Definition of Thunder God

There is more than one god of thunder in the ancient myths of China, the most famous one is from "The Classic of Mountains and Seas - Hai Nei Dong Jing": "There is a god of thunder in the Lei Ze, with a dragon's body and a man's head, and drumming his belly is thunder."

According to the Records of the Grand Historian of the Zhou Dynasty: "Jiang Yuan out of the wild, see the giant traces of people, the heart of the Xin Ran Yue, want to trample, trample and body movement, such as pregnant, about the period and the birth of a child." That's what it says. The child born to Jiangluoxiang was named Houji, and is considered the founder of the Zhou nation, and the poem "Shengmin," which describes this story, was included in the Book of Songs.

The story goes on to say that Huxu had a similar experience and gave birth to Fuxi, and so some people later confused Fuxi with Houji. There was also a man called Kui (夔), which is also known as "夒(nao)".

He lived on Liubo Mountain in the East China Sea, like a cow without horns, pale gray, with only one foot, able to enter and leave the sea freely. Every time in and out there must be a big storm, while roaring like thunder. Yellow Emperor and Chiyu war, the soldiers were Chiyu to find all kinds of mountain spirits and water monsters, the Yellow Emperor decided to use some special materials to do drums, inspire morale. So the above two on the bad luck, the former was drawn bones as drumsticks, the latter was stripped of the skin masked into a drum. Lei Shen, according to legend, was the place where the god of thunder lived in the area of Lei Ze (now Heze City, Shandong Province) in ancient times.

The two sides of Lei Ze were Lei River (now belonging to Xinji Town of Mudan District), and the people of Huaxu Kingdom all gathered on the two sides of Lei River. At that time, the god of thunder was a man, and when he was not in good mood, turbid waves rolled on the Lei River, surging and undulating. When the God of Thunder was angry, the river was even more violent. The people had no other way out, so a girl from Huaxu went to the God of Thunder's temple to seek his judgment. Her boldness and frankness touched the God of Thunder, but the God of Thunder asked the girl to marry him, and for the sake of the safety of the country of Huaxu, the girl agreed to marry the God of Thunder. A year later, Miss Wuxu gave birth to a son to the god of thunder, the god of thunder was very happy, and his temper got better and better, from then on, the god of thunder only thunder and lightning in the agricultural seasons, traveling clouds and rain. From then on, the god of thunder only thundered and thundered during the agricultural seasons, and made clouds and rain. The performance of the God of Thunder fulfills the old Chinese saying: "People are happy when they are happy." Huaxu misses his hometown, put his son on a gourd down the water, let him ride the gourd back to Huaxu country, his grandma saw him ride the gourd, so he named the grandson gourd, according to the dialect of Huaxu country, Fuxi and the gourd resonance. When Fuxi grew up, he saw a spider weaving a web and invented a net, which could catch fish in the water and birds in the forest. Because of the invention of cooked food, he was called Butcher Sacrifice, meaning that he was the best cook. Fuxi missed his mother, so he climbed Jianmu on the Du Guang Tian Staircase to visit his mother Huaxu in the Heavenly Court. The Emperor of Heaven heard the report of the God of Thunder, and appointed Fuxi as the ruler of the State of Huaxu (actually the head of the Huaxu Tribe), the king of the earth. That is, one of the Five Clans. For the image of the God of Thunder, the "Classic of Mountains and Seas - Hai Nei Dong Jing" in the record, the text says: "Thunder God in the Lei Ze, a dragon body and human head, bulging its belly. In the west of Wu." This image is half-human, half-animal, people believe that the sound of thunder in the sky, and the dragon is also flying in the sky, the two together, there will be thunderstorms; and its waist asked to imagine that there is a drum, the drum sends out the sound of thunder. Later, the image of the god of thunder changed further.

Youyang pro-chopping board - before the collection, said "pig head, hands and feet of two fingers, holding a red snake eroded"; "Ancient and Modern Book Integration - Shenyi Dian" Volume 2.1 said "boar head and scale body"; "casting tripods," Volume 1, said "big head, ghost-shaped, white embracing the neck, Zhu Zhu, a drum, the sound of thunder. Ghost shape, white embracing neck, Zhu calf's nose, yellow belt, holding an axe in the right hand and a chisel in the left hand, transporting even drums in the fire"; "Jishu huizhen" quoted in "Soshenji" as "color like dan, eyes like mirrors, hair and horns more than three feet in length, with the shape of six animals and a head like that of a rhesus macaque monkey"; "Supplement to the History of the Tang Dynasty" as "its shape is like a swine, crouching in the fall and winter in a swine's body. The Supplement to Tang State History says, "Its shape is like a swine, crouching in the ground in autumn and winter"; Volume 7 of Yijian C Zhi says that its shape is like a strange ghost, "three feet long, with a green face and flesh color. The conical cap on the head, like the turban in the world, is made of flesh and connected to the forehead". In short, the image of the God of Thunder is uncertain, the body shape or dragon, or human, or beast; face Tong or human head, monkey head, pig head, ghost head.

After Zhou Bing, the God of Thunder is known as Lei Shi, or Lei Gong, "Chu Shi - Li Sao": "Luan Huang for the Yu first precepts Ruoxi, Lei Shi told Yu to the unavailability." And "Kaiyuan Chamjing" said: "five cars southeast star name is Sikong, its god's name is Lei Gong."

Whether it is called Lei Shi or Lei Gong, when people worship the god of thunder only one, and to the lunar calendar June 24 for the birthday of Lei Gong, known as the "Lei Gong birthday", is the day people have to worship Lei Gong.

To the Yuan Dynasty, the image of the god of thunder has not been stereotyped, because the Yuan Dynasty has "Lei Gong Banner", the painting of the god of thunder is still "big head of the ghost shape" or "the face of the Rex".

Ming and Qing dynasties, the image of the God of Thunder tends to unify, the standard image of the "set of interpretations of the real" described: "like a warrior, bare chest and bare stomach, back two wings, forehead with three eyes, face as red as monkeys, chin long and sharp, feet like an eagle trembling, and claws are more severe, the left hand to hold a wedge, the right hand to hold a mallet, for the desire to hit the shape. From the top to the evening, the ring hangs five drums, the left and right disk tiptoe a drum, called Lei Gong Jiang Tianjun."

See the god of thunder at this time the most obvious feature is the monkey face, sharp mouth, so the folk have the "Lei Gong face", "Lei Gong mouth" said. 1. The Supreme God

Jiu Tian Ying Yuan Thunder Sound Puhua Tian Zun, is the highest god of the Ministry of Thunder.

The Book of Gods and Immortals of All Ages says that he is "the master of heaven's disasters and blessings, the holder of the power and balance of things, the master of things and people, the master of life and the master of death". He has a complex ministry of thunder organization, headquartered in Shen Lei Yu Fu, set up under the "thirty-six internal courtyard in the Department, the East and West Huatai, Xuankan Miaogu, the four provinces and six courts and various departments, each sub-cao bureau.

According to the "Supreme JiuXiao YuQingDaFaZiWeiXuanDu Thunder Jade Scripture", the four houses are: JiuXiao YuQingFu, East pole QingXuanFu, JiuTianYingYuanFu, DongYuanYuFu; six houses are: TaiYi inner courtyard, jade pivot house, five thunder house, bucket pivot house, the yang house, XanDu fire thunder house; all of them have the division for: heaven part of the court department, penglai all the water, too yi thunder four division north emperor thunder division, north duo conquest division, north dipper defense division, yuFu Thunder Nine Divisions and the sub-divisions of the Cao Yuan. And said that each organization has "Jade House left Xuan, right Xuan, gold valves, Servant, on the phase of the true immortal, true uncle, the Secretary Supervisor, bullying Chen, Xian Lang, Yulang, Yutong, Yujing, Yujing left and right, the Department of Thunder under the command of the Department of Thunder God, officials, generals and officials". And said "nine days Lei Gong generals, eight cloud Ray generals, five barbarians Thunder Messenger, Lei Department of the total military messenger", are in the nine days should be the thunder sound Puhua Tianzun under the command of the command. It is said that there are thirty-six Lei Gong in the Department, divided into heaven, earth, human three categories, twelve in each category. Twelve days of thunder for: God Xiao Lei Gong, five Lei Gong, line wind Lei Gong, line rain Lei Gong, line cloud Lei Gong, Buze Lei Gong, line ice Lei Gong, line Xiao Lei Gong, flying sand Lei Gong, food black Lei Gong, voodoo Lei Gong, swallowing ghosts Lei Gong. The twelve landmines are: correcting good Leigong, punishing evil Leigong, social order Leigong, sending rice Leigong, four sequences of Leigong, but the disaster Leigong, collecting poison Leigong, supporting the danger Leigong, rescuing the sick Leigong, too ascending Leigong, patrolling the sky Leigong, checking the ground Leigong. The twelve Lei Dukes are: the Plague Collector, the Poison Collector, the Scourge Collector, the Scourge Remover, the Scourge Breaker, the Temple Breaker, the Mountain Sealer, the Tiger Breaker, the Tiger Fighter, the Corpse Remover, the Barrier Breaker, the Peper Remover, and the Monster Remover. These 36 Lei Gong in charge of 36 days Cao criminal law, in strict accordance with the nine days should be the original thunder sound Puhua Tianzun's orders, on behalf of the implementation of punishment, the scripture said "Lei Division cloth order line to fast as the wind and fire, do not stop, drop Ze where there are spears, vibration of the thunder of the sound of the number of drought that is drought, rain that is rain, must be the emperor's orders". Is the scripture also said that the nine days should be the thunder of the universal sound Puhua Tianzun in charge of five thunder, ten thunder, thirty-six thunder. Five thunder for: sky thunder, mine, water thunder, God thunder, social thunder. Ten thunder for: jade pivot thunder, God's heavenly thunder, big hole thunder, Xanadu thunder, the North Pole thunder, Taiyi thunder, Zifu thunder, Yu Chen Lei, Taixiao Lei, Taiji Lei. Thirty-six Thunders are: Jade Pivot Thunder, Jade Mansion Thunder, Jade Pillar Thunder, Shangqing Great Cave Thunder, Fire Wheel Thunder, Flood and Doo Thunder, Wind and Fire Thunder, Flying Jet Thunder, North Pole Thunder, Purple Microcosmic Xuanxu Thunder, Divine Heavenly Thunder, Xiantu Thunder, Taiyi Boom Heavenly Thunder, Zifu Thunder, Iron Armor Thunder, Shao Yang Thunder, Crash and Fire Thunder, Social Order Barbaric Thunder, Earth and Goddess Sounding Thunder, Triple Realm Thunder, Chopping Xieng Khouang Thunder, Dawei Thunder, Six Waves of Thunder, Green Herb Thunder, Eight Trigrams of Thunder, Mixed Hawks and Dogs Thunder, Sao Lifewind Thunder, Fire and Cloud Thunder, Yubu Great Unification Thunder, Taiji Thunder, Sword Fire Thunder, Outer Discernment Thunder, Inner Discernment Thunder, Divine Mansion Heavenly Pivot Thunder, Great Brahma Dou Pivot Thunder, and Yuchen Thunder.

As for the origin of the Nine Heavenly Yingyuan Thunder Sound Puhua Tianzun, it is said that there are three:

One of them is the ninth son of the First Heavenly Father, Yu Qingzhen Wang said. Such as the "supreme nine sky Yuqing Dafan Ziwei Xuandu thunder jade scripture" that is said to be floating Li Yuan Shi Tianzun the ninth son of Yuqing true king, the birth of Thunder sound Puhua Tianzun, the exclusive control of thirty-six days in the sky, in charge of the Thunder of the government, said "God Thunder true king". This statement is also found in the "Taoist Collection - Nine days Yingyuan Thunder Sound Puhua Tianzun Yu Shu Bao Jing" and other books.

The second is the Yellow Emperor. For example, the "re-revision of the wei shu integration" Volume VI "Hetu began to open the map" said: "yellow emperor name Xuanyuan, the north dipper god also, to thunder essence rise." The same volume four "spring and autumn Taiwan Cheng Tu" said: "Regulus star, the main thunderstorm God." The historical record - justice" also cloud: "xuan yuan seventeen stars, in the seven stars north, the body of the yellow dragon, the main god of thunder and rain." The Gods and Immortals through the ages" is more detailed: "(Huang Di) title for the nine days of Yingyuan Thunder sound universalization of the true king. The residence of the divine thunder jade house, in the blue sky, in the Brahma gas, to Leicheng two thousand three hundred miles. Thunder City is 81 feet high, the left side of the Jade Center five thunder makes the hospital, the right side of the King's House five thunder makes the hospital. Before the real king, there are thirty-six thunder drums, and thirty-six gods are in charge of them. Whenever the line of thunder, the real king personally hit the Department of thunder drums, instant Lei Gong Lei Shi Xingfa Thunder Sound. Lei Gong Lei Shi Xing Fa Lei sound also. Lei Gong is into the Lei Ze as God also. Lik Mu Chieh was the Lei Shi Hao Weng. Thirty-six Lei, all the then auxiliary ministers of merit.

The third is Wenzong's statement. This is due to the "Feudal Yanyi", Jiang Ziya sealing of the gods, will be the master Wenzhong sealed as the nine days of Yingyuan Thunder sound Puhua Tianzun, subordinate Deng Zhong Xinhuan, Zhang Jie, Tao Rong and other twenty-four members of the Lei Gong, line "to promote the cloud to help the rain method".

The above statement, one of the closest to Taoism, such as the "Ming Dynasty - Rites of four" said: "thunder universalization of Tianzun, Taoism that the total division of the five thunder, but also the June 24 for the day of the sky is now showing, so the year to be the day to send an official at the Palace of the Palace of the Spirit of the sacrifice." And Taoism also invites the thunder god of thunder method, this method to talisman magic for the use of the array of demons to catch ghosts and refining the dead souls, call the gods to drive away Ye, Xing Yun to rain.

2. Deng Yuanshuai

Deng Yuanshuai is one of the gods of Taoism's thunder department. According to legend, his name is Zhong. Cast Ding Yu Wen, Volume 1, said it "silver teeth dazzling eyes". Nine days should be the original thunder sound universalization of heavenly monarchs under the department, often Deng Yuanshuai as the head. Yijian Zhi Supplement", Volume 2.3: "Zhao Shan Chuan, the clan met Mr. Jiuhua with the transmission of Lingbao Dafa when he was a young man, the practice of more effective. Build an altar line method, see the gods and men flame around the body, said: 'I Tianyuan Kaoshao call General Deng also.'" Song Dynasty called "Tianyuan Deng General". Ming Yao Zongyi "Changshu Zhi" records that the Taoist temple has a Thunder God Hall, in front of the "law and order God Deng Marshal" as the head. In addition, the "Feuding God" in the name of Deng Zhong, "Journey to the West" in the name of Deng Hua, are referred to Deng Yuanshuai.

3. Xin Yuanshuai

Xin Yuanshuai is one of the gods of Taoism's Thunder Department. According to the "three teachings of the source of granting God ten full" Volume 5, said: its name is Xin Xing, the word Zhenyu, his mother's name Zhang; since childhood, poor, rely on firewood to make a living, to support his mother, very hard. He was originally from Yongzhou. Where he lived, there was a thunder god mountain, every hibernation day thunder, nothing does not break. In summer and fall, the god of thunder hid in the ground and changed into the shape of a chicken. One day, Xin Xing went to Thunder God Mountain to fetch firewood, and in the quiet valley, he caught five Thunder Gods in the form of chickens, and he was so happy that he brought them back to kill them for his mother to eat. After returning home, Xin Xing gave the chickens to his mother and went to sell the materials. His mother will be four chickens in the cage, leaving one ready to kill, the chicken suddenly spoke like a human being: "I am the God of Thunder, can not be eaten, please leave me alive!" His mother did not agree and killed him with a knife. Suddenly, thunder roared and killed his mother on the ground. When Xin Xing returned home, he saw his mother dead, and hugged the corpse, crying, "I what extreme, suppress to this evil!" When drying tears, Xin Xing saw his mother's back with golden words, said: "mixed one of the gas, the Qing emperor of the British, Wei order added, Dien Yu dare oppose, split the evil and kill the evil, only my Division." Appropriate to know the chicken for the God of Thunder changed, so manipulate the wooden stick to hit the remaining four, the thunder chicken is covered by clothes, can not send out thunder and lightning. Suddenly dark clouds, thunder and lightning, the God of Thunder wants to hit Xin Xing, but also feel that its filial piety is really rare, and then turned into a Taoist priest down to the ground to bow to it, "filial son alone does not fear the thunder and counter-programming thunder. My Thunder God, mistakenly to hurt your mother, you do not complain also, the rest of the wish only and ordered to thank the crime." So the gift of fire Dan twelve with their food, Xin Xing immediately into Lei Gong, feet on the five thunder drums, straight up to the clouds, by the Jade Emperor as the Ministry of Thunder Marshal. Legend has it that the 25th day of the 6th lunar month is the Christmas of Xin Yuan Shuai, and those who worship the God of Thunder are vegetarian on this day, called "Lei Zhai". Such as "casting Ding Yu Division" Volume 1 cited Gu Lu "Qing Jia Records" said: June 25 for the Xin Tianjun birthday, said Tianjun for the Ministry of Thunder in the main book of the God, who worship Lei Zhai, to the day are vegetarian to pray for God's blessing. And the month of Xin day and the sixth day, commonly known as the "three Xin a board, six do not defend the halo", called the "Xinzhai".

4. Pang Qiao Feng Shuai

Taoism, one of the gods of thunder. According to the "three religions source of search for God's book" records: Shuai surnamed Pang Qiao, word long Qing, Hanjiang people, his father Pang Ding, mother Yao, the world to ferry for a living, born Qiao in the year of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty in the year of the eleventh month of dibutyl sebacate at the ugly time. Pang Qiao grew up with a kind heart, the road does not pick up, often save people in need. On the night of a Chongyang Festival, a merchant went home to seek a ferry from the heart, accidentally left a hundred taels of gold on the boat. The next day, the boaters to find, anxious, Pang Qiao immediately returned the gold to the boaters, boaters grateful, take out a bloom to express gratitude, Pang Qiao politely thanked. And two days before New Year's Eve, a young woman alone to seek ferry, when it was very late, and snow, women have no place to go, Pang Qiao even stayed at home to roast fire, give food and clothing, the next day after the snow stops, the woman did not know where to go. On the third day, Pang Qiao was busy receiving boat passengers, his father Pang Ding was wearing a straw raincoat boat ferry passengers, the woman followed behind. When the boat arrived at the shore and was returning, the wind was strong and the boat was overturned. Pang Qiao saw this, hurriedly jumped into the cold river water, with the waves, such as floating stalks, swim directly to the place where his father fell into the water, dive into the water to pick up his father's back, swim to the edge of the cliff, at this time Pang Qiao has done its best, but then a wave hit, and immediately Pang Qiao and his father and swept into the water again. Pang Qiao again tried his best to save his father, and then he searched for the woman, and dived into the water three times before he saved her. At this time for the New Year's Eve, ghosts in and out of the call for injustice to take the place of Pang Qiao solid six of the essence of the Kan for the House, the boiling waves can not make it critical, and the woman is CiHang (Goddess of Mercy) incarnation, of course, all right. Pang Qiao's father is also not in danger, Pang Qiao held his father whimpering, and dozens of ghosts also cried: "Yu this year when the replacement, but I can not help for the filial son of the hustle, I have no reincarnation of the day carry on!" Pang Qiao listened to pick up the whip and hit, the ghosts fled. The next night, ghosts and come crying, when the wind is soughing, ghosts cry miserable, not to mention his father just survived the surging water, especially poor health, still life-threatening, Pang Qiao had no choice but to incense dust pasted on the palm of his hand, to fire fumigate it, wishing prayers in the sky, the Jade Emperor knows, sealed his mixed gas Marshal, holding a golden moon, guarding the heavenly gates. Afterwards, he was appointed as the Heavenly King of Thunder Department, and he would not commit any crime in the fall to get rid of evils.

5. Thunder Spirit

One of the gods of the Thunder Department of Taoism. According to the "three religions source and flow of the book of God" volume 4 records: marshal Tian name Hua. Originally a thunder spirit, hidden in the ground, the birth of a child in the field, a thousand years of milk clock gas born. When he was born, he was thundering in the sky from daytime, with fire and wind and rain rising suddenly, sitting on his knees, surrounded by snakes and breastfeeding by bees. When he grew up, he was named because of the field, referring to Huawei Bi, and practiced under the Luolu Rock. At that time, Nuwa refining five-color earth patch days, a hundred plans are not, Shuai help wood and fire of the essence of the Perak broken Xuanjing of the stone marrow, boo spurt of the South of the gas casting of metallurgy, sound roar of heaven and earth, it is stuffed with the sky leakage, but also refining the five-color hail wind and thunder array, on the help of Xuanyuan killed Chiyu, Xuanyuan Emperor to worship for the Dragon Master. Handsome said: "Yu Fang outside the person, will not be bungling since the loss?" Whisking and hidden in the realm of Huaxu, because of the name Hua Yan. Time to have Tang's, ten suns in the sky, terracotta thousands of miles, the stars of the official metaphor to replace the celestial workers Division, the emperor sting up lag, for heaven and earth to establish the heart of the flood furnace to create life. Handsome Jade Emperor's will, driving to make the thunder car, embracing the electric pennant. It is time to rain. Flow and the end of the Han Dynasty, demons, adultery and prostitution. The Jade Emperor even appointed him as the Thunder Gate Bi Yuan Shuai, in charge of the twelve thunder, and thus the upper management of heaven and earth water drought and drought, in the fight against unkindness and injustice, and the lower put to death a group of demons and monsters, so it is doubly respected by the people.

6. Lixing Ciji Zhenjun

Taoism, one of the gods of thunder. According to the "three religions source and flow of God" Volume 4, cited "miscellaneous biographies," said: Tianjun for the Eastern Jin Dynasty, after the name. Born in the Minjiang River in the fishing ferry, when the age of gengzi August 12, You time. One day his mother took water from the river, accidentally fell into the river, and got a floating raft near the side and help. His father, Liu Fugong fell to meet the day: "What is different, but fortunately not die!" Young and poor, with Luo Zhenren when the bullying read. Later, he was taught by the real man, and became proficient in the Five Thunder Palm Technique, which could call the wind and rain to save the people from danger. Later, the Jade Emperor named him "Lixing Ciji True Lord", in charge of the Five Thunders of the Divine Thunder Jade Palace. During the Southern Dynasty of China, there was a hunter named Chen Hong in Leizhou. He had a hunting dog with nine ears, every time he hunted, he used the dog's ears to divine: if a dog's ear jumps, can only hit a prey; more dog's ear jumps, can hit more prey; if the dog's ear does not move, it is not appropriate to go hunting. The method was very effective. One day, Chen Hong hunting, see the dog's nine ears are moving, he could not help but rejoice: this trip will be very rewarding. The hunting dog went to a thorn bush, barking, Chen Hong look, it was a big meatball! Chen Hong took it home, suddenly, the wind and rain, with a thunderbolt, the meatball instantly burst, from which jumped out a little boy, left palm in a word "Lei", right palm in a word "state", which is the Leizhou legend of the origin of the name. From then on, every day, the sound of thunder rang out over the Chen family's house and entered the child's room with great regularity. A year later, when the child was able to eat, the thunder over the Chen family stopped, so Chen Hong named the child Chen Wenyu. The townspeople called him "Thunder God". When Chen Wenyu grew up, he became the assassin of Leizhou. He did many good deeds to the people and his political reputation spread far and wide. After his death, the townspeople set up a temple to worship him, and it was very effective, with the sound of thunder rumbling from the main hall.

During the Song Dynasty, the court knew about this god of thunder and named him "King of Wei De Zhao Xian". Qing Dynasty "Guangdong New Language" describes the Lei Wang Temple hall: the God of Thunder end of the crown and scarlet, the left and right line of service generals, hall hall on both sides of the God of Thunder twelve body, in response to the twelve directions, and Thunder, mother of lightning, wind, rain master statue. There is also an attendant holding a round egg in the temple, suggesting an allusion to the birth of the god of thunder.

The image of the god of wind and thunder first appeared in Japan in the 17th century under the hands of Japanese painters. It has since become an important mythological figure in Japanese beliefs. Although this is the god of wind and the god of thunder in Japanese culture, like many Japanese cultural symbols, they were introduced to the Japanese islands with the eastward movement of Chinese culture. The god of thunder in Japanese mythology is usually depicted as a demon who beats drums to make thunder, and is said to be the god of the weather, and the god of thunder in Japanese tradition usually appears in pairs with the god of wind. Japanese folk belief is that having the god of wind and the god of thunder guarding the door will make the weather smooth throughout the year. So in Japan, where tattoos have a long history, it is only natural to have such deities tattooed on the body. During the Mongol invasion of Japan in 1724, legend has it that the gods of thunder and wind created a storm that destroyed the ships of the Mongol invaders and saved Japan from danger. Since then, Japanese people have been worshipping the god of wind and thunder to pray for divine protection. Inside Asakusa Temple in Tokyo, Japan, there is an attraction, the Wind and Thunder God Gate. Passing through the Thunder Gate guarded by the God of Wind and Thunder means that the wind and rain will be favorable, and good fortune will be turned to good luck.