Babylonian Gods and Goddesses - Who Are the Babylonian Gods and Goddesses. Chinese Gods - Ancient China for Kids! People worshipped many different gods in ancient China. Some of these gods have been worshipped since the Shang Dynasty (about 2000 BC ). Other Chinese gods became popular later on. Some of these gods are representations of the weather or natural forces like the sun or the moon or the rain . For instance, the goddess Ba, the daughter of Heaven, is a personification of drought (she's what drought would look like, if drought were a person). Yu-huang is a sky god, and Fei Lian and Feng Po Po are wind gods. Sometimes people made abstract ideas into gods, like Cai-shen, the god of prosperity, who you could pray to for success in business, for instance.
Cheng-huang protects your city from enemies and brings rain for your crops, and help you get to Heaven after you die. Other Taoist gods include Bixia Yuanjin, the goddess of dawn and childbirth, and Chu Jiang, a god of the dead in the underworld. Some Chinese gods are great Buddhists of the past, who are now in Heaven. Gods and Goddesses. Greek and Roman Gods. Primary History - Romans - Religion. Fields of study. Topics.