I went to a Taoist temple in Xiamen, China a few weeks ago. As I'm hiking up behind the temple, where paths cascade through gardens and sacred places of worship, I came upon a small cave that had at least several hundred statuettes of the many Gods in China.
While inquiring to a Chinese co-worker about the various Gods, himself also an admitted Taoist, he told me it's very simple. You have a God for just everything. "If you want success, you pray to the success God. If you want safety, you pray to the safety God."
I'm reading a book on present day Chinese culture and I came across a reference to a "Kitchen" God.
I'm thinking about looking more into these Gods. I like how they are all specialists.
Love,
Reverend Sanders
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