General/Assistant of Sword and Official Seal aka Yin Jian Jiang Jun (印劍將軍) in Chinese or Chi Jian Jiang Jun (持劍將軍) and Peng Yin Jiang Jun (捧印將軍).
This pair of Generals will usually be seen with Deities that with Official ranking such as Duke, Lord or Emperor (王/候/帝).
The tasks for such Generals are to assist the Main Deities in running errands or to hold-on-to the bestowed objects such as Official Seals (御印), Swords (寶劍) or Imperial Edict (聖旨).
Besides the General form statues that we usually see, at some places, the people will dedicated the statues in Children form (童身), even though they look different, but their tasks are the same.
Great variety of forms........thanks for sharing
ReplyDeleteI think the "HOU" Chinese character is written wrongly....I should be written as "侯"............
ReplyDeleteHahahahaha.. I notice that.. type too fast...
ReplyDeleteSincerely apologise.
wow didn;t know they have great powers with them
ReplyDeleteDear Nic, which great powers u meaning :P
ReplyDeletejave, could you help to creat a blog for these 3 Deities I'm talking about...I could email the digital photos by tomorrow...plus whatever I know about them....will that be fine.
ReplyDeleteHahahahaha.. sure, u can send them to my email at javecxwu@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteI will do it later.
Shi Fu Jave.....will both "持劍將軍" and "捧印將軍" able to subdue demons and fight off evils besides the normal daily routine stuffs while call upon by their Master...Dukes and Emperor...hahhahaha....
ReplyDeleteHahahahaha.. not really, eventhough they are called Jiang Jun aka General, their duties are to hold tight on to the Spiritual or Official objects and protect the main Deities.
ReplyDeleteOther assistants such as Marshals or Zhong Jun wil do the fighting upon getting the orders.
Shi Fu Jave....thanks. My family is trying to have a complete team of statues for Zheng Zong Hou Wang....that is the reason for my asking about the role of the assistants. Will be good if you do have any records of his Zhong Jun....thinking of "buying or craving" new statues so that we could complete the Zheng Zong team.....hahahahaha!
ReplyDeleteHahahahaha.. Zhong Jun is just a form of General, but usually this type of General wil stay with the main Deity or so-called the Boss of his, may it be at home or at the place of working.
ReplyDeleteUsually Zhong Jun's job is to protect the Boss and also to convey message whenever necessary.
In the past, only high rank Officer or Marshal is able to own Zhong Jun, normal Officer or General wont have that authority to do so.
Shi Fu Jave....could you translate the meaning of "Zhong Jun" into Chinese character....hahahah! Chinese character not so good lah....hahahha?
ReplyDeleteHahahaha... here's the word:
ReplyDelete中軍, some as 中軍府, some as 中軍郎.
Shi Fu....ohhh i see....do you have any pictures/painting of how 中軍/中軍府/中軍郎 look like?? and thanks...
ReplyDeleteI try to get one pic for you soon.
ReplyDeleteIf not, I wil sketch it out and then scan for you.
Done, I have send the pics to your email, do go and check :P
ReplyDeleteNew pics added (jianyin_new2008_01.jpg - jianyin_new2008_05.jpg)
ReplyDeleteShi Fu....the new pics........are they doing the same kind of task?? look's like the their title got the "Guan" word?.....regards,SP
ReplyDeleteDifferent tasks.
ReplyDeleteShi Fu....cld help in describing their role/task........thanks n regards,SP
ReplyDeleteA few very nice statues of the Assistants being added (jianyin_new2008_01.j - jianyin_new2008_05.j)
ReplyDeleteHi, may i check with you regarding picture "yinjiang_7.jpg" do u know where is this statue located? Thank you.
ReplyDeleteThis one is located in Taiwan.
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