Shi Gandang is also known as "Taishan Shi Gandang", and Taishan Shi Gandang is the inheritance and development of "Shi Gandang". According to legend, in ancient times, it was believed that the stone of Mount Tai in Dongyue had unique spirituality and divine power, so Shi Gandang in Mount Tai was a kind of spiritual stone worship.
Legend has it that during the Han Dynasty, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty climbed Mount Tai and brought back four Taishan stones, which were placed in the four corners of Weiyang Palace to ward off evil spirits. Mount Tai is considered to have magical power to protect the country, so the stones of Mount Tai are considered to have gods to protect the family. Later, Taishan stone was personified, and its surname was Dare Yes, also known as General Shi. Later, Shi Gandang, carved an image, developed. According to legend, Mount Tai is known as "the attending of life and death and the commander-in-chief of all ghosts", while there is a legend in China that Shi Gandang is a subordinate of Mount Tai God and is famous for his bravery.
Historical origin:
The custom of Shi Gandang originated from the worship of lingshi in ancient times, and experienced the embryonic stage of early Shi Gandang, the variation stage and the prosperity stage of Shi Gandang. The earliest record of Shi Gandang in the history books is the Urgent Chapter of the Western Han Dynasty: "Learn from the tiger, Shi Gandang, and the dragon will never die." In the Song Dynasty, a stone carving in the fifth year of the Tang Dynasty (770) was unearthed in Putian, Fujian Province, with the words "Shi Gandang, ghost town, disaster suppression, official happiness, people's health, prosperity with the same religion, ceremony and music".
The Ming and Qing Dynasties and the Republic of China were the heyday of Shi Gandang's belief, from burying stones in town houses to building stones or walls at the bridge head. Shi Gandang on Mount Tai is the inheritance and development of Shi Gandang, and the combination of Dongyue worship and Lingshi worship.
After the development of "Shi Gandang" into "Shi Gandang of Mount Tai", it has evolved from the original town house to the functions of treating diseases, ward off evil spirits and preventing wind, and its distribution is also wider, with Mount Tai as the monument of Mount Tai Shi Gandang. It can be said that where there are Chinese people, they gradually spread to all parts of the world.