Literature Reference: 秘殿清斋刻漏长，紫微宫女夜焚香。拜陵日近公卿发，卤簿分头入太常。—— 《宫词一百首 十三》 In the secret halls, the pure fasts and water clocks stretch long; the palace maids of Ziwei burn incense at night. As the day of worshiping the ancestral tombs approaches, the officials set out, and the processions head separately to the Taichang. Source from 'One Hundred Palace Poems 13'.
太: Excessively long. Describes something as extremely peaceful and stable. "Tai" can also be written as "tai," synonymous with "as stable as Mount Tai."
常: Ordinary; common. Describing people and things that stand out, distinct from the ordinary.
Meaning: Taichang, an ancient official title in charge of ancestral temple rituals, symbolizes solemnity, nobility, and authority.