Kankojiro - Kankojiro

...The name of a Chinese folk god, said to be the second son of Li Bing, the governor of Shu during the Qin dynasty. It is also called "Guankou Erlang" because the temple was located in Guankou, northwest of Guan County, Sichuan Province. Li Bing had been worshipped since ancient times for his contributions to flood control (Dujiangyan) of the Min River that flows through Guan County, but it is thought that the deity of his son Erlang was born during the Song dynasty.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Kankochi Jiro" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…中国，民間の神の名で，秦代の蜀の太守，李冰（りひよう）の第2子をまつったものという。廟宇が四川省灌県北西の灌口にあったことから〈灌口二郎〉ともよばれる。李冰は灌県を流れる岷江（みんこう）の治水(都江堰)に功績があったので，古くから信仰されていたが，宋代に分化してその子二郎の神格が生まれたと考えられる。…

※「灌口二郎」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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