城隍

zhè zuò chéng wài yǒu chéng huáng

这座城外有城隍。

There is a moat outside the city.

zhōng guó zhì guài xiǎo shuō zhōng fǎn yìng de chéng huáng xìn yǎng lái yuán yú yuǎn gǔ de tǔ dì shén chóng bài

中国志怪小说中反映的城隍信仰来源于远古的土地神崇拜。

The Town-god worship in the mystery Chinese stories originated in a primitive worship of gnomes.

wǒ cóng chéng huáng miào de huā diàn lǐ mǎi le yī bāo guò lín suān gǔ fěn

我从城隍庙的花店里买了一包过磷酸骨粉。

I bought a bag of super phosphate bone meal from a flower shop in town at Town God's Temple Street.

cūn li de rén dōu fēng chōng dào sì miào li xiàng fó zǔ rú lái tài shàng lǎo jūn chéng huáng tǔ di yé kòu tóu qiú yǔ

村里的人都蜂涌到寺庙里，向佛祖如来、太上老君、城隍土地爷叩头求雨。

Whole villages marched in concert to the temples, knelt down before Buddhas, Taoist images and local gods, and prayed for rain.