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Correct name for Chinese "ouija" paper?


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"The Chinese Ouija board is a piece of yellow paper about the 3 feet by 3 feet. It has a DARK Circle with the Word "Spirit Home" in the middle of the paper. The 5,000 characters are around this Dark Circle. The pointer they used is a small size plate(dish). Black ink is used to make a tiny "arrow" on the plate. This arrow points to the character(s) to give out the answers." link

I just saw one of these in an old film (Haunted Tales). What's the correct name for it? Are there good online suppliers for this sort of cultural product besides looking on eBay?

Thanks!

Posted

From Google maybe 顯靈板 (显灵板) or 占卜板...

Do you have a picture of one?

Chaxiu

Posted

Sadly, I don't have a picture. It's as described: a fairly big piece of paper, with a black circle in the center in which is a character. Surrounding the large circle are concentric rings of other Chinese characters.

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I could be wrong. But I thought the board was 乩盘, the pointer was 乩笔, and the act of operating it is 扶乩.

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OK, it seems to be called

碟仙圖

碟仙图

die2xian1 tu2

"divination diagram"

The character at the center seems to be

ling2

"spirit"

Some pictures: one, two

Any thoughts on where to get one online?

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