Portrait of Zhong Kui, hand-painted with cinnabar and chicken blood-1256935169

Portrait of Zhong Kui, hand-painted with cinnabar and chicken blood.
Zhong Kui Tiger painting.

Soft mounted reel finished: 125cm*35cm
Rice paper heart: 86cm*35cm

Zhong Kui’s moral and symbol
Zhong Kui’s meaning and symbol: town house, send good fortune, send money. Zhong Kui is a spirit of exorcism in Chinese folklore, and people regard it as a judge of justice. Hanging in the house, there is a sign of “seek wealth and receive wealth, and be blessed and be blessed.” Zhong Kui, as the only god of all response in Chinese traditional culture, is the holy king of blessing and righteousness.

Zhong Kui is the god of exorcism of the town house in Chinese folklore. It was once awarded as “the Holy king of the town House” and “the God of all kinds of response” by Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty. It is one of the famous folk auspicious gods in China and is included in the celestial system by Taoism. According to ancient books, Zhong Kui, Chang ‘an Zhongnan Mountain people (now Shaanxi Province Xi ‘an Zhongnan Mountain people) (said Anhui Lingbi people), born leopard head around the eyes, iron face Qiu temples, strange appearance; He was brilliant, full of Confucian, noble, honest, honest, because of his ugly appearance, was deprived of the title, upright and upright his head hit the temple pillar and died.

Later, Emperor Xuanzong had a nightmare in Li Mountain night, surrounded by ghosts, when he was terrified, Zhong Kui appeared to tear ghosts and eat, the next day, Emperor Xuanzong ordered Wu Daozi to paint Zhong Kui’s portrait, because Wu Daozi also had a dream exactly like Emperor Xuanzong, so the painting was light and familiar, and soon restored the image of Zhong Kui in Emperor Xuanzong’s dream, Emperor Xuanzong was very happy, After ordering people to hang Zhong Kui painted by Wu Daozi near the dragon’s bed, Tang Xuanzong no longer had nightmares, and Tang Xuanzong took the prosperity to give Zhong Kui “the holy king of the town house” and “the God of all should”. Later, Emperor Xuanzong ordered Wu Daozi to paint some images of Zhong Kui and give them to important officials in the court. Later, Zhong Kui was regarded as the god of exorcism in town houses. There are many versions of Zhong Kui’s character origin, history and origin legend.