Chinese decoration placed on each side of an entry to a temple
Menshen
Menshen in Taiwan
Traditional Chinese
門神
Simplified Chinese
门神
Literal meaning
gate god(s)
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
ménshén
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping
mun4 san4
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ
Mn̂g-sîn
MartialDoorGods
Traditional Chinese
武門神
Simplified Chinese
武门神
Literal meaning
military gate god(s)
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
wuménshén
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping
mou5 mun4 san4
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ
bú-mn̂g-sîn
CivilDoorGods
Traditional Chinese
文門神
Simplified Chinese
文门神
Literal meaning
literary gate god(s)
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
wenménshén
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping
man4 mun4 san4
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ
bûn-mn̂g-sîn
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Menshen, or door gods,[1] are divine guardians of doors and gates in Chinese folk religions, used to protect against evil influences or to encourage the entrance of positive ones. They began as the divine pair Shenshu (Chinese: 神荼; Jyutping: San4 Tou4; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sîn-tô͘ ) and Yulü (Chinese: 鬱壘; Jyutping: Wat1 Leoi5; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ut-lúi) under the Han, but the deified generals Qin Shubao (Chinese: 秦叔寶; Jyutping: Ceon4 Suk1 Bou2; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chîn Siok-pó) and Yuchi Gong (Chinese: 尉遲恭; Jyutping: Wai3 Ci4 Gung1; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ut-tî Kiong) have been more popular since the Tang. In cases where a door god is affixed to a single door, Wei Zheng or Zhong Kui is commonly used.
Menshen, or door gods, are divine guardians of doors and gates in Chinese folk religions, used to protect against evil influences or to encourage the...
putting an end to the last remnants of Zhao. Li Mu sometimes appears as a menshen on Chinese and Taoist temples, usually paired with Bai Qi. He is also commemorated...
underworld Imperial examination in Chinese mythology Kui in Chinese mythology Menshen, Chinese Door Gods The Five Poisons Yanluo Wang, Chinese Underworld Judge...
household mother goddess in Meitei mythology and Sanamahism of Manipur Menshen, divine guardians of doors and gates in Chinese folk religion Ông Táo,...
Every major city had a City God appointed by the imperial government Menshen, the gods of doors Chen Wenlong, god of city walls in Fuzhou Makiubaya:...
deities, including the "Bed God" (床神, Chuángshén), the "Gate Gods" (門神, Ménshén), and the "Toilet god" (廁神, Cèshén), often personified as Zigu. Zhong Kui...
later stages of the Warring States period. Sun Bin sometimes appears as a Menshen (door god) in Chinese and Taoist temples, usually paired with Pang Juan...
through their intervention. For example, the guardians of the doors, the Menshen pair and others. Various deities and spirits have been mythologically associated...
Temple (妙聖宮) in his hometown of Qingshui. A statue of Liao once served as a menshen (threshold guardian) at Wutianchan Shrine (無天禪寺) in New Taipei City's Xindian...
would take, and Gangrim Doryeong follows the trail into the netherworld. Menshen Doorway worship "처용" (in Korean). Terms.naver.com. Retrieved 2017-03-13...
and Ha are called A-un. The Heng. The Ha The Ha. The Heng Shanmen A-un Menshen Xu Zhonglin & Lu Xinxing (2005), p. 709–718. "哼哈二将不同之处". hzcmc.com (in...
biographical film shown in the Discovery Historia TV channel was made about him. Menshen on a morgen, Polish title: Ludzie bez jutra, Wydawnictwo Herkules, Warszawa...
buildings. Many traditional Chinese houses tend to display images of the menshen (threshold guardian). Some buildings were built with a "foundation stone"...
Leg." In The Water Margin's 28th chapter, "Drunken Wu Song beats Jiang Menshen innkeeper", it mentions that Wu Song uses the following moves: "step of...
display the words Yǒuqíobìyìng (有求必應). There are usually no paifang or any menshen at the entrance, and there are usually no statues inside the hall at all...
dragon pillars that date to the reign of Jiaqing Emperor (1796-1820). The menshen and other paintings were done by famed painter Chen Yufeng (陳玉峰, 1900–1964)...
and repair the temple. In 2020, researchers discovered that the painted menshen on the doors have two additional layers underneath, the earliest of which...
the first book in the series "Visenshaftlikhe folks-bikher", Vi Haben Menshen Gelebt mit Einige Toizend Yor Tzurik? ("How People Lived Thousands of Years...
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