhu3 pai2
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	sàhn jyú pàaih
Jyutping	san4 zyu2 paai4
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ	sîn-chú-pâi
Alternative Chinese name
Chinese	神位
Literal meaning	spirit seat
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	shen2 wei4
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	sàhn waih
Jyutping	san4 wai6
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ	sîn-ūi
Second alternative Chinese name
Chinese	神牌
Literal meaning	spirit sign
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	shen2 pai2
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	sàhn pàaih
Jyutping	san4 paai4
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ	sîn-pâi
Korean name
Hangul	1. 위패; 2. 신위
Hanja	1. 位牌; 2. 神位
Revised Romanization
Transcriptions
Revised Romanization	1. wipae; 2.shinwi
Japanese name
Kanji	位牌

A spirit tablet,^[1] is a sign used to honor an ancestor or a deity. The name of the deity or past ancestor is usually inscribed onto the tablet. They originated in China and are common across the East Asian cultural sphere. Spirit tablets are commonly seen in temples, shrines, and household altars throughout China and Taiwan.^[2]

References change

↑ Li, Xiaoxiang; Fu, Chunjiang; Goh, Geraldine (2004). Origins of Chinese people and customs (Revised ed.). Singapore: Asiapac Books. p. 130. ISBN 978-981-229-384-8. ancestral tablet^{[permanent dead link]}
↑ "Ancestors and Deities: Chinese Spirit Tablets". Museum of Anthropology. University of Missouri. Retrieved 19 September 2011.

[1] Li, Xiaoxiang; Fu, Chunjiang; Goh, Geraldine (2004). Origins of Chinese people and customs (Revised ed.). Singapore: Asiapac Books. p. 130. ISBN 978-981-229-384-8. ancestral tablet^{[permanent dead link]}

[2] "Ancestors and Deities: Chinese Spirit Tablets". Museum of Anthropology. University of Missouri. Retrieved 19 September 2011.

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