Heng and Ha

[1] These two fictional characters were created by the author of Investiture of the Gods based upon the vajra warriors,[2][3] two guards of Buddhist temples in East Asia,[4] and have become their common names in Chinese.

[2] In the Investiture of the Gods, the Heng (哼) or Hengjiang (哼将; 'General Heng') is named Zheng Lun (郑伦; 鄭倫) and the Ha (哈) or Hajiang (哈将; 'General Ha') is named Chen Qi (陈奇; 陳奇), both are officials of guarding the grain in the Shang dynasty.

[1] In Chinese Buddhism, Heng and Ha are the common names of the jingang lishi,[2] two guards of Buddhist temples.

They hold vajras (short metal weapon that has the symbolic nature of a diamond), namely "Narayana" (Buddha's warrior attendant) or "Yaksha Deity" (夜叉神) or "Zhi Jin Gang" (执金刚; 執金剛) in Chinese.

They have widely open eyes and protruding noses, holding Vajras in their hands, and glaring the ground awesomely and angrily.

Heng and Ha at Erwang Temple, in Dujiangyan , Sichuan , China.