What do the legends of the Five Ghosts refer to?

The Five Ghosts, also known as Five Disasters, Five Disasters Ambassadors and Five Disasters Ambassadors, are the gods of plague in Han folklore. They are Zhang in spring, Liu Yuanda in summer, Zhong and General Manager in autumn and winter. They are the plague gods believed by the Han people. Every year, some temples worship five ghosts for the safety of livestock, which means five ghosts. It has placed the good wishes of the working people of the Han nationality to avoid disasters and pray for happiness.

According to the Book of Searching for Gods from the Origins of Three Religions, in June of the 11th year of Emperor Wen of Han Dynasty (596), there were five warriors in the air, wearing five-color robes, each holding one thing. One person holds a structure and a jar, another person holds a purse and a sword, another person holds a fan, another person holds a hammer, and another person holds a hot pot. The emperor asked Taishi Zhangju why this is a god and what is the blessing of the Lord? A: This is five-party luxury, five ghosts in the sky and five disasters on the ground. Zhang in spring, Liu Yuanda in summer, and Zhong in autumn and winter are responsible for history and literature. There are unexpected events in the sky, and there is no escape. There was a plague in 1998, and many China people died of illness.

Emperor Wendi of Sui Dynasty set up a shrine to worship. On June 27th, he went down to the swamp and appointed Wu Fang Lux as general. History of the general manager of Huang Robe Lux, was named general; Zhang, the green robe Lux, was named general; Liu Yuanda, the red-robed Lux Li Tu, was named general; , white robe lux autumn temperature; The bell of the black-robed Lux in winter was named General. May 5th was designated as the Sacrifice Day. The Tang Dynasty attacked the Sui Dynasty to commemorate the Five Disaster Messengers.

According to legend, Kuang Fu's real people once took five disasters as their department, and it is also said that Emperor Wenchang once surrendered five disasters to France and Taiwan, specializing in the duties of "taking disasters, taking poison and sweeping filth" to bless people and animals to prosper and harvest crops. After the appearance of Taoism, Wenchang religion evolved into the god of plague, Wenchang was honored as the ancestor of plague, and Wu Wen was also honored as the god of plague. In the forty-fourth year of Qianlong (1779), Qiqu Mountain Temple began to worship the ancestors of Wen, and held autumn sacrificial activities, thus the autumn temple fair in August rose.