{"product_id":"zhong-kui-guardian-of-the-doorway-art-print","title":"Zhong Kui: Guardian of the Doorway — Art Print","description":"\u003cp\u003eZhong Kui (鍾馗) is the fierce guardian whose portrait watches over Chinese doorways. Legend says he was a gifted scholar from Mount Zhongnan, denied honour in the examinations, who rose after death to drive harmful spirits from the world. Emperor Xuanzong dreamed of him and ordered his likeness painted. With a bristling black beard, wide eyes and a red official's robe, he keeps a sword in hand and bats of good fortune overhead. At New Year and the Dragon Boat Festival, families still hang his picture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA portrait of Zhong Kui in the devotional painting style of Chinese folk religion and Taoism, printed on museum-grade matte paper.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom The Deity Project, a living encyclopedia of the sacred.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Deity Project","offers":[{"title":"12\" x 16\" \/ Matte","offer_id":67755443552390,"sku":"13075234139693378226","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"18″ x 24″ \/ Matte","offer_id":67755443585158,"sku":"20117987914614538492","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0606\/5478\/0550\/files\/12646556781789936763_2048.jpg?v=1792810898","url":"https:\/\/thedeityproject.com\/products\/zhong-kui-guardian-of-the-doorway-art-print","provider":"The Deity Project","version":"1.0","type":"link"}