W120xD120xH300mm, China
Master 7 and Master 8 comes in a pair, 7 tall and white, 8 shorta and black . Master 7&8 (aka the Black and white Supernaturals) are probably the most horrifying members of the underworld as they are guards from hell who also execute punishment for the dead. Master 7 is known as Xie Bi An, Master 8 Fan Wu Jiu, the two were close friends who worked as guards for a small court. One day the prisoner they were escorting managed to escaped. They went their separate ways to search for the fugitive and agreed to meet back at the embankment by the bridge at a certain hour. It rained hard and didnt stop, Xie (8) didnt manage to get to the embankment in time while Fan (7) waited. Fan saw the water level on the river raise, started to flood but remain there, he didnt want his friend to think that he has deserted him and left Xie to take the blame of losing the prisoner. When Xie got there, the river has flooded, Fan being a shorty got drowned. Xie was upset with himself, he was too tall to drown himself, so he found a tree and hang himself, finally making the appointment with Fan in the underworld. The Jade Emperor was impressed by the loyalty the two has shown and made them the Generals of Hell.
On the night of the Halloween when all the ghosts are about, perhaps Master 7 and 8 would get a day off from their tasks as well.
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