Zhong Kui was from which dynasty and who?

Zhong Kui is a virtual character, a god who can play with ghosts to exorcise evil spirits in China folklore.

According to legend, during the Tang Dynasty in China, Emperor Xuanzong suddenly became seriously ill after going out for a cruise, but failed to be cured after many treatments. The emperor was very anxious. One night, he dreamed that a child in red stole his treasure, and the emperor scolded the child angrily. At this moment, GREAT GHOST, wearing a broken hat, suddenly appeared, grabbed the kid and ate it.

When the emperor asked him who he was, GREAT GHOST replied: I am a scholar in Zhong Nanshan, and my name is Zhong Kui. Because the emperor didn't like my ugly appearance, he decided not to admit me. He was killed on the steps of the palace in a rage and engaged in ghost hunting after his death.

During the Spring Festival, Zhong Kui was the door god (one of the most famous immortals in Taoism); During the Dragon Boat Festival, Zhong Kui was the Tianshi who cut off the five poisons; Zhong Kui is the only omnipotent god among the traditional Taoist gods in China.

Where there are Chinese in the world, there is a belief in Zhong Kui, the "Tang Fuzhen Zhai Sheng Jun". This belief is also very common in Southeast Asia, especially in Zhouzhi (Zhong Kui's hometown), Jianghuai, Minnan, Taiwan Province and other places in China.

During the Spring Festival, the Dragon Boat Festival, the opening ceremony, the opening ceremony, the temple fair, the opening ceremony, the thank-you ceremony, the housewarming, the celebration of the breeze, the wedding birthday, the blessing ceremony and important celebrations, people will hang portraits of Zhong Kui, hold Nuo dances and Zhong Kui performances. Artists often dress up as Zhong Kui, wear Nuo masks and robes, and dance with bats and swords.

Sometimes there are puppet shows to manipulate Zhong Kui. People pray: Zhong Kui, bless the town house and win the first place in the list; Zhong Kui is a miracle, send us a happy birthday!

In Japan, Zhong Kui's beliefs are very systematic. Many villages have Zhong Kui Shrine, which makes scarecrow dolls in Zhong Kui. Zhong Kui tiles will be placed on many roof tiles, Zhong Kui Nuo Dance will be performed, Zhong Kui flag will be hung, Zhong Kui's portrait will be placed in the children's room at home, and Shenle Society will also perform Zhong Kui. There used to be a plane called Zhong Kui.

Zhong Kui culture Dragon Boat Festival, Spring Festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day and Mid-Autumn Festival are also called the four traditional folk festivals. The essential activities on this day gradually evolved into inviting Zhong Kui, dancing Zhong Kui, making trouble in Zhong Kui, eating zongzi, dragon boat racing, hanging calamus, wormwood, mugwort leaves, smoked Atractylodes rhizome, angelica dahurica, tying Cynanchum bungeanum and making fragrant troughs.

Dragon Boat Festival is a very grand festival, especially with the active participation of people from Zhong Kui, Zhong Kui, Zhong Kui and Dragon Boat Race (water town), which is celebrated by the whole people.

On the Dragon Boat Festival, every household invited "Tang Fuzhen Zhai Sheng Jun" Zhong Kui to be a guest at home. It is said that Zhong Kui was invited into the house: "Bless Zhai Zhen, only Zhong Kui", "Invite Zhong Kui to win the first prize in the list" and "Zhong Kui miraculously appeared to send us a happy birthday." Comrade Mao Zedong also wrote in his letter to Jiang Qing on July 8, 1966/kloc-0: "With the help of Zhong Kui, he blessed the town house and invited Zhong Kui.

Throughout the year, especially during the Dragon Boat Festival and the Spring Festival, people will also go to the temple of Zhong Kui's hometown in Zhongnan Town-"Tang Fuzhen Zhai Sheng Jun" to pray, cultivate themselves, raise their health, board and lodging, take vacations and visit, so as to be happy and healthy.

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