Zhao Gongming

Zhao Gongming

Zhao Gongming, also known as Zhao Gong Yuanshuai and Xuantan Zhenjun, is a god of wealth in Chinese folk religion and Taoism. He is the most widely venerated of the various forms of Caishen, and is conventionally identified as the central figure of the Five Roads Wealth Gods system. Within the Chinese pantheon, Zhao Gongming is the principal Military God of Wealth, distinguished by his armoured iconography from the Civil Wealth Gods (文財神) such as Bi Gan and Fan Li, who are depicted in court robes. His birthday is commemorated on the fifth day of the first lunar month in widely observed Chinese New Year customs and on the fifteenth day of the third lunar month at his principal cult sites. He appears for the first time in the classic Chinese novel Fengshen Yanyi (封神演义), contrary to claims in Pochu Mixin Quanshu that he was a creation of the Song era.

Pantheon: Chinese Culture: Chinese Civilization: China Period: 1600 BCE – present

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