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dedicated to the 3rd century BC hero, Li Mu? Peasant memories have so frequently proved to have been selective and extremely partial to local heroes and as the famous battle fought by Yang Yeh in northern Shansi took place quite close to the site of the temple it would be understandable for them to assume rightly or wrongly that the temple had been dedicated to his son in those distant days before the temple was destroyed. And here is another problem. No one nowadays knew when the temple had been demolished, the best bet would seem to be during the Japanese campaigns of the 1930s.
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'The Khitan [in Chinese Ch'i-tan] were Tatars who adopted the Chinese name Liao for their dynasty, and were hunters from approximately the area now known as Inner Mongolia
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"General" in Chinese used to be a generic term for the leader of an independent body of soldiers and was even used for leaders of village militia groups as small as a score or so
He was also known as P'an Hung and referred to in the novel as the Sung Imperial adviser Hung-yang Tung At the Hung-yang cave)
The Eldest Son was Yang Yuan-ping, the Second Son, Yang Yen-ling, and the Third, Yang Yen-kuang.
*This cult is in no way connected with Yang Hou, whose images have been noted in eight temples in Hong Kong and Macau
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A small temple in Taipei is dedicated to the Four Ambassadors [who crossed to Taiwan] from the Chin Lake in Ch'uanchou, and despite the main deities within all being pestilence Wang-yeh, and acknowledged as such by the temple keeper, they were also identified as four of the sons of Yang Yeh. The images were well-nigh impossible to discern with any clarity as the protective plate glass was extremely grimy.
8 Werner also noted that Ch'an Shih-kung was a popular deity in Kiangsi province whose aid was sought by peasants for rain during prolonged drought. He added that pictures of the deity in monasteries showed him with a vermilion mark on his forehead and with a tiger crouched at his feet. Legend explained that a tiger which had menaced travellers had been ordered by Ch'an Shih-kung to desist, and it had followed him like a dog thereafter. It would seem that the deity noted by Werner was not in any way connected with Yang Wu Lang.
9 In a small Singapore temple the following title was inscribed into a multi-deity tablet, even though no images of the Yang clan were present: Hsien-feng Yang Chiang-chun Chi-chiao Wang-yeh [The Fleet of Foot Vanguard General].
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dedicated to the 3rd century BC hero, Li Mu? Peasant memories have so frequently proved to have been selective and extremely partial to local heroes and as the famous battle fought by Yang Yeh in northern Shansi took place quite close to the site of the temple it would be understandable for them to assume rightly or wrongly that the temple had been dedicated to his son in those distant days before the temple was destroyed. And here is another problem. No one nowadays knew when the temple had been demolished, the best bet would seem to be during the Japanese campaigns of the 1930s.
NOTES
'The Khitan [in Chinese Ch'i-tan] were Tatars who adopted the Chinese name Liao for
their dynasty, and were hunters from approximately the area now known as Inner Mongolia
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"General" in Chinese used to be a generic term for the leader of an independent body of soldiers and was even used for leaders of village militia groups as small as a score or so
He was also known as P'an Hung and referred to in the novel as the Sung Imperial adviser
Hung-yang Tung At the Hung-vang cave)
The Eldest Son was Yang Yuan-ping, the Second Son, Yang Yen-ling LE and the Thud, Yang Yen-kuang ZE .
*This cult is in no way connected with Yang Hou, whose images have been noted in eight
temples in Hong Kong and macau
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A small temple in Taipei is dedicated to the Four ambassadors [who crossed to Taiwan] from the Chin Lake in Ch'uanchou . and despite the main deities within all beng pestilence Wang-yeh, and acknowledged as such by the temple keeper, they were also identified as four of the sons of Yang Yeh The images were well migh impossible to discern with any clanty as the protective plate glass was extremely griny
8 Werner also noted that Ch'an Shih-kung was a popular deity in Kiangsi province whose aid was sought by peasants for rain during prolonged drought He addedthat pictures of the derly in monasteries showed him with a vermilion mark on his forehead and with a tiger crouched at his feet Legend explained that a tiger which had menaced travellers had been ordered by Ch'an Shah-kung to desist, and it had followed him like a dog thereafter. It would seem that the deity noted by Werner was not in any way connected with Yang Wu Lang
9 In a small Singapore temple the following title was inscribed into a multi-deity tablet ever though no images of the Yang clan wer present Hsien-feng Yang chiang-chun Chi-chiao Wang-yeh HCAHЕ[The Fleet of Foot Vanguard General]
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