Among many door gods, there is a special door god, which is specially used to guard the Taoist temple gate. They are what Taoism often says: "Left green dragon, right white tiger". For example, in the Taoist resort Qingcheng Mountain Ancient Road View (Shi Tian Cave), in front of the towering mountain gate, there are two temples. The left temple is a mighty dragon statue named Meng Zhang Shen Jun, and the right temple is a brave white tiger statue, a famous prison soldier Shen Jun.
In the traditional New Year pictures in China, there is a well-known image of Weichi Gong. How did he become a guardian?
Weichi Gong, a warrior at the end of Sui Dynasty, later led his troops to Li Shimin. Fight the king. Because of the king's powerful power, many people who surrendered to the Tang Dynasty defected one after another. Everyone suspected Weichi Gong and demanded that he be killed. Li Shimin refused. He introduced the gold and silver into the inner room and said, "If you want to leave, you can use this money as your travel expenses."
At that time, it was at war with the king. One day, he took 500 cavalry to observe the terrain. Wang suddenly surrounded them with a pace of more than 10 thousand yuan. Wang slammed Dan and stabbed him. Weichi Gong saw that the situation was critical, and he was desperate. With a drink, he stabbed Dan Xiong Xin under his horse to protect Li Shimin from encirclement.
After sitting in the world, Li Shimin thought highly of Weichi Gong and wanted to marry the princess to him. Weichi Gong kowtowed and said, "Madam is humble, but she has been poor for a long time." Although I don't study, I heard that the ancients were rich and it was not easy to get a wife. This is not what I want. "
Later, Li Shimin became ill and dreamed of ghosts every night. Because Weichi Gong was brave and virtuous, he was sent to guard the palace gate at night and was able to sleep peacefully. Today, people like to paint Weichi Gong as a ghost and stick it on the door.