All about them
What holiday do they perform at?
Taiwanese temple procession
What type of clothing do they wear?
They wore embroidered clothing distinctive shoes with bells and paper mache headdresses.
What are the total formations?
64.
Can you guess another name the Ba Jia Jiang Generals reffered to themselves by?
Pat Ka Chiong
One god who leads the prossesion, usually Wufudaddi.
How many generals are there?
8 generals.
Who does their detailed makeup?
Professional makeup artists that used to be tattoo artists.
What are the names of the two most popular formations?
Qixing and Bagua.
What did The Generals use to show divine power?
Fire crackers!
What is the most important festival The Ba Jia Jiang grouppreforms at?
Qingshan King Festival! A lare scale religious event.
What items do the seasonal generals have?
Spring holds a fairy iron, summer carries a water bucket, autumn carries a melon shaped stick, winter carries a snake metal whip.
How does their makeup look like?
Their face makeup the designs ought to be scary as they are catching evil spirits, so they might be frighting then the spirits they seek.
What are the formations named after/based on?
The Qixing is named after the Big Dipper and the Bagua is based on Taoist cosmology.
What is Ba Jia Jiang transilated into english?
Eight Generals!!
True or False? the Ba Jia Jiang preform to multiple events each year
True!
What do you think they do at the Taiwanese festival?
Preparing and offering food to gods/goddesses and doing parades, performances, and puppet shows.
What are the most common colors they wear?
The most common are: red, black, white, blue, grey, and green
What does the Qi in the formation do?
It rises to the Bagua in the temples ceiling design.
Eight is not the maximum number the group can go up to. What is the max?
13 Generals!
True or False? Taiwan is the only place the Ba Jia Jiang has ever preformed at
False! they preformed origionally in China
What is their job?
Their job was capturing evil spirits for their leader, Wufudadi.
What kind of masks do they wear?
They wore masks that came in different colors and patterns with blue, green and pink being the most common.
True or false? Is there a special 65th formation that the Ba Jia Jiang do on special events?
False!
Why can't the Ba Jia Jiang talk?
The evil spirits will relize that they are acting like spirits so they will not come out as scary
True or false? Ba Jia Jaing created many different cultures
True! They created many including Jia Jiang, Ba Jia Jiang, Ba jiang and Wu Liang Jiang