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TIL about City-Gods. In Folk Chinese Religion, adherents believe that when a city is founded, a local deity shall emerge in heaven & watch over that specific city & its people. These deities are usually deified historic local officials, or local spirits & Dragons living in nearby holy sites/rivers.

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