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Tudigong

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Another story says that Tudipo is supposed to be a young lady. After Tudigong received a heavenly rank, he gave everything that the people asked for. When one of the Deities went down to Earth to do inspections, he saw that Tudigong was distributing blessings unnecessarily. Soon after that, the Deity
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After the Jade Emperor knew this, he found out that there was a lady that was going to be killed, but she was not guilty. Thus, the Jade Emperor told a Deity to go down to Earth and bring the lady to heaven. When the lady was brought to the Celestial Palace, the Jade Emperor bestowed her to Tudigong
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Many temples house small shrines with the image of Tudigong, commonly located under the main altar, or below the house door. Many worshippers supplicate with the intention of gaining wealth or maintaining their physical health. They are also traditionally worshipped before the burial of deceased
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In Taiwan, festivals dedicated to Tudigong typically take place on the second day of the second month and the 15th day of the eighth month on the Chinese lunar calendar. The second day of the second month is said to be Tudigong's birthday. Today these deities are associated with
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as his wife. She was ordered to look after how many blessings Tudigong distributes and that they not be unnecessarily distributed. This is why many people do not want to pay respect to Tudipo, because they are afraid that she will not let Tudigong give much wealth to them.
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The definitive characteristic of Tudigongs is that they are limited to their specific geographical locations. The Tudigong of one location is not the Tudigong of another location
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of a specific location. There are several Tudigongs corresponding to different geographical locations and sometimes multiple ones will be venerated together in certain regions.
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of the Ming dynasty was born in a Tudigong shrine. The image of a Tudigong is that of a simply clothed, smiling, white-bearded man. His wife, the Grandmother of the Village,
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However, originally the character 社 meant soil, and had a connotation of divinity; see the diagram on the right for more info on its relationship with the
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Wen-yu Chang & Wei-ping Lin, “A Fairy-like Woman, Taiwanese Businessmen, and Temple Managers: A New Age Temple of Earth God in Xiamen” (in Chinese),
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The character 社 alone historically referred to such deities. It is a combination of deity (示) and soil (土), meaning "god of the land"
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When people move from one location to another, they will say goodbye to their local Tudigong and worship the one of the new location
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Often, a specific person who did a great service to their local community will be seen as becoming a Tudigong after their death.
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are called 土地神屋 or Tudigong House, representing a link between the concept and the concept of a Tudigong temple dedicated to a
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Religion in Chinese Society : A Study of Contemporary Social Functions of Religion and Some of Their Historical Factors
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The Encyclopedia of Malaysia, vol. Religions & Beliefs, edited by Prof. Dr M. Kamal Hassan & Dr. Ghazali bin Basri.
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This word may be confusing as 社 is often used to refer to society or shrines, but the original etymology was linked to soil.
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Keith G. Stevens, Chinese Mythological Gods, Oxford University Press, USA, (November 8, 2001), pages 60, 68, 70,
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The character 社 is now primarily associated with Society, being present in such compounds as
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Tudigong temples are common across China, Tibet, Taiwan, Macau and Hong Kong.
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persons to thank him for using his land to return their bodies to the earth
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They are considered to be among the lowest ranked divinities, just below
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The deities are considered to have a kind of appointed position like an
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has two Tudigong temples next to each other for different Tudigongs.
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Shiv Visvanathan, “Mrs Brundtland’s Disenchanted Cosmos” (1991) in
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Tudigongs are believed to have originally developed out of the
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Guardian or patron deity of a locality in Chinese folk religion
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Sacrifices to Sheshen transitioned to sacrifices to Tudigong
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Etymology of Sheshen. Both characters are religious in nature
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A small altar for Tudi, part of a Chinese tomb, Indonesia.
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Commoners often call their local Tudigong "grandfather" (
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of locations and the human communities who inhabit it in
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A large statue of a Tudigong at the Hongludi Temple in
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In the countryside, they are sometimes given wives,
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(2009-01-01). 764:(社神), also known as Tudigongs, are 1147:A small altar in a private house, 14: 1485:Southeast Review of Asian Studies 518:("God of Local City"), and above 2060:Confucian royal ancestral shrine 1332:"Nuannuan Twins Tudigong Temple" 1195:Agriculture in Chinese mythology 1168: 1156: 1140: 1120: 1088: 1076: 1056: 1036: 610:Other names of the god include: 2377:East Asian traditional religion 1658:"Meaning of Chinese characters" 876:, looks like a normal old lady 827:The earliest known sheshen was 724:"Lord of Blessing and Virtue"). 672:"God of the Soil") or Shegong ( 638:"Great Elder Lord") or Bogong ( 587:'Lord of the Land') or 407: 383: 369: 307:Second alternative Chinese name 295: 281: 207: 180: 166: 152: 2352:Journey to the West characters 1063:A temple dedicated to Fude in 781: 720: 706:"God who May Bless the Soil"); 634: 625: 616: 600: 592: 578: 468: 444: 348: 318: 260: 230: 128: 114: 68: 1: 2179:Four Books and Five Classics 1915:Ancestor veneration in China 1900:Unity of Heaven and humanity 1635:. 2022-05-04. 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City God (China)

Ping Shan Heritage Trail
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Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
IPA

Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization
Jyutping
IPA

Southern Min
Hokkien
POJ
Chinese
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization
Jyutping
Chinese
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Yue: Cantonese

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