Tu+Di+Gong

//This is part of the Hangover city, Liverpool, uk setting// =Tu Di Gong=

In China every village had a shrine to Tu Di Gong. He is the deity in charge of administering the affairs of village under the Buddhist Bureaucracy. In a time when a village’s survival was dependant on agricultural or weather-related concerns, he was a god that could be turned to at times of drought or famine by even the lowliest peasant. Today, he is still worshipped only now they make prayers to him for wealth and their well being. He is also traditionally worshipped before the burial of deceased persons to thank him for using his land to return their bodies to the earth. Commoners often called Tu Di Gong "Grandpa," which reflects his close relationship to the common people. Tu Di Gong appears as an elderly man with a long white beard, a black hat and a yellow robe. He carries a wooden staff in his right hand and a golden coin in his left.

Some may think it is only coincidence that the leader of the supernaturals in China town is called Tu Di Gong; that he is an elderly man who tends to wear a black hat and a yellow robe and has a white beard. And of course it is only proper that his people approaches him with their day to day concerns about money, health issues and is asked to preside of the birth, deaths and marriages in the community.