Who's Grandpa?

Grandpa is not a fairy. Grandfather belongs to the research category of folklore, and is generally called the founder of academic schools, religious factions and all walks of life, or a person who has made great contributions to the formation of an industry. Representative figures are Du Kang, Lu Ban, Zhu Yuanzhang, etc.

Industry ancestor worship is a branch of folk culture. In the past, all walks of life attached great importance to it and regarded it as the patron saint of this industry. There are 360 lines among the people, and there is a saying that there is no ancestor. Grandfathers are very prestigious people, who directly or indirectly created and supported this industry.

Grandfather qualification

It is not entirely arbitrary to determine the founder of the industry, and it is also necessary to have one condition or another. The inventor of a certain skill, a person who has made great contributions to the formation of a certain industry, a historical celebrity, who has worked in a certain industry, and a god is related to a certain industry.

Some people became ancestors by accident, some were forcibly placed by later generations, and some industries were ancestors of the same clan, such as pawn, fortune telling, incense, sericulture, silk weaving and cakes, all of which were based on Guan Yu. Another industry has several grandfathers, such as Guan Zhong, Zhang Fei, Yan Di and Lu Ban in salt industry.