Bai Wuchang
Chinese · deity · mythic · Recorded classification
An abstract noun in a uniform. Wuchang is the Buddhist doctrine that nothing lasts, and Chinese folk religion turned it into two men in black and white who come to the door with a warrant. The white one is conventionally the taller, wears a hat reading 'fortune at first sight', and is the one people hope for.
Domains
- psychopomp
Relations
- companion: Hei WuchangThey work as a pair and are almost never shown apart.Reference treatment of the Heibai Wuchang as a pair. (secondary)
- subordinate to: Yanluo WangReference treatment of the Heibai Wuchang as escorting spirits to the underworld ruled by Yanluo Wang. (secondary)
Sources
- Bai Wuchang, White Impermanence, is one of the two deities of Chinese folk religion who escort the spirits of the dead to the underworld, the one in white.: Reference treatment of the Heibai Wuchang. (secondary)