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Goddess GuanYin

Goddess  Guan Yin



She's the Chinese goddess of compassion, bestows prayers and fertility. In ancient times Guan Yin was supposed to be a male, so don’t be surprised if you come upon a masculine Guan Yin.

In Sanskrit she's known as Padma pani - "Born of the Lotus." She is revered by both the Taoist and Buddhist. Kuan Yin is a shortened form of a name that means One Who Sees and Hears the Cry from the Human World. Her Chinese title signifies, "She who always observes or pays attention to sounds," i.e., she who hears prayers. Sometimes possessing eleven heads, she is surnamed Sung-Tzu-Niang-Niang, "lady who brings children." She is goddess of fecundity as well as of mercy.
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The Sanxing are Fu, Lu, and Shou Chinese God's

The Sanxing  are Fu, Lu, and Shou Chinese God's
 


The Sanxing (三星 "Three Stars"), who are Fu, Lu, and Shou (simplified Chinese: 福禄寿; traditional Chinese: 福祿壽; pinyin: Fú Lù Shòu), or Cai, Zi and Shou (財子壽), are the gods of the three stars and the three qualities of Prosperity (Fu), Status (Lu), and Longevity (Shou) in Chinese religion. These icons are thought to date back to the Ming dynasty, when the gods of the three stars were represented in human form for the first time. They are sometimes identified with other deities of the Chinese religion or of Taoism. 

The term is commonly used in Chinese culture to denote the three attributes of a good life. Statues of these three gods are found on the facades of folk religion's temples and ancestral shrines, in nearly every Chinese home and many Chinese-owned shops on small altars with a glass of water, an orange or other auspicious offerings, especially during Chinese New Year. Traditionally, they are arranged right to left (so Shou is on the left of the viewer, Lu in the middle, and Fu on the far right), just as Chinese characters are traditionally written from right to left.
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Chinese gods of the door




In China gods (menshen) were often painted on either side of a doorway to guard against evil demons or ghosts.

The two gods in syncretistic Chinese folk religion who guard the double doorway of a domestic dwelling or public building. The Men-shen, literally "gods of the doorway", are believed to have been two generals from the Tang Dynasty, namely Qin Shu-bao and Hu Jing-de. They have been venerated since the 13th or 14th century. The back door is guarded by the less popular but still powerful Wei Ch'eng.The Chinese deity who guards the back door of domestic dwellings and public buildings. They are all former minister of emperor Tang Tai-zong. They are shown equipped with bows and arrows and magical symbols with which they avert evil spirits. According to legend, they also defended the 6th Tang emperor against attacking demons while he was asleep. The Men-shen appear as protectors in many folktales.
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