Rituals · ST10207
Xuanjuan: Precious-Scroll Recitation
Precious-scroll tales sung from the book, a lead voice with a chorus joining, to bless and teach virtue.
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Mural guide
On a moonlit night by a canal and stone bridge, a man in a blue robe stands at a red table, raising a wooden clapper as he recites from an unrolled scroll. Two musicians play fiddle and lute, and listeners fill the benches.
Telling and singing precious scrolls from the written text at gods' birthdays, blessings, birthdays and memorial rites, one lead voice with helpers joining in