The longevity tablet is a tablet used to pray for blessings and longevity for a benefactor. The longevity tablet is not a spiritual tablet, but a tablet set up for a living person. The purpose is to appreciate his kindness and pray for his happiness and longevity.
In the past, there were many longevity cards, but now few people have heard of them, and there are also very few in the collecting community.
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A tablet, also known as a spiritual tablet, a spiritual tablet, a sacred tablet, a divine tablet, etc., refers to a place where the name and title of the deceased are written, or where gods, Buddhists, ancestors, and emperors are written. Names, titles, temple names and other contents are used as wooden plaques for people to pay homage to.
According to our country's traditional folk customs, after a person dies, his family must make a memorial tablet for him as a resting place for the soul of the deceased after leaving the body. There are no fixed rules for the size and shape of the tablets. They are generally made of wooden boards and are rectangular in shape with a base underneath to facilitate standing on the table. When writing tablets, in ancient times, the old Song style (the strokes are vertically thick and horizontally thin) was usually written vertically from top to bottom. In modern times, block letters, official script, Wei stele, and other fonts are often used to show solemnity and solemnity. Throughout the ages, tablets have been widely used among the people to commemorate deceased relatives and gods (referring to the gods of heaven and earth), Buddhism, Taoism, ancestors and other activities.