Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-02-02
nae oHlNEsE GODS.


~ VWDE NWEAG4L
tIon Of Life.
The Buddhist deities are almost with- |
cut number, and the manufacture OF
IDOLS Is one Of the most stirring indus
tries OF the Chinese Empire, writes the
author Of ..I'he Dragon, the Images and
the Demon The gods are male and
female, from the thousand handed
Kwanyin on down or up, according as
YOU reckon in Chinese mythology.
There is god Of theaters, god OF
sheep, another OF snakes. There are
gods of scorpions and Of locusts, OF
gold and silver, Of tea, salt, snow,
strength, happiness, the list even in
cluding Wang Papa, the chief Of police
in hades, whose statue is made sort oil
bulletin board for articles lost or stolen.
There are gods Of travel, of archery
and of cursing, of bridges, OF lamps and
of teapots. There are seyenty-two
master gods, who are heads of celestial
boards of deities, in whose hands are
committed every thing that men can
possibly use or think OF.
The $50 trades, which, according to
the Chinese, complete the number are
each provided with god. There are
gods Of carpenters, of masons, OF fish
ermen, of BARRIERS, of tailors, of Jug
glers, and even a god of paper cloth
ing. There are the monkey god and
the fish god; there are gods of parasites,
eack kind having its own deity; there is
a god OF the Punch and Judy show, a
god of cruelty, god of firecrackers
and god OF revenge. Shorter and
Blower, the English translation OF Hen
and Ha, gods of storms and rains, are
warlike deities, and their statues are
frequently seen on the frontier. The
thunder has two gods, Mr.. and Mrs.
Thunder, while every pestilence, every
kind of disease, has its own god. The
gods of tide were once enemies, but
are now reconciled, one bringing in, the
other taking out the tide.
The rivers all have gods each having
his individual characteristics, the deity
! of the Yellow river being particularly
, fond of theatricals, which are Away
provided in his honor at his annua
feast. Every tree has its god, an'
: when a tree is to be cut down notice
) sent to all the neighbors to remain in
: doors lest the tree god, finding himsel
deprived of his roosting place, shoul
take summary vengeance or any un
fortunate mortal who strayed out
doors from the protection Of his ow
: household deities. There are gods c
= the body: The god of the hair is calle
: Chwang wa; god of the brain. Tsin
s Ken; god of the eye, Ming Changi go
: of the nose, Yu Lung; god of the eal
e K'ung Yen; god of the tongue, Tun
e Ming; god of the teeth, Muh Fung; go
i of the heart, Tan Yuen; god of tn
# lungs, Kao Wa; god of the liver, Lun
S Yien; god of the kidneys, Yuen Ming
e god of the spleen, Chang Tsai; god
o the gall, Lung Yao; god of the dii
n phragm, Tao Kung; god ofthe nape
IS the neck, Shang Kien; god OF the necl
l. Yu Nu KUN; god of the throat, Pa
t. Lien Fang; god of the back, Nu Cha
% god of the breast, Hu Pen; god OF IL
Il ribs, Pin Kya Ma; god of the stomae
Tung Lien Yoh; god of the bowel
Chao Ten Kang; god of the hand, W.
Yin; god of the feet, Chuen Lien Ii
s. god of the skin, Tang Chang.
In short, there are gods for eve
le thing: gods painted on the walls,
le the corners, at cross roads, for the o.
Iy anxiety of the Chinese life is to sea
t. the devil and only by the intercessi'
Of of the gods can this very desirable
le feet be produced; so when Chine
a. funeral starts from the house to t
~ cemetery it never goes in straig
rs line, but up the street to the cornt
TO where stands the statue of some deii
10 then suddenly to the left or right, VIII
the demon, appalled, at the sight OF t
ri gods image, waits moment and tn
OF the funeral gets the start OF hi
On Every deity, however, of the Chine
to mythology-it is satisfactory to know
It's has definite work to attend to, and giN
he it the closest possible attention, no o
he ever intruding into the province of
at other, so that, on the whole, the G
wv nese consider their mythology We
lct economical, for each and every pers
N in any line of trade or occupation w
cl- ships heaven and earth in general, a
his only deity in particular, thus clai
es- ing exemption from devotion to the T
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