D. Usage of Ceremonial items
When and where
Ceremonial items involved
First, second and third sounding of the drum
Large bell and large drum.
Ceremonial attendants attend to their respective duties
Sandalwood incense powder, incense burner, two pairs of candles, six butter lamps and lighters.
Ceremonial Supervisor’s position
90cm x 90cm square of red carpet.
Assistant Officers’ positions
90cm wide red carpet with the length based on the number of people.
Principal’s position
90cm x 90cm square of red carpet.
Washarea
Large earthenware jar, basin, ladle, ladle tray, towel, towel tray and water.
Lighting the firecrackers
Firecrackers and lighter or sound system, firecracker sound files and speakers.
Reception for theancestral spirits
Drum, bells, orchestra, lantern, lantern stand, fan, fan stand, parasol, parasol stand.
Presentation ofthe food offerings
Bell, orchestra, offerings and associated utensils.
Presentation of the incense
Drum, bell, orchestra, incense burner, incense labeled with red paper, incense tray and lighter.
Presentation of the Principal Presentations
Drum, bell, orchestra, bronze wine vessel. Add silk and the silk tray for the Initial Principal Presentation.
Place of the wine
Jar, jar tray, ladle, ladle tray, three bronze wine vessels, cloth cover and potable water.
Reading the Ancestral Remembrance Service Reading
The AncestralRemembrance Service Readingand a tray for it.
Consuming the ceremonial offerings
Bronze wine vessel, offering (eg vegetarian turnip cake) and anofferingtray.
Carrying the silk to the incineration area
Drum, bell,orchestra, the Reading, silk, silk tray, burner, paper money, lighter.
Memorial tablets
Memorial tablets for the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, and the Chinese ancestors of ten-thousand family names.
Offerings
Lamps, flowers, fruit, azuki red beans, green beans, black beans, soybeans, kidney beans, job’s tear grain, pearl barley, black wood ear fungus, white wood ear fungus, orange day-lily, white rice, barley, wheat, pistachio nuts, corn, sorghum, almonds, peanuts,millet seed, walnuts, cashew nuts, buckwheat, etc. The above are equally appropriate.There is no need to use all of the above so just purchase according to one’s particular circumstances.