What are the traditional trades' ancestors or guardians?

In the old days, all trades and industries had their own ancestor or protector, usually in the form of a wooden statue, a painting, a tablet, and so on. Usually enshrined in the home to set up a god can be, on New Year's Day, insert a burn incense on some offerings. There are workshops for the workshop, and in the opening, light the fire before mass production and the ancestor's birthday, the anniversary of the ceremony held to worship or welcome the gods. Sometimes the same industry will have to race or something, this time the ceremony is much more solemn. Apprentice worship, master, also want to kowtow to the ancestor first.

In this way, a family in addition to the worship of the god of heaven, Zaojun, God of Wealth, etc., if the family is engaged in different occupations of several people, and then to provide another several ancestor god. In some cases, the number of gods is much larger than the population of the family.

Silk industry: Guan Sheng.

Cotton spinning industry: Huang Daobao.

The abacus industry: Confucius.

Paper store: Wenchang Emperor.

Paper shop: Cai Lun.

Ink industry: Lu Dongbin.

The pen industry: Meng Tien.

Cloisonné industry: Dayu.

Masonry: Lu Ban.

Sword maker: Ou Yezi.

Tie color industry: Lu Ban, Wu Daozi.

Umbrella industry: Lotus Leaf Immortal Master (Lu Ban's wife).

Wine, vinegar and sauce industry: Du Kang, Yi Di (glutinous rice wine).

Bamboo maker: Taishan (son of Lu Ban).

Fan industry: Qi Huan Gong.

Salt industry: Guan Zhong.

Comedian: Dongfang Shuo (and god of the lamp industry).

Leatherworker: White-headed Buddha.

Thief: Shiqian.

Small Stove Maker and Weighing Industry: Hu Ding Zhenren.

Ointment: Li Tiequan.

Daoxiao theater: Zhang Guolao.

Lotus Flower Drop: Lan Caihe.

Dyeing: Mei Fu and Ge Hong.

Prostitutes: Guan Zhong, Pan Jinlian, and Bai Mei Shen.

The willow tyer: Fan Dan.

Blacksmith: Tai Shang Lao Jun, Yuchi Gong.

White blacksmith: Bai Yun Laozu.

The Knife Sharpener: the Emperor on horseback.

The pedicurist: Chen Qi Zi.

Flowering firm, flower farmer: Peach Blossom Fairy.

Tea business: Lu Yu.

Tofu industry: Liu An and Le Yi.

Slaughter industry: Zhang Fei.

Printing industry: Bi Oi.

Cosmetic industry: Guanyin.

Tourism: Xu Xiake.

Commerce: Fan Li.

Internal medicine: Sun Simiao.

Chinese medicine and acupuncture: Wang Weiyi.

Chinese medicine surgery: Hua Tuo.

Chinese herbal medicine: Li Shizhen.

Gynecology in Chinese medicine: Chen Jinggu.

Veterinary practice: Bole.

Steamed bread business: Zhuge Liang.

Peking duck: Zhu Yuanzhang.

Aquaculture industry: the Dragon King.

Stinky tofu industry: Wang Zhihe.

Opera industry: Tang Ming Huang.

Drummer: Shi Kuang.

Acrobatics: Lu Dongbin.

The face reading business: Liu Bo Wen.

Feng shui reading: Guo Pu.

Dart line: Dharma.

Bandit line: Dharma and Guan Yu.

Martial arts line: Zhang Sanfeng.

Salted vegetables line: Qin Shi Huang (people ate salted vegetables every day when building the Great Wall).

Flower gun industry: Zhu Rong (fire god).

Measurement industry: Fuxi, Shennong, Huangdi.

Tailoring and embroidery: Yellow Emperor, Three Emperors, and Rayon.

The scaffolding industry: Aristotle, Lu Ban, Huaguang Da Di.

Gold, silver, copper, iron and tin industry: Laojun, Kiln God, LuoXuan.

Candle industry: Guan Sheng, Ge Xian, Huang Kun, Jiu Tian Xuan Nü.

Charcoal Burning Industry: Sun Bin, Grandpa Chen, Old Sage Chen, Kiln God.

Paint painting sculpture industry: Wu Daozi, Pu'an, Wang Wei, Sun Bin.

Jade industry: Qiu Shiqi, White Goddess of Mercy, Zhou Xuanwang, Zhou Lingwang.

Needle industry: Liu Hai (because Liu Hai often sewed his own clothes on the street).

Knitting: Lu Ban, Liu Bei, Taishan, Lotus Leaf Immortal Master, Zhang Ban.

Combing industry: Zhang Ban, Chen Qi Zi, Huangfu Zu Shi, Huxu, Helian.

Cookery: Emperor Xuan Di of Han, Peng Zu, Yi Ya, Zhan Wang (Rat), Lei Zu.

Paper store: Emperor Wenchang.

Shoe-making: Sun Bin, Yellow Emperor, Ghost Valley, Dharma Ancestor, White Bean Buddha.

Divination and fortune-telling: King Wen, Zhou Gong, Guigu Zi, Xuanwu Ancestor, Peach Blossom Lady, Qi Gu, He Xian Gu, and so on.

Silk industry: Horse head mother, Rayon ancestor, silkworm flower five saints, three nuns, Qingyi god Bo Yu, the Yellow Emperor, Zhang Heng, weaving maiden, the yellow Taoist and so on.

Beggar Ancestors: Fan Dan, Li Hou Niang (Song), Wu Zixu, Gao Wenjiu (after the Tang Scholar), Zhu Yuanzhang, Suo Ancestors (saved Zhu Yuanzhang), Kangxi (sealed the head of the beggar).