Pantheon of Gods: "Tian Di Shui Fu San Yuan San Pin San Guan Da Di" ("Three Officials of the Heaven, the Earth, and the Water")

Chinese

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; with printed inscription on the gate reading: "San Guan Tang" ("Hall of the Three Offcials"), and a couplet reading from right to left: "Chen Hun San Kou Shou; Zao Wan Yi Lu Xiang" ("Three Kowtows Every Dawn and Dusk; One Burner of Incense Every Morning and Evening"). Probably from Jiajiang, Sichuan.

Qing dynasty, 1644-1911