Chai Sing Ihya
is the Thai-Tae Chew
name for a
Chinese wealth god,
who in Thai is known by the names
Phra
Thonbodih
and
Thao
Wetsuwan,
and is associated with Thao
Kuwen.
His name is also
transcribed
Cai Shen
Ye (fig.)
or
Tsai Shen Yeh
(fig.),
and he is depicted either in a
belligerent form,
seated on
a
tiger
(fig.),
or –as seen here– in a
benign appearance, holding
gold riches and a
ruyi
(fig.). In
the latter
manifestation
he is
known as bountiful Cai Sing
Ihya.
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