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Caishen

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Caishen is the Chinese god of prosperity worshipped in the Chinese folk religion and Taoism. [1]

36 relations: Bi Gan, Caishen, Chen (surname), Chinese folk religion, Chinese mythology, Chinese New Year, Chinese temple architecture, Daoist temple, Encyclopædia Britannica, Fan Li, Gold, Han Xin, Iron, Jambhala, King Wu of Zhou, King Zhou of Shang, Lin (surname), Liu Haichan, Menshen, Miaoli County, Pure Land Buddhism, Qin dynasty, Randeng Daoren, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shang dynasty, Taiwan, Tang dynasty, Taoism, Tiger, Vajrayana, Wade–Giles, Xi'an, Yuan shuai, Zhouzhi County, Zichuan District.

Bi Gan

Bi Gan or Bigan was a prominent Chinese figure during the Shang dynasty.

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Caishen

Caishen is the Chinese god of prosperity worshipped in the Chinese folk religion and Taoism.

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Chen (surname)

Chen is one of the most common East Asian surnames of Chinese origin.

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Chinese folk religion

Chinese folk religion (Chinese popular religion) or Han folk religion is the religious tradition of the Han people, including veneration of forces of nature and ancestors, exorcism of harmful forces, and a belief in the rational order of nature which can be influenced by human beings and their rulers as well as spirits and gods.

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Chinese mythology

Chinese mythology refers to myths found in the historical geographic area of China: these include myths in Chinese and other languages, as transmitted by Han Chinese and other ethnic groups, which have their own languages and myths.

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Chinese New Year

Chinese New Year, usually known as the Spring Festival in modern China, is an important Chinese festival celebrated at the turn of the traditional lunisolar Chinese calendar.

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Chinese temple architecture

Chinese temple architecture refer to a type of structures used as place of worship of Chinese Buddhism, Taoism or Chinese folk religion/Shenism, where people revere ethnic Chinese gods and ancestors.

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Daoist temple

A Taoist temple (also 道观 dàoguān, literally " where the Tao is observed/cultivated") is a place of worship in Taoism.

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Encyclopædia Britannica

The Encyclopædia Britannica (Latin for "British Encyclopaedia"), published by Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., is a general knowledge English-language encyclopaedia.

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Fan Li

Fan Li from the Spring and Autumn period, was a prominent Chinese statesman, military strategist, diplomat, economist, philanthropist, Taoist, founder of Chuism (楚学), and the founding father of Chinese commercial business.

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Gold

Gold is a chemical element with symbol Au (from aurum) and atomic number 79, making it one of the higher atomic number elements that occur naturally.

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Han Xin

Han Xin (died 196 BC) was a military general who served Liu Bang during the Chu–Han Contention and contributed greatly to the founding of the Han dynasty.

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Iron

Iron is a chemical element with symbol Fe (from ferrum) and atomic number 26.

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Jambhala

Jambhala (also known as Dzambhala, Dzambala, Zambala or Jambala) is the God of Wealth and appropriately a member of the Jewel Family (see Ratnasambhava).

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King Wu of Zhou

King Wu of Zhou was the first king of the Zhou dynasty of ancient China.

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King Zhou of Shang

King Zhou was the pejorative posthumous name given to Di Xin, the last king of the Shang dynasty of ancient China.

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Lin (surname)

Lin is the Mandarin romanization of the Chinese surname written 林 in Chinese character.

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Liu Haichan

Liu Haichan (劉海蟾), Liu Hai, or Haichanzi (海蟾子) "Master Sea-Toad" is a (c. 10th century) Daoist xian "transcendent; immortal" who is a patriarch of the Quanzhen School, and a master of neidan "internal alchemy" techniques.

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Menshen

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 entrance of positive ones.

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Miaoli County

Miaoli County is a county in western Taiwan.

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Pure Land Buddhism

Pure Land Buddhism (浄土仏教 Jōdo bukkyō; Korean:; Tịnh Độ Tông), also referred to as Amidism in English, is a broad branch of Mahayana Buddhism and one of the most widely practiced traditions of Buddhism in East Asia.

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Qin dynasty

The Qin dynasty was the first dynasty of Imperial China, lasting from 221 to 206 BC.

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Randeng Daoren

Randeng Daoren is a character featured within the famed classic Chinese novel Fengshen Yanyi.

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Shaanxi

Shaanxi is a province of the People's Republic of China.

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Shandong

Shandong (formerly romanized as Shantung) is a coastal province of the People's Republic of China, and is part of the East China region.

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Shang dynasty

The Shang dynasty or Yin dynasty, according to traditional historiography, ruled in the Yellow River valley in the second millennium BC, succeeding the Xia dynasty and followed by the Zhou dynasty.

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Taiwan

Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a state in East Asia.

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Tang dynasty

The Tang dynasty or the Tang Empire was an imperial dynasty of China preceded by the Sui dynasty and followed by the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period.

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Taoism

Taoism, also known as Daoism, is a religious or philosophical tradition of Chinese origin which emphasizes living in harmony with the Tao (also romanized as ''Dao'').

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Tiger

The tiger (Panthera tigris) is the largest cat species, most recognizable for its pattern of dark vertical stripes on reddish-orange fur with a lighter underside.

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Vajrayana

Vajrayāna, Mantrayāna, Tantrayāna, Tantric Buddhism and Esoteric Buddhism are the various Buddhist traditions of Tantra and "Secret Mantra", which developed in medieval India and spread to Tibet and East Asia.

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Wade–Giles

Wade–Giles, sometimes abbreviated Wade, is a Romanization system for Mandarin Chinese.

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Xi'an

Xi'an is the capital of Shaanxi Province, China.

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Yuan shuai

Yuan Shuai (元帥) was a Chinese military rank that corresponds to a marshal in other nations.

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Zhouzhi County

Zhouzhi is a county under the administration of Xi'an, the capital of Shaanxi province, China.

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Zichuan District

The Zichuan District is one of eight divisions within the city of Zibo in the Chinese province of Shandong.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caishen

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