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Zhong Kui
A Ming painting of Zhong Kui the Demon Queller with Five Bats, with the five bats representing the five blessings as well as the vase, red coral, and fungi—held by demons—that also contain auspicious symbolism
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese
鍾馗
Simplified Chinese
钟馗
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Zhōng Kuí
Wade–Giles
Chung K‘uei Chung Kwei
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese alphabet
Chung Quỳ
Chữ Hán
鍾馗
Korean name
Hangul
종규
Hanja
鍾馗
Transcriptions
Revised Romanization
Jong-gyu
Japanese name
Kanji
鍾馗
Transcriptions
Romanization
Shōki
Zhong Kui (Chinese: 鍾馗; pinyin: Zhōng Kuí; Korean: 종규, romanized: Jonggyu; Japanese: 鍾馗, romanized: Shōki; Vietnamese: Chung Quỳ) is a Taoist deity in Chinese mythology, traditionally regarded as a vanquisher of ghosts and evil beings. He is depicted as a large man with a big black beard, bulging eyes, and a wrathful expression. Zhong Kui is able to command 80,000 demons to do his bidding and is often associated with the five bats of fortune. Worship and iconography of Zhong Kui later spread to other East Asian countries, and he can also be found in the folklores and mythologies of Korea, Japan, and Vietnam.
In art, Zhong Kui is a frequent subject in paintings and crafts, and his image is often painted on household gates as a guardian spirit as well as in places of business where high-value goods are involved. He is also commonly portrayed in popular media.
influenced by the intervention of various deities (Yang C. K., 265–268). ZhongKui, also spelled Chung-kuei, was a deity associated with the examination...
ZhongKui the Demon Queller with Five Bats is a popular Chinese painting featuring the Chinese mythological spirit ZhongKui. It originates from the Ming...
another way to protect themselves on this day was by hanging pictures of ZhongKui, another custom holds that the Chinese should mix mercury (cinnabar) with...
(2009), Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame (2010) and ZhongKui: Snow Girl and the Dark Crystal (2015). Li has also starred in Hollywood...
Chinese and Japanese art. He sometimes appears on Chinese hell bank notes. ZhongKui (鍾馗) is the vanquisher of ghosts and evil beings. Portraits of him were...
February 2015, Madina featured in Peter Pau's fantasy action adventure film ZhongKui: Snow Girl and the Dark Crystal. She also featured in martial arts film...
Jiangshi are a type of re-animated corpse. In the mythological folklore, ZhongKui is regarded as a vanquisher of ghosts and evil beings. He committed suicide...
Chinese folklorical deity ZhongKui is said to have grown up in those same mountains. Other than the name, the context of ZhongKui being a protection deity...
by night, ZhongKui, a reincarnated deity must jog his amnesiac lover's memory of their millennium-long romance. Mike He as ZhongKui / Zhong Zheng-nan...
Shoki or Shōki may refer to: the Japanese pronunciation of ZhongKui, a figure in Chinese mythology, traditionally regarded as a vanquisher of ghosts...
blessed with Meng Po's abilities. Yanluo Wang (閻羅王) Cheng Huang Gong (城隍公) ZhongKui (鍾馗) Heibai Wuchang (黑白無常) Youdu (幽都) Ox-Head and Horse-Face Chinese folk...
forethought. He was killed in the State of Wey in defence of his lord Kong Kui. Zhong You was born in 542 BC, only nine years younger than Confucius. He was...
grew up from a naughty child to a powerful warrior. In the Three Realms, ZhongKui, Lu Shu, Master Yan, Sha Xiaomi, Dong Ting, Fu Fu, Yao Renju, Bai Long...
popularity on the micro-blogging site. Chen starred in fantasy epics in 2015; ZhongKui: Snow Girl and the Dark Crystal as well as Mojin: The Lost Legend where...
In cases where a door god is affixed to a single door, Wei Zheng or ZhongKui is commonly used. The gates and doors of Chinese houses have long received...
(portrayed by Lam Ching-ying) to exorcise them. Apart from Chung Kuey/ZhongKui, the following Chinese deities also play a role in the movie: King Yan...
(Michael Maloney) Zapped Again! – Cecil (David Dohan) ZhongKui: Snow Girl and the Dark Crystal – ZhongKui (Chen Kun) The Addams Family 2 – Cyrus Strange Adventure...
Louise Lee. Tianshi ZhongKui (天師鍾馗; Heavenly Master ZhongKui), a 1994 Taiwanese-Singaporean co-produced television series about ZhongKui. One part of the...
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