In a few days, it will be the Lunar New Year
Every house is full of lights and colors
Pasting Spring Festival, cutting window flowers, hanging New Year paintings...
The festive atmosphere is getting stronger and stronger
And, of course, the God of Stickers
In the folklore of mainland traditions
Every household had to offer two kinds of gods
One is Vesta
The other is the door god
The first two days of the New Year
We just sent away Vesta (sacrificial stove)
Today, Xiaobian will nag with you
A story about the god of the door
It is said that there is such a special group of images
It has been enshrined and revered by people for thousands of years
Strange looking
Contrary to popular aesthetics
The value is low enough to "avoid evil"
……
They are the "door gods"
The God of Doors is known as the "God of The Gate Guards" in Chinese folklore.
Our ancient people's reverence for the door god has been passed down for thousands of years
As early as the Zhou Dynasty, there were records about the door gods
People attached their idols to doors
It is used to drive away evil spirits and ward off ghosts and guard the peace of the family home
Because you want to use it to scare "ghosts"
Therefore, most of the door gods look fierce and evil
Although the value is low
But they are popular patron saints of the people
How did the custom of sticking to the door god come about?
There is a saying that says
The door god actually originated from the nature worship of the ancient times
The ancients thought
There are "gods" in the door and stove of the home.
As the doors are available for daily access
Status is more important
Later, it gradually evolved into a door god
The level of science and medical treatment in ancient times was relatively low
Plague diseases are a great threat to people's survival
Therefore, the door god has become a popular patron saint in the folk
Everyone is willing to celebrate the Spring Festival
In addition to the old and the new, the image of the door god is pasted
Ask them to guard their homes and ward off evil spirits
However, this god is not something you can post if you want to
Generally speaking
The god of the door will be in the evening of Chinese New Year's Eve (Chinese New Year's Eve).
Stick it on before the Chinese New Year's Eve meal at home
And be sure to post it after the whole family arrives
According to legend, the door god is regarded as "immediately to the post"
Family members who enter the door after posting
It is possible that they will not be guarded by the door god
Moreover, how to paste the door god is also exquisite
The door god is attached to the outermost door
Used to ward off evil spirits in the town house
The image of "Martial Gate God" is used more often
There are also affixed to the main room or compartment door in the courtyard
The representative welcomes the money into the house
The image of "Wenmen God" is often used
Double-open doors should be posted on one side
If it is a one-sided door opening
Or a very small case on one side
The door god is only attached to the door on one side
The door god also has to distinguish between left and right when posting
It must be face to face
Never back to back
No one wants to make itself
"Dilemma" in the coming year, right?
Let's talk about the "profession" of the door god
The best combination of workers
1
"Shendi" and "Yu Lei"
In folklore
In ancient times, it became a door god earlier
It is the two gods of "Shendi" and "Yulei"
Their birth dates back to the pre-Qin period
shén
god
shū
sow thistle
yù
sweet-smelling
lǜ
rampart
In the middle of the sea, there is the mountain of Dushuo, there is a large peach tree, its three thousand miles, and the northeast of its branches is the ghost gate, and the ghosts are in and out. There are two gods and men on it, one is the god, and the other is Yu Lei, and the Lord reads and leads all the ghosts. Evil spirits, clinging to reeds and eating tigers. So the Yellow Emperor made a salute and drove it away with time. Erect a big peach man, the portal paints the gods, Yu Lei and the tiger, and the hanging reed rope to resist the fierce charm.
- The Classic of Mountains and Seas
According to the Classic of Mountains and Seas
Legend has it that there is a "Dushuo Mountain"
There is a big peach tree on the hill
In the northeast where the branches of the peach tree stretch out
There is a "ghost gate"
The two divine generals guarding this gate
It is Shendi and Yulei.
Their duties
It is to prevent harmful ghosts from entering the homes of the world
When they encounter a bad ghost, they are caught and bundled up to feed the tiger
People use peach wood boards
Engraved on the names of the two gods "Shendi" and "Yulei"
Or portray the image
Nailed to the door to ward off evil spirits
Interestingly
There is no fixed portrait of the two gods in the folk
Most of them look fierce and ugly
In the animated film Little Door God
Shendi and Yulei were shaped
One fat, one thin, one black and one white
It is the ancestor of the monster fighting
Note this
The word "Lei" in Yu Lei is not read
We are familiar with "lěi"
Instead, read "lǜ"
But the bastion itself is not a polysyllabic word
Only pronounce the "rhythm" sound here
2
Roosters and tigers
It turns out that our zodiac sign also went out of the door god combination
During the Southern and Northern Dynasties of the Two Han Dynasties, Wei and Jin
The people will also be at the door
Paste the image of the rooster and the tiger as the door god
The rooster can appear as a door god
It is because of the Pleiadian officer, one of the twenty-eight stars
It's a big rooster
The priesthood is "Si Chen's Cry"
The rooster sings the world white
It was dawn
Can this demon still stay?
And the reason why the tiger is a door god
That's what I said above
It is responsible for eating the evil spirits picked up by the two gods
And because the tiger is very fierce
The people believed that there was a king of the beasts guarding the door
Evil beasts and evil spirits naturally did not dare to come to the door to cause trouble
3
"Qin Qiong" and "Wei Chi Jingde"
These two can be said to be the "ceiling" of the Gate God Realm.
In the folk, everyone knows it
qín
Qin
qióng
Joan
officer
louse
late
jìng
respect
Give
morality
According to legend, after the "Xuanwumen Incident", Emperor Taizong of Tang often had nightmares at night, dreaming that his brothers Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji, who had been killed by him, had turned into evil spirits and came to haunt him.
He remembered that the two brothers were most afraid of wei chi jingde and Qin Qiong, and in order to drive away the evil spirits, the two generals asked Miao to stay outside the Taizong Gate for a night.
That night was indeed uneventful, but Emperor Taizong could not bear that the two generals worked so hard every night, so he decided to ask the painter to paint the mighty appearance of the two fierce generals as a portrait and paste it on the door. As a result, Wei Chi Jingde became the Right Door God, and Qin Qiong became the Left Door God.
See Journey to the West 10th time for details
"The Ghost of the Second General Gongmen Town, the Soul of the Tang TaiZong Mansion"
That's good
The people followed suit
Please portraits of the two generals
Instead of the original Door God Town House to avoid evil
Until today
Many family door gods are still these two figures
Speaking of "Wei Chi Jingde"
Although these four words are not strange words
However, it is a very easy person name to be mispronounced
The first is Wei Chi's "Lieutenant"
Our common pronunciation is "wèi"
But this word is put in the surname to read "yù"
There is a place in Xinjiang called Yu Plough
Also pronounced "yù" here
And the "virtue" of honorific virtue
The standard pronunciation is "dé"
But in folk literary works
For example, in Peking Opera, commentaries and other content
The word reads "děi"
Same as the word "lei" mentioned earlier
"De" itself is not a polysyllabic word
It is only in the process of folk circulation that special pronunciations are produced
4
"Zhong Kui" and... "Zhong Kui"
There are also those who do not form CP and do it alone
For example, "Zhong Kui"
zhōng
bell
kuí
cheekbone
Strictly speaking
Mr. Zhong is not a door god
His profession is "ghost fighting expert"
According to legend, Zhong Kui was a Scholar of the Tang Dynasty, although extremely talented, but his appearance was ugly and his career was bumpy, so Zhong Kui committed suicide and became a Yin Judge, in charge of evil spirits.
One day, Tang Xuanzong encountered a little ghost entanglement (a common disease of the royal family) in a dream, and was saved by Zhong Kui, so he ordered Wu Daozi to paint the image of Zhong Kui in his dream and promote it to the whole country. Zhong Kui quickly became a famous god of evil.
Some people have hung statues of Bell Kui in their homes for many years
Offerings at four o'clock
Some simply stick it on the gate in place of the door god
I hope to drive away evil spirits
Therefore, Zhong Kui was thus appointed as a door god
Spread by the people
China has been around for 5,000 years
The history of the development of the Door God is almost as long
In addition to these door gods mentioned above
There are also Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Zhao Yun
Bao Zheng, Yue Fei, Wen Tianxiang, Hai Rui and so on
These images of loyalty and righteousness
They were used by the people as door gods
New Year's Eve Sticker God
This is the traditional New Year custom we Chinese
It reflects the hope that the family will be safe
A wish for an auspicious year ahead
It is also a beautiful vision for the new year
And the most modest expectations
It has not changed since ancient times
That's all there is to it
Finally, I wish you all in advance
Happy Chinese New Year!
Happy family!
Good luck!
Good luck!
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