Description
Everything the base tier does, plus the part you can hear. The paper is the same two hundred notes, and the road-opening passport goes in first. What changes is what happens around them: the altar gets dressed, the incense gets lit, and the monk says the name out loud while it burns.
What $33 adds over $12.94
- Passport notes first (路引) — three sheets of road-opening paper burned ahead of the money, so the way is clear before the notes arrive. The same sheet that sells on its own at $7.95, folded into the sequence rather than bought separately.
- Three offerings on the altar — fruit, cakes, and wine, laid out before the petition is read.
- Three sticks of incense — lit in your name. Not a share of a bundle, a set that is yours.
- Chanting (唱福音) — the duty monk reads your petition aloud and chants the blessing over it. This is the 福音 the product is named after, and it is the one thing a photo cannot show you.
- The full ritual on video — a longer cut, altar to furnace, instead of just the flames.
Gift: a hand-painted talisman
- A Five Elements talisman rides along free — hand-painted 福 character on fired enamel, brass frame, the color matched to your birth year’s element. $29.99 on its own; with Pro it is included.
- How we match it — put the birth year in the checkout field marked “Birth year (for the talisman)” — yours, or the person you are burning for. We count the year from 立春, not January 1, and tell you which element we picked and why.
Still included, unchanged: 100 USD notes, 100 traditional notes, the hand-written petition sealed in cinnabar, the petition photo, the ash photo, five days. The passport notes are the only thing added to the paper count — Pro burns 203 sheets, not 200.
If the name on the paper matters more than the size of the pile, this is where you stop. If you are burning for more than one ancestor, or you want the paper back in your hands, go up one more.
Four tiers, one furnace
Same temple, same monk, same paper. What changes is how much burns, how many names, and how much of it you get back.
- What goes in
- ✓100 USD ancestor notes
- ✓100 traditional joss notes
- ✓Petition (疏文) written by hand, sealed in cinnabar
- –No passport notes (路引)
- At the temple
- ✓Burned at the Eastern Peak temple
- ✓30–60s video from the furnace
- ✓Petition photo + ash photo
- –No offerings on the altar
- –No incense, no chanting
- –No talisman included
- Turnaround
- ✓5 days
- What goes in
- ✓100 USD ancestor notes
- ✓100 traditional joss notes
- ✓Petition (疏文) written by hand, sealed in cinnabar
- ✓Passport notes (路引) — three sheets, burned first to open the road
- At the temple
- ✓Everything in Tier 1, plus:
- ✓Three offerings laid on the altar — fruit, cakes, wine
- ✓Three sticks of incense lit in your name
- ✓Duty monk chants the blessing (唱福音) over the petition
- ✓Longer video — the whole ritual, not just the furnace
- Gift included
- ✓Hand-painted Five Elements talisman, matched to your birth year
- Turnaround
- ✓5 days
- What goes in
- ✓200 USD ancestor notes — double
- ✓200 traditional joss notes — double
- ✓Three separate petitions — one per ancestor you name
- At the temple
- ✓Everything in Tier 2, plus:
- ✓Date chosen by the almanac (择吉日), not batch day
- ✓Full spread of offerings — three meats, five fruits
- ✓Extended chanting, one petition at a time
- ✓60–90s uncut video of the full sequence
- Keepsake
- ✓The physical petition mailed to your address
- Gift included
- ✓Hand-painted Five Elements talisman, matched to your birth year
- Turnaround
- ✓5 days, plus mailing time
- What goes in
- ✓One full pack every week — 100 USD + 100 traditional
- ✓52 packs a year — 10,400 notes in total
- ✓A fresh petition each week, rewritten from your notes
- At the temple, weekly
- ✓Everything in Tier 2, every week
- ✓Offering + incense + chanting, 52 times
- ✓Ash photo every week, video digest every month
- Keeping up
- ✓One letter from the temple, scanned to your inbox monthly
- ✓Change the name or the wish any month
- ✓Bound petition book at the end of the year
- Gift included
- ✓Hand-painted Five Elements talisman, matched to your birth year — one with the membership, not one per week
Prices in USD. Every tier includes the paper — you never buy notes separately and you never mail anything in.
A cultural ritual, not a promise.
Questions we answer every week
Can I change the name or the wish after ordering?
Yes, up to 48 hours before the burn date — after that the petition is copied by hand and sealed, which is why the window closes when it does. Email the order number and the correction.
Is the talisman really free, and can I choose the colour?
Free with this tier, matched to a birth year from the nayin count — but the five colours are listed as variations and any of them can be ordered directly. The method is explained in the FAQ.
What proof do I get?
A 60–90 second uncut video of the full sequence, altar to furnace, plus the petition photo and the ash photo — all by email within five days of the burn.
