1. Description

This divinity originated in fairy stories of the Tang dynasty (7th to 9th centuries). He is associated with good luck, and Chinese people think of him as ugly and strong, brave and peaceful. He is popular, and at the Duanwu festival time his image is placed in dining rooms and bedrooms. In Chinese myth story, Zhong Kui was skilful writer. Because he was very ugly, so he did refused to become a officer. He was vey angry, and then taken his own life. After he died, he was vouchsafed to become a head of ghost by emperor of deity. A common custom in the Duanwu festival is putting up Zhong Kui’s portrait. Zhong Kui was an expert in seizing ghosts. In portraits, he is a fierce man with wide-open eyes, a messy beard, and a sword at his waist, seizing ghosts with his bony hands and eating them. Zhong Kui’s appearance was related a story about the Xuanzong Emperor of the Tang dynasty.

2. Details

• Title: Folk portraits of Zhong Kui No. 1     By   ---   (2005)
• Edition: Original hand painted
• Medium: Water ink and colour on rice paper
• Technique: Freehand style
• Dimensions: 188.0 x 72.0 cm= 74 x 28.3 inch
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