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characteristics. Plopper in his Chinese Religion seen Through the Proverb : Shanghai : 1935 claimed that Lao Lang was also the patron of prostitutes.
Meng Fu Langjun f. otherwise known as Langjun Ye, NB
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image has been noted in Lukang in western Taiwan, is the patron of the southern school of woodwinds.
He is known by this title which describes his position once he fled to the West from Chang'an ahead of the pursuing rebel forces.
This lengthy legend basically tells of the emperor's challenge to Zhang Tianshi to use his magic to stop the noise of heavenly music which, unbeknownst to Zhang was being performed by 360 musicians concealed in a cellar. Zhang stopped the music by killing the lot in one swoop with his magic. The emperor, horrified at what he had done, had them all deified as Plague Gods.
Zhi Nú is the Weaving Girl in the legend of the Weaving Girl and the Cowherd.
Mesny Wm. Mesny's Chinese Miscellany: Shanghai : 1899
Richard T : The Secret Sects of China : The Chinese Inland Mission Handbook : 1896
Chaozhou is a city in eastern Guangdong province where their minority language is spoken.
Chuanzhou is a city in southern Fujian province and emigrants from both Chuanzhou and Chaozhou have settled in both Taiwan and South-east Asia.
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A similar claim was made in Central China where the rain and crop deity, Doutian Yuanshuai BÆ, was believed to be an incarnation of Zhang Xun who, it was said, had intervened to assist the imperial forces during the Taiping wars ca. 1855 and had been awarded the title of Zhangwei
13 Goodrich, A. S. : The Peking Temple of the Eastern Peak : Monumenta Serica : Nagoya : 1964