If someone in the family becomes ill, elderly Chinese first check whether the ancestral tablet had caused the ancestors to be displeased by being awry or short of offerings.
在老一輩的觀念中，家裡有人生病，先要到祖宗牌位前「問筶」，看是不是牌位不正、奉養不恭，惹得祖先不高興，才降禍子孫。