Chinese gods and immortals
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Chinese gods and immortals are beings in various Chinese religions seen in a variety of ways and mythological contexts.
Qing dynasty Shuilu ritual painting (水陆画) of Buddhist, Daoist, and Folk Deities.
A complex of deities at an outdoor fountain-altar with incense burners at a pilgrimage area in Weihai, Shandong. At the centre stands Mazu, surrounded by the four Dragon Gods (龍神) and various lesser deities. Distant behind Mazu stands the Sun Goddess (太陽神).
Main altar and statue of Doumu inside the Temple of Doumu in Butterworth, Penang, Malaysia.
A temple dedicated to Pangu in Zhunan, Miaoli.
Northeast China folk religion is the variety of Chinese folk religion of northeast China, characterised by distinctive cults original to Hebei and Shandong, transplanted and adapted by the Han Chinese
Temple of Guandi in Chaoyang, Liaoning. The martial character of Guandi makes him appealing not only for Han Chinese but also for Manchus.
A roadside shrine in Manchuria (1888)
Shinto shrine in Zhangjiakou, Hebei, China, in the 1950s, when it was already abandoned. The shrine was founded by the Japanese during World War II, and incorporated Mongol Genghis Khan worship.
"Myriad Prosperities' Cauldron" (万福鼎 Wànfú Dǐng), with the name of the "Prosperity God" or "Fortune God" (福星 Fúxīng) inscribed ten thousand times, in Jinzhou, Dalian, Liaoning