character Posted October 5, 2008 at 04:13 PM Report Posted October 5, 2008 at 04:13 PM "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! Quote
chaxiu Posted October 5, 2008 at 04:49 PM Report Posted October 5, 2008 at 04:49 PM From Google maybe 顯靈板 (显灵板) or 占卜板... Do you have a picture of one? Chaxiu Quote
character Posted October 5, 2008 at 09:00 PM Author Report Posted October 5, 2008 at 09:00 PM 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. Quote
rob07 Posted October 6, 2008 at 12:59 AM Report Posted October 6, 2008 at 12:59 AM 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. Quote
character Posted October 14, 2008 at 01:09 AM Author Report Posted October 14, 2008 at 01:09 AM Part of the "ouija" paper can be seen as the background image in the upper left of the Haunted Tales VCD cover: (click vcd cover for larger) Quote
character Posted October 18, 2008 at 01:49 PM Author Report Posted October 18, 2008 at 01:49 PM OK, it seems to be called 碟仙圖 碟仙图 die2xian1 tu2 "divination diagram" The character at the center seems to be 靈 灵 ling2 "spirit" Some pictures: one, two Any thoughts on where to get one online? Quote
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