捡骨 (撿骨) jiǎngǔ

jiǎngǔ noun bone-gathering
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: A custom of Fujian and Taiwan in which a son recovers the bones of his deceased father from the grave and places them in an urn for permanent storage at a different location (CC-CEDICT '撿骨')

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  • Scroll 1 Fo Miedu Hou Guan Lian Zansong Jing 佛滅度後棺斂葬送經 — count: 1