He is a child god and he does not negotiate like an adult
Resonance
Children the sick those facing a bully those who must refuse a father
Symbols
Wind fire wheelsQiankun ringRed armillary sashLotus bodyFire tipped spearThe five camps
Mythology Summary
Nezha enters China as a Buddhist figure, Nata, son of Vaisravana, in Tang translations of the sutras, and is remade in the Ming Fengshen Yanyi as the third son of Li Jing who kills the Dragon King's son Ao Bing, gives up his own flesh to his parents to settle the debt, and is reborn from a lotus body given by his master Taiyi Zhenren. Xiyou ji uses him as a heavenly marshal. In Fujianese and Taiwanese popular religion he is Zhongtan Yuanshuai, the child commander of the five camps who leads the divine army against plague and ghosts.
Modern Practice
He is the god a parent petitions for a sick child and the god a young person petitions for courage against an unjust authority. The practice is loud, with firecrackers, sweets and red candles, and his image leads temple processions and spirit-medium rites.