Generally speaking, in traditional Chinese Chinese, one is the god of wealth in Taoist texts, and the other is formed among the people because of its status achievements. However, because the temples of the God of Wealth are not the same in various places, there are those who worship one, those who worship two, and those who worship all of them, so the people are divided into two gods of wealth, civil and military.
The origin of the God of Wealth?Who is the God of Wealth?
In the Taoist classics, the God of Wealth is Zhao Gongming, Bigan, folk such as Guan Gong, Fan Li, and later Guan Gong's status is getting higher and higher, Buddha, Tao have enshrined, and there are so many more famous God of Wealth. Zhao Gongming is a military attache in Zhongnan Mountain, and his image is riding a tiger and holding a whip, so like Guan Gong, he is called the God of Martial Wealth, and Bigan and Fan Li are naturally the gods of literature and wealth.
Zhao Gongming, Zhao XuantanBecause it is the God of Wealth recorded in the Taoist classics of the Han Dynasty, until modern times, the God of Wealth mentioned in the Taoist classics is Zhao Gongming, there is no second choice, so it is more famous, and it is also considered to be the first God of Wealth, and the most worshipped, the previous New Year's painting is Zhao Gongming.
Guan Gong,It is one of the most divine in China, and it is also given the most symbol, almost all of it is for Guan Gong, the God of Wealth, righteousness, official career, etc., and then, not leaving the secular Taoism and Buddhism, also included Guan Gong, originally in the Tang Dynasty, Buddhism respected Guan Gong as the Garan Bodhisattva, and later came to the Song Dynasty, Taoism respected it as the Emperor of Guan Sheng, so, Guan Gong is the Buddha, the Tao, and the people have worshipped.
Shang Dynasty Bigan, its statue is basically ** in the famous book of the Romance of the Gods, in the Romance of the Gods, Jiang Ziya posthumously sealed the Bigan as "the god of Tai Yi Guanwen Caizun", plus the folk believe that the Bigan is unintentional, unintentional is right, impartial, and will bring wealth to everyone who sincerely worships, so many of China's God of Wealth temples are dedicated to Bigan.
The other is Fan Li in the Spring and Autumn Period, Fan Li was worshiped as the God of Wealth, mainly because he could really make money, and Tao Zhugong also became the name of the big businessman, and the people worshiped him as a business saint.
What are the more famous temples of the God of Wealth in various places?
Zhao Gongming, the largest temple in Shaanxi Zhongnan Mountain next week to Zhao Gongming Temple, because Zhao Gongming got the way in Zhongnan Mountain, there are several Zhao Gongming God of Wealth Temple, all say that they are orthodox, there is a front and a back, and the most tourists go to is the largest Zhao Gongming Cultural Tourism Zone, where to go is to burn money, and to seek wealth after burning money.
Bigan Temple. Henan Xinxiang Weihui Bigan Temple, here is the largest temple of the God of Wealth, originally built in the period of Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty, the famous relics have the inscription of Emperor Xiaowen's "Emperor Hanging Yin Bigan Wen", as well as Confucius carved with a sword, "Yin Bigan Temple" a few words, it is said to be a genuine handiwork. Bigan surname Lin, is the ancestor of all Lin surnames in China, so the surname Lin is also enshrined as the ancestral temple here, it is said that after King Wu fell, he found the descendants of Bigan in the forest, so he gave the surname Lin.
In addition, the God of Literature and Wealth Bigan Hall in Mawei, Fuzhou, the Ancestral Temple of the God of Literature and Wealth in Yunlin County, Taiwan, the Temple of the God of Culture and Wealth in Hualien, Taiwan, the Temple of Culture and Wealth in Magong City, Penghu County, Taiwan, and the Xuanguan of Fangshan Cave in Nanjing are also dedicated to the God of Literature and Wealth, and so on.
Fan Li. The temple of the God of Wealth dedicated to Fan Li is the largest in ZhujiIn addition, Ningbo God of Wealth Mountain, Suzhou Kunshan Lingxu Taoist Institute, are dedicated to Fan Li as the God of Literature and Wealth, Hangzhou North Peak God of Wealth Temple, is dedicated to the God of Wealth Guan Gong and the God of Literature and Wealth Fan Li. The God of Wealth Temple in Pudong, Shanghai, are enshrined, Zhao Gongming, Guan Gong is the God of Wealth, Bigan, and Fan Li are the God of Wealth.
Guan Gong,Almost all places in China have Wusheng Temple, and the general Wudi Temple has the function of the God of Wealth Temple, which is the largest in Shanxi Jiezhou, and the other is Luoyang Guanlin.
In addition, the city god temple in various places, there is a temple of the god of wealth, the Taoist temple in various places, the temple is now in order to conform to the world, will be built with the temple of the god of wealth, such as the famous Beijing Tanzhe Temple has the temple of the god of wealth, dedicated to the god of literature and wealth Bigan and the god of martial arts and wealth Guan Gong;Huashan Zhenyue Palace is the enshrined Huashan ** Shenjun, but it is enshrined in the God of Wealth Temple, the God of Literature and WealthThere is also a temple of the God of Wealth on Wutai Mountain;The ancient Kaifu Temple of the Linji sect also has the temple of the god of literature and wealth, and there is a temple of the god of wealth in Nantang Old Street, Ningbo, which is dedicated to the god of literature and wealth, Zhao Gongming, Guan Yu, and so on.
Generally speaking, the God of Wealth and Literature cannot face the gate, the God of Wealth and Literature should sit in the south facing north or sit in the east facing west, while the God of Wealth and Wu should face the gate, and the Chinese tradition is to welcome the God of Wealth on the fifth day of the first month. Is there any difference between worshipping the God of Wealth and being the God of Wealth or the God of Martial Wealth?In fact, it makes no difference which one you worship, you don't have a discriminating heart, and in addition, no matter what god you worship, you must be right, and if your heart is not right, what you ask for is also in vain, and it is useless.
Destroy me and shape me original.