Model

Miniature model of a pair of placards (zhishi pai 執事牌) and stand. Full-size versions of placards like these were used during the Qing dynasty when officials travelled through the streets in processions. Placards would typically read su jing hui bi 肅靜回避 “be quiet and move aside” and give the title of the official. When images of gods were paraded through the streets on occasions such as temple fairs, they too would be accompanied by similar placards. These miniature model placards read: Tian hou yuan jun 天后元君 “Empress of Heaven Primal Lady” (a deity of Chinese folk religion) and su jing hui bi 肅靜回避 “be quiet and move aside”.