What is Spirit tablet?
{{Infobox Chinese | pic = YuKiuAncestralHall06.jpg | piccap = Spirit tablets for ancestors in Hong Kong | c = 神主牌 | j = san4 zyu2 paai4 | y = sàhn jyú pàaih | p = shen2 zhu3 pai2 | poj = sîn-chú-pâi | l = spirit master sign | kanji = 位牌 | hepburn = ihai | hangul = 1. 위패<br>2. 신위 | hanja = 1. 位牌<br>2. 神位 | rr = 1. wipae<br>2.shinwi | c2 = 神位 | j2 = san4 wai6 | y2 = sàhn waih | p2 = shen2 wei4 | poj2 = sîn-ūi | l2 = spirit seat | c3 = 神牌 | j3 = san4 paai4 | y3 = sàhn pàaih | p3 = shen2 pai2 | poj3 = sîn-pâi | l3 = spirit sign }} A '''spirit tablet''',<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l0R59sYWaCoC|title=Origins of Chinese people and customs|last=Li|first=Xiaoxiang|last2=Fu, Chunjiang|last3=Goh, Geraldine|publisher=Asiapac Books|year=2004|isbn=978-981-229-384-8|edition=Revised|location=Singapore|page=130|quote=ancestral tablet}}{{Dead link|date=February 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> is a [[Placard|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]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ancestors and Deities: Chinese Spirit Tablets|url=http://anthromuseum.missouri.edu/minigalleries/chinesespirittablets/intro.shtml|access-date=19 September 2011|website=Museum of Anthropology|publisher=University of Missouri|archive-date=13 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161013032426/https://anthromuseum.missouri.edu/minigalleries/chinesespirittablets/intro.shtml|url-status=dead}}</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} {{Religious Confucianism}} [[Category:Religious Confucianism]]