Glossary
Lucky activities, clashes, lucky hours and solar terms, explained in plain English
- Offering rites祭祀
- Praying for blessings祈福
- Praying for children求嗣
- Consecrating a statue開光
- Sculpting and painting塑繪
- Daoist rites齋醮
- Daoist rites齋醮
- Ritual bathing沐浴
- Thanking the gods酬神
- Building a temple造廟
- Kitchen God offerings祀灶
- Burning incense焚香
- Thanking the Earth God謝土
- Moving out the altar出火
- Carving雕刻
- Weddings嫁娶
- Engagement訂婚
- Sending betrothal gifts納采
- Exchanging birth details問名
- Welcoming a son-in-law納婿
- Visiting the bride's family歸寧
- Placing the bed安床
- Hanging bed curtains合帳
- Coming-of-age rites冠笄
- Betrothal pact訂盟
- Adding to the household進人口
- Tailoring clothes裁衣
- Face threading挽面
- Facial grooming開容
- Repairing a tomb修墳
- Exhuming remains啟攢
- Breaking ground for burials破土
- Burial安葬
- Setting up a gravestone立碑
- Putting on mourning dress成服
- Ending the mourning period除服
- Preparing a future grave開生墳
- Preparing a coffin in advance合壽木
- Encoffining入殮
- Moving a coffin移柩
- Offerings to wandering spirits普渡
- Moving into a new home入宅
- Setting up the family altar安香
- Installing the front door安門
- Construction and repairs修造
- Laying a foundation起基
- Breaking ground動土
- Raising a roof beam上梁
- Raising pillars豎柱
- Digging wells and ponds開井開池
- Building dikes and releasing water作陂放水
- Dismantling拆卸
- Demolishing a house破屋
- Tearing down walls壞垣
- Mending walls補垣
- Cutting timber for beams伐木做梁
- Building a kitchen stove作灶
- Cleansing rites解除
- Cutting mortises in pillars開柱眼
- Assembling screens and frames穿屏扇架
- Roofing and closing the ridge蓋屋合脊
- Building a toilet開廁
- Building a granary造倉
- Sealing holes塞穴
- Leveling a road平治道塗
- Building a bridge造橋
- Building a toilet作廁
- Building dikes築堤
- Digging a pond開池
- Felling trees伐木
- Digging channels開渠
- Digging a well掘井
- House cleaning掃舍
- Releasing water放水
- Building a house造屋
- Closing the roof ridge合脊
- Building livestock pens造畜稠
- Repairing a door修門
- Setting pillar bases定磉
- Making beams作梁
- Finishing walls修飾垣牆
- Setting up scaffolding架馬
- Opening a business開市
- Hanging a plaque掛匾
- Receiving money納財
- Seeking wealth求財
- Opening a storehouse開倉
- Buying a vehicle買車
- Buying property置產
- Hiring staff僱傭
- Shipping goods出貨財
- Installing machinery安機械
- Building vehicles造車器
- Setting up looms經絡
- Brewing醞釀
- Dyeing fabric作染
- Casting metal鼓鑄
- Building a boat造船
- Harvesting honey割蜜
- Planting栽種
- Fishing取漁
- Weaving nets結網
- Raising livestock牧養
- Installing millstones安碓磑
- Learning a craft習藝
- Starting school入學
- Getting a haircut理髮
- Visiting the sick探病
- Meeting important people見貴
- Traveling by boat乘船
- Crossing rivers渡水
- Acupuncture針灸
- Travel出行
- Relocating移徙
- Dividing a household分居
- Shaving the head剃頭
- Trimming nails整手足甲
- Bringing in livestock納畜
- Catching pests捕捉
- Hunting畋獵
- Training cattle and horses教牛馬
- Meeting friends and family會親友
- Taking up a new post赴任
- Seeking medical care求醫
- Medical treatment治病
- Lawsuits詞訟
- Groundbreaking and foundations起基動土
- Tearing down houses and walls破屋壞垣
- Roofing a house蓋屋
- Building a warehouse造倉庫
- Signing contracts and trading立券交易
- Business deals交易
- Signing a contract立券
- Installing machinery安機
- Meeting friends會友
- Seeking medical treatment求醫療病
- Avoid major activities諸事不宜
- Avoid other activities餘事勿取
- Funeral rites行喪
- Ant control斷蟻
- Returning to shelter歸岫
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