Tag: Zhong Kui

Zhong Kui is the god of Chinese folklore who drives away ghosts and evil spirits. Legend has it that he was born in the early Tang Dynasty at the end of the South Mountain, with a leopard’s head and ringed eyes, gnarled iron face and sideburns, and a strangely ugly appearance; however, he was very talented and full of experience, and he was upright, unafraid of evil spirits, and specialized in driving away demons and catching ghosts. His mount was the divine beast White Zephyr, and his right and left generals, one of whom was a bearer of grievances, the other of whom was a bearer of wrongs.