Menshen
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Menshen, or door gods, are divine guardians of doors and gates in Chinese folk religions, used to protect against evil influences or to encourage the entrance of positive ones. They began as the divin
Menshen in Taiwan
A civil door god, gathering good influences
A martial door god, protecting against bad influences
潘岳雄門神
Qin Shubao
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Qin Qiong, courtesy name Shubao, better known as Qin Shubao, was a Chinese general who lived in the early Tang dynasty of China. Along with Yuchi Gong, he continues to be worshipped in China as a door
Menshen
…神荼; Jyutping: San4syu1; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sîn-su) and Yulü (Chinese: 鬱壘; Jyutping: Wat1leot6; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ut-lu̍t) under the Han, but the deified generals Qin Shubao (Chinese: 秦叔寶; Jyutping: Ceon4 Suk1bou2; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chîn Siok-pó) and Yuchi Gong (Chinese: 尉遲恭; Jyutping: Wat1ci4 Gung1; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ut-tî Kiong) have…
Qing depiction of Qin Qiong from Shuotang
Birth and resident place of Qin Qiong in Five Dragon Pool, Jinan
Portraits of Qin Shubao as Menshen