Chinese Traditional Industries Gods: English Version

Author: Wang Shucun (Compiler)
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: This atlas is meticulously compiled based on the fundamental idea of organizing and showcasing the deities of various ancient Chinese trades, presenting the iconography and artistic value of folk industry deities. The core content of this atlas is selected from over a thousand types of plate materials collected by the compiler, featuring more than a hundred images of masters or protectors of different trades, accompanied by corresponding shop scenes or labor settings of each trade. This enables readers to gain a basic understanding and artistic appreciation of ancient Chinese industry deities, trade scenarios, and the worship of industry deities. It is particularly valuable for readers to have a close appreciation, handling, or research-based contemplation of these precious paper-cut prints. Through the power of art, it reconstructs vivid historical scenes of life that have been accumulated over time.