wǔtōngshén
Wutongshen
五通神 wǔtōngshén
- Wutongshen
- Malevolent spirits or demonic deities in Chinese folk religion, often depicted as five brothers or animal spirits (such as rats, pigs, or monkeys) that haunt humans and must be appeased with worship.
- Five Manifestations
- A group of five Daoist wealth deities originating in the Jiangxi region, typically viewed as benevolent brothers; they were later granted official titles by the Song dynasty.
- spirits of fallen soldiers
- According to one legend, the spirits of five fallen soldiers who appeared in a dream to the Ming Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋 zhūyuánzhāng, who then ordered a temple built to sacrifice to them