Traditional New Year Pictures in Zhong Kui

As the saying goes: "In order to play ghosts, with the help of Zhong Kui." It means to destroy hostile people and use more powerful people.

Zhong Kui is the most familiar figure in China's folk belief in gods. Sticking the door is the door god to ward off evil spirits, hanging nave is the charm to ward off evil spirits, and appearing in Nuo ceremonies is a warrior who unifies ghosts and slays demons, from which various Zhong Kui plays and Zhong Kui pictures are derived.

In the folk, people always like to hang and paste the portrait of Zhong Kui above the door. The world thinks it means to seek good fortune and avoid evil, so it is very happy. They often buy them on holidays and hang them at home.

In the eyes of ordinary people in China, Zhong Kui is an exorcist, selfless and kind, and is very popular with ordinary people. For ordinary people, the story of Zhong Kui playing ghosts is almost a household name, and the influence of Zhong Kui belief on the people can be said to be both deep and wide.

Only by reading the excellent series Zhong Kui published by Cultural Relics Publishing House can we truly appreciate the profound cultural connotation of Zhong Kui's image and understand the enduring mystery of folk beliefs in Zhong Kui for thousands of years.