The Origin of Qin Qiong and Jingde as Door Gods

1, one is recorded by The Journey to the West: The King of Jinghe was guilty of dogma and should be beheaded by the Tang Dynasty. The King of Jinghe turned to Li Shimin for help, and Li Shimin left Wei Zhi to play chess. Unexpectedly, Wei Zhi took a nap while playing chess, and he had already "dreamed of beheading the dragon king". King Jinghe blamed Li Shimin for this and pestered him every night. Li Shimin had to ask Qin Qiong and Jingde to stay in front of the bed, so he could sleep peacefully.

2. According to The Romance of Sui and Tang Dynasties, there was a time when Li Shimin was in a bad mood. When he sleeps at night, he often hears bricks and tiles thrown outside the bedroom and ghosts screaming, which makes the harem restless every night. He was afraid and told his minister about it. General Qin Qiong said, "I've been an officer all my life, killing enemies like a melon and collecting corpses like ants. Why are you afraid of ghosts? " I am willing to guard the palace gate with Jingde. "Li Shimin agreed.

Nothing happened that night. Since then, I have put two generals on guard every night. Later, Li Shimin remembered that they had worked hard all night, so he ordered the painter to draw the face of the second general and stick it on the door. Replacing people with paintings is also the way to do things, and what goes around comes around comes around. Folks have followed suit and become door gods. On New Year's Eve, folk customs put "Qin Qiong respects morality" on the street gate to ward off evil spirits, drive away disasters, welcome blessings and bless family members.

This legendary keeper has continued to this day. Every year during the Spring Festival, many people put the respected keeper of Qin Qiong and Dede on their doors.

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Image Classification of Qin Qiong and Jingdemen;

According to the figures and "costumes" on the portraits of General Qin Qiong and General Jingde, their image characteristics can be summarized as follows:

1, vertical melon door god

Most of the door gods of the vertical golden melon are like generals in the town hall, and the faces of the characters are portrayed in stage plays, all of which are "seven points" or "eight points" portraits. In the painting, two military commanders are white-faced and phoenix-eyed, and Uncle Bao has a long sword eyebrow, a purple face and fierce eyes, and thick eyebrows and respect for virtue.

There are two kinds of clothes: robe and armor. For example, the latter is "covered with gold and copper plating armour", wearing a helmet and armour, tied with soap boots, draped with robes, hanging a bow, and holding golden melons in both hands, which is colorful. Armor and melon are generally powder-plated with gold.

2, vertical whip mace goalkeeper

The difference between vertical whip and vertical hammer is that Qin Qiong's two-handed dance mace and Weichi Gong's whip bow are mostly S-shaped. Holding the whip and mace in one hand is higher than the helmet top and the waist in the other, which is mainly influenced by the "appearance" style of Beijing opera martial arts students.

3, riding a whip mace goalkeeper

In addition to stepping, folk door gods also have riding styles. Besides riding red horses, there are also white horses and animals that don't ride horses. Instead, they rode other gods, such as Weichi Gong, who crossed the gods with purple face, and Qin, who rode fairy deer with white face. On riding posture, most of the two veterans hold whips and mallets in both hands, and one holds whips and mallets, and the other holds mascots such as Ruyi and Lotus.

4. Sit and pray for the keeper

In order to meet the secular needs of the people, some military commanders have gradually changed from "avoiding evil spirits" to "praying for blessings", mostly sitting up and "crossing faces". Generally, a military commander holds an axe in one hand, a whip in the other and a mace in the other to pray for the goalkeeper. The posture is serene, losing the inherent posture of a fearless military commander, but a picture of the God of Wealth coming to earth.

The characters have also changed from a simple portrait of a general on the door to a group image of "five sons entering the DPRK", "harmony with two immortals" and "offering gifts to immortals" with Bao Shu and Jingde as the main groups. It shows the gentleness of the former heroic military commander, embodies the aesthetic value orientation of the folk people, and conforms to the secular desire to pray for officials and obtain wealth.

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