{{Short description|Chinese God}} '''Pa-cha''' ({{zh|c=八蚱/𧈢蚱/叭蜡||p=bāzhà}}) in late Chinese mythology is the god who protects farmers against locusts by eliminating them.<ref name="Roberts2009">{{cite book|last=Roberts|first=Jeremy|title=Chinese Mythology A to Z|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b40pj5iWNf0C&pg=PT34|accessdate=18 February 2013|date=2009-11-01|publisher=Infobase Publishing|isbn=9781604134360|pages=34–}}</ref> ''Pa-cha'' is depicted as a naked to the waist human with a beak-like nose. His body beneath the waist resembles a bell (some legends state he was born from a bell) with big crawled bird paws underneath. Hair locks on his head right behind the ears look similar to small corns. In one hand, he carries a crook-neck pumpkin where he puts the locusts in order to kill them. In the other hand, he carries one of the following objects: a sword, golden nugget, wood-made hammer, or a banner with an inscription on it: "I collect locusts and destroy them." A ceremony in his honor is said to be held every year after harvesting.
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