Hanlu Temple · eighty lots
Yuelao Shrine — Lot 8
This tube asks about marriage. Picture the person. Hold their face in mind.
Yuelao Shrine · Lot 8Good
红烛高烧照绣帏百年好合正相宜但存敬重心常在粗茶淡饭总相宜
What it means: A time to marry and settle. Respect first.
The verse is kept in Chinese. It is a four-line regulated poem — rhyme and metre are part of the thing itself, and they do not survive translation. The reading below is written in English.
The reading
This is the point of talking marriage, and both families are glad of it. Do the formalities properly, say the difficult things early, and after the wedding let respect be the thing you guard.
Yuelao's lots are mostly reassurance: do not hurry, and do not settle.
How to read this grade
Good sits one step below Excellent: the direction is right, but the work has to be carried with diligence and patience. If the verse talks about keeping, gathering or holding steady, that is the point of the lot.
All eighty lots are lines written for Hanlu Temple. They are here to help you put a question into words — no promise, and no medical, financial or legal advice.
Draw this lot in the hall
Walk to the Yuelao Shrine, sit down on a cushion and put your palms together. The tube of lots stands by the altar. A lot you drew in the same hall on the same day is remembered, so you can come back and read it again.