文武判官 Civil and Military Judges

 
　　傳統社會的信眾將土地公視為地方父母神，不管生、老、病、死、訂盟、考試、求職、求官、求財，往往都會向土地公稟明並求其庇佑。為了使土地公能從容細緻的處理所有大、小瑣事，部份土地公廟會配祀文武判官，來協助土地公分擔業務，並調查人間善惡。

　　Believers in traditional societies regard Tudigong as the local parent god. Regardless of birth, old age, sickness, death, alliances, examinations, job search, official search, and wealth, they will often declare to Tudigong and ask for its blessing. In order to enable Tudigong to handle all the big and small trivial matters calmly and meticulously, part of Tudigong temple will be equipped with Civil and Military Judges to assist the land public to share the business and investigate the good and evil in the world.

　　文武判分列土地公兩側，文判在左，武判在右，有如土地公的左右手。（由參拜者的角度看文判在右，武判在左）文判負責如師爺性質的文書業務，而武判則有些像護衛，專門衝鋒陷陣，緝兇擊惡；亦因工作性質不同，所以在造形上也就有了很大差異。

　　The Civil and Military Judges are divided into two sides of Tudigong. The Civil Judge is on the left and the Military Judge is on the right, just like the right and left hand of Tudigong. (From the perspective of the worshippers, Civil Judge is on the right and Military Judge is on the left.) Civil Judge is responsible for clerical business like a master, while Military Judge is a kind of guard, specializing in charging and attacking the enemy. It is also because of the different nature of the work. There is also a big difference in modeling.

　　文判負責文書業務，故造形為書生扮相，面貌溫和清秀，本宮文判頭戴紗帽式頭冠，蓄有黑鬚。

　　Civil Judge is responsible for the clerical business, so he looks like a scholar and has a gentle and beautiful appearance. The Civil Judge in our tample wears a gauze-hat and has a black beard.

　　武判官因執行各項較為「吃力」的業務，造型自然較為威武，其標準的扮相就是高舉棍錘。本宮武判頭戴捕頭帽，不蓄鬚。

　　Military Judge adjudicator is naturally more mighty in appearance because he performs various tasks that are more "difficult." The Military Judge in this tample wore a head-catching hat and did not grow a beard.