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& ChukmunSpirit tablet for the rite
PhotoHD/Restore Memorial
VideoAI Motion Tribute
Video3-5min Slideshow Pet
MemorialAI Portrait Pet
FarewellWhat the law allows GraceNote
Occasion WriterObituary/Invite/Thanks StoryKeep
Parents' WordsFree Questions & Memoir Will
CheckFree · 5 requirements Sangju
GuideWhat to do, and by when Belongings
GuideWhat not to throw away Jibang
& ChukmunSpirit tablet for the rite
Write the jibang, correctly. FREE
Pick the relation and we compose the full text with its Korean reading — ready to copy or print at the traditional 6 x 22 cm size.
Father’s jibang
顯考學生府君神位
Reading
현고 학생 부군 신위
Korean reading of the hanja. Meaning: late father · held no official post · honoured male ancestor · seat of the spirit
Korean reading of the hanja. Meaning: late father · held no official post · honoured male ancestor · seat of the spirit
A4 white paper is fine. Print at 100% scale (no "fit to page").
What each part means
· 顯考(현고) — refers to your father. 顯(현) is an honorific added for a deceased elder.
· 學生 — held no official post
· 府君(부군) — used for male ancestors.
· 神位(신위) — the seat of the spirit.
Written vertically, right to left, in a single column. One tablet per person; for a couple, the husband goes on the right.
· 顯考(현고) — refers to your father. 顯(현) is an honorific added for a deceased elder.
· 學生 — held no official post
· 府君(부군) — used for male ancestors.
· 神位(신위) — the seat of the spirit.
Written vertically, right to left, in a single column. One tablet per person; for a couple, the husband goes on the right.
📜 The chukmun (祝文): its opening line needs three sexagenary cycles — the year, the first day of that lunar month, and the day of the rite. The lunar-month one cannot be worked out without a full lunar calendar, which is why most examples leave it blank. We have that table, so we fill it in. First use is free.
How to set the table FREE
Spirit tablet (jibang) — north
Row 1 (tablet side)
Spoon and chopsticks bowl (시접)Wine cup on saucer (잔반)Rice (메)Soup (갱)
반서갱동 (飯西羹東) — rice goes on the west (left), soup on the east (right). Taking the jibang as the reference, the left is west.
Row 2
Grilled fish (어적)Grilled meat (육적)Grilled tofu or vegetables (소적)
어동육서 (魚東肉西) — fish on the east, meat on the west. Place the fish with its head facing east (두동미서).
Row 3
Soups, tang (탕: meat 육탕 · tofu/vegetable 소탕 · fish 어탕)
By custom, tang is served in odd numbers (3 or 5 kinds).
Row 4
Dried fish or octopus (포: 북어·문어)Seasoned vegetables (나물)Kimchi (침채)Sweet rice drink (식혜)
좌포우혜 (左脯右醯) — the dried fish (포) goes at the far left, the sikhye (식혜) at the far right.
Row 5 (officiant side)
Jujubes (대추)Chestnuts (밤)Persimmons (감, or dried 곶감)Pears (배)Apples (사과)Traditional sweets (한과)
조율이시 (棗栗梨枾) — place them in the order jujube, chestnut, pear, persimmon. Many families also follow 홍동백서 (紅東白西): red fruit on the east, white fruit on the west.
Officiant stands here — south
Foods traditionally left out
· By custom, peaches and fish whose names end in "치" (chi), such as 삼치 (Spanish mackerel), 갈치 (hairtail) and 꽁치 (saury), are not served.
· Red pepper powder and garlic seasoning are not used. For kimchi, white kimchi (백김치) is used.
· Red beans (팥) are not used because they are red; rice cakes are coated with a white coating (흰 고물).
· By custom, the number of dishes is kept odd.
Customs differ by region and family. Yours is not wrong — follow what your family has done.
· By custom, peaches and fish whose names end in "치" (chi), such as 삼치 (Spanish mackerel), 갈치 (hairtail) and 꽁치 (saury), are not served.
· Red pepper powder and garlic seasoning are not used. For kimchi, white kimchi (백김치) is used.
· Red beans (팥) are not used because they are red; rice cakes are coated with a white coating (흰 고물).
· By custom, the number of dishes is kept odd.
Customs differ by region and family. Yours is not wrong — follow what your family has done.