Statues of the Twenty gods of Heaven or the gods of the Twenty Heavens, i.e. a group of 20 Chinese deities worshipped in Taoism.

These pictures were made in the Temple of the Jade Buddha (fig.) in Shanghai, China.

Most of these gods are important deities in their own right and are also worshipped individually.

The pantheon of twenty consists of both male and female deities, as well as benevolent and malevolent gods.

The names of the 20 deities are: 1. Nánwú Hùfǎ Dàdìshì Zūntiān (南無護法大帝釋尊天); 2. Nánwú Hùfǎ Yánmó Luówáng Zūntiān (南無護法閻摩羅王尊天); 3. Nánwú Hùfǎ Sànzhī Dàjiāng Zūntiān (南無護法散脂大将尊天);...

4. Nánwú Hùfǎ Guǐzi Shèngmǔ Zūntiān (南無護法鬼子聖母尊天); 5. Nánwú Hùfǎ Wéituó Zūntiān (南無護法韋馱尊天); 6. Nánwú Hùfǎ Xīng Gōng Yuè Fǔ Zūntiān (南無護法星宫月府尊天);...

7. Nánwú Hùfǎ Sì Bì Bùdòng Zūntiān (南無護法四壁不動尊天); 8. Nánwú Hùfǎ Dà Biàncái Zūntiān (南無護法大辯才尊天); 9. Nánwú Hùfǎ Rì Gōng Tàiyáng Zūntiān (南無護法日宫太陽尊天);...

10. Nánwú Hùfǎ Pó Lié Lóngwáng Zūntiān (南無護法婆羯龍王尊天); 11. Nánwú Hùfǎ Pútíshù Wáng Zūntiān (南無護法菩提樹王尊天); 12. Nánwú Hùfǎ Yuègōng Tàiyīn Zūntiān (南無護法月宫太陰尊天); 13. Nánwú Hùfǎ Dà Mólì Zhī Zūntiān (南無護法大摩利支尊天);...

14. Nánwú Hùfǎ Jīngāng Mìjī Zūntiān (南無護法金刚密跡尊天); 15. Nánwú Hùfǎ Jiānláo De Shén Zūntiān (南無護法堅牢地神尊天); 16. Nánwú Hùfǎ Hēlì Dìnán Zūntiān (南無護法訶利帝南尊天);...

17. Nánwú Hùfǎ Dà Gōngdé Zūntiān (南無護法大功德尊天); 18. Nánwú Hùfǎ Jǐn Nàluó Wáng Zūntiān (南無護法緊那羅王尊天); 19. Nánwú Hùfǎ Dà Fàn Wáng Zūntiān (南無護法大梵王尊天); and 20. Nánwú Hùfǎ Móxī Shǒu Luó Zūntiān (南無護法摩醯首羅尊天).