Yuchi Gong- Chinese GodDeity"Door God"

Also known as: 尉迟恭, Yùchí Gōng, 尉迟敬德, and Yùchí Jìngdé

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Titles & Epithets

Door God

Domains

protectiondoors

Symbols

whipdoor painting

Description

A deified Tang dynasty general who became one of the two most famous Menshen (door gods). Paired with Qin Shubao, the two stood guard outside Emperor Taizong's bedchamber to drive away the ghosts that haunted him, and their painted images have flanked Chinese doors ever since.

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