The land god is one of the common gods of Chinese folk belief, mainly popular in Han areas, and some ethnic groups influenced by Han culture also have beliefs. The land god belongs to the local protector god in folk beliefs, and is a good ghost god with good fortune; In Chinese mainland, during the Chinese ** period and before, wherever there were Han people, there were scenes of worshipping land gods. In traditional Chinese culture, sacrificing to the god of the land is to sacrifice to the earth, and in modern times, it mostly belongs to the meaning of praying for blessings, seeking wealth, ensuring safety, and ensuring agricultural harvests. The land god is also a god of lower status among the Taoist gods, and it is also a deity that is closer to the people.
In Guangdong, Hong Kong, Macao, southern Fujian, Chaoshan, Taiwan, Ryukyu and other regions, some land gods are accompanied by the wives of land gods, called land women, uncles, and bohms.
The statues of the land gods include mounds (mound soil type bogong can be seen in six piles), stones, trees, shrines, and even types. Generally, they appear in the image of the elderly, but the costumes are different, and the land gods in urban areas and downtown areas are mostly in the appearance of rich people, and even hold jade ruyi, gold ingots, and silver ingots. The land gods in the field area generally carry crutches. The land gods in the mountainous areas have horseback, tigers, dragons, and unicorns. In some areas, the idol of the god of the land is presented in the form of a civil official to exalt his godhead.
Sou Shen Ji" Jiang Ziwen is also a native of Guangling. ......At the end of the Han Dynasty, he was the captain of Qinling, chased the thief to the foot of Zhongshan Mountain, the thief was injured, because of the unties, there was an instant death, and the beginning of the first lord of Wu, his former officials saw the text in the road, rode a white horse, held the white feather, and the attendant was like a life. Those who saw it were frightened away. Wen chased after him and said: 'I should be the god of this land, and the people of Efuer.' You can proclaim the people and set up a shrine for me. No, there will be a big culpability. ’…So he made the envoy Feng Ziwen the ,...... of the Marquis of ZhongduFor the establishment of the temple, the number of Zhongshan was changed to Jiang Mountain. ”