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		Peung Thao Kong, also known as 
	
	
	Pae Kong (fig.),
	
		is the 
	
	Tae Chew
	
		protection god for places, especially with regards to a neighbourhood, 
	a community or a village, whereas the protection god for  land, homes 
	or houses is 
	
	
	Di Zhuia 
	(fig.), 
	i.e. the Chinese equivalent of the Thai 
	
	
	chao thih, 
	the animist guardian spirit of the land and homes. 
						
								
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