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Description: | Door God, supposed to prevent evil spirits from entering houses. They are used only in the Taoist and Buddhist religions - a true Confucian despises them. They are usually put up at the New Year, being fastened on the centre of the front door and broken by the opening of the door on New Year's morning. They are made of paper, but this one has been mounted on linen in order to preserve it.
Loan Department, Church Missionary Society, Sailsbury Sqaure, London.
Polychrome scroll painting of a Door Guardian, in the form of a male figure wearing an elaborate green and red costunme, and holding a sword upright in each hand. The scroll is attached to two darkened wooden suspension bars with iron alloy nails. | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Subjects: | paper (fiber product) wood scroll paintings (ritual & belief: representations) paper textiles cord iron alloy pigment iron linen | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-53861 |
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