Print

One of a series of popular prints on paper of Chinese deities from peasant cults. The Pantheon, wan shen dian (萬神殿), of popular Chinese Buddhism including local gods of Wealth and Fortune.The print includes names for each deity and group of deities.

Upper section:

文殊 Wenshu / Mañjuśrī

覌音 > 觀音 Guanyin / Avalokiteśvara

燃灯 Randeng / Dipankara

樂師 Yaoshi / Medicine Buddha / Bhaiṣajyaguru

如來佛 Rulai fo / Tathāgata Buddha (Śākyamuni)

阿弥 > 阿彌 Emi / Amitābha

弥勒 > 彌勒 Mile / Maitreya

大世 [usually written 大勢至] Dashi / Mahāsthāmaprāpta

普賢 Puxian / Samantabhadra

Middle Section:

十二宮辰 Shier gongchen / Stars of the twelve mansions

玉清 Yu qing / Jade purity

上清 Shang qing / Higher purity

太清 Tai qing / Supreme purity

十一大月 Shiyi da yue / Eleven big moons/months*

南斗 Nan dou / Southern Dipper

勾陳 Gou chen / “Hooked Array” (a constellation / star deity)

玉皇 Yu Huang / Jade Emperor

紫徴 Zi Hui / Purple Tenuity (star deity)

后土 Hou Tu / Lord of the Earth

北斗 Bei dou / Northern Dipper

Lower section:

天師 Tian shi / Heavenly Master

真武 Zhenwu [a.k.a. Xuanwu]

文昌 Wenchang [constellation, anthropomorphized as deity of literature]

中元 Zhongyuan

上元 Shangyuan

下元 Xiayuan

招財 Zhaocai / Wealth-summoning god

関聖大帝 Guansheng Dadi / Apotheosis of Guan Yu 關羽

利市 Lishi / lit. “profitable market”, some other kind of anthropomorphic wealth deity

Bottom section:

地藏 Dizang / “Earth Treasury” bodhisattva Kṣitigarbha

*Shi yi da yue 十一大月 (lit. “Eleven great moons”) probably refers to what are usually called the Shi yi da yao 十一大曜 “Eleven great luminaries”, consisting of the Sun, Moon, and five visible planets, together with the more obscure Rāhu, Ketu, Ziqi and Yuebei.