Lv Shan Sect Spiritual Protectors (閭山法壇中的六護法)

In here, you all will be seeing the 6 Spiritual Protectors (out from the 16 of them) that owns by the Lv Shan Sect (道教閭山法門).

According to Records, some of them are actually Demons that being subdued by Heavenly General Zhang aka Zhang Gong Sheng Jun (張公聖君), Empress Chen Jing Gu aka Lin Shui Fu Ren (臨水夫人陳靖姑) and other different Masters (此些護法有傳是由以上聖明所收復).

And other contexts claimed that they were being imported in from Classics such as Journey to the West & North (也有記載是由民間小說如西遊記/北遊記引進而來).

The following 6 Spiritual Protectors are:

1) General Ba (巡山芭將軍)
2) General Beng (入谷崩將軍)
3) General He (思源何將軍)
4) General Liu (察水流將軍)
5) General Ma (制魔馬將軍)
6) General Zeng (滅邪曾將軍)

According to Records, their task are as followed:

General Ba & Beng are to inspect the High-land or Forests to look out for Demons, Negative Spirituals, etc (入谷守山除山魅).

General He & General Liu are to inspect the Valleys & Streams for Diseases or Virus, etc (察視水源防瘟疫).

General Ma & Zeng are to inspect the Towns & City for Negative Entities from Invading or spreading Black Magics (監視城池免災禍).

Today in the Taoist Society, such Lv Shan Spiritual Protectors are hard to find and see. Not much Taoists actually know about them or even invite them for the Witnessing of Rituals/Ceremonies.