山鬼，即山神，因未获天帝正式册封到正神之列，所以也被称为山鬼。自古以来，山鬼都是以正义、高大的形象存在，以山鬼纹饰、铭文的各种器物也多被人们赋予护佑和辟邪的作用，其中的山鬼花钱，以其小巧轻便、易于佩戴的特点，成为人们最喜闻乐见的一种配饰。山鬼八卦纹花钱”是清末民初时民间造的，山鬼花钱就是辟邪用的。“山鬼八卦纹花钱”花钱正面是楷体阳文：山鬼，雷霆杀鬼降魔斩妖辟邪永保神符奉太上老君急急如律令敕。山鬼纹饰花钱的背面，是楷体阳文八卦纹饰和乾—兑—离—震—巽—坎—艮—坤八个楷书阳文，八个阳文字就是八卦方位“山鬼”，最早出现在我国战国时期“山鬼”有很多种说法，人们说山鬼是独足精怪。

清代是山鬼花钱流传最广的时期，很多人都将其佩戴在帽子、腰带上，一来其美观的形象可以作为一种饰品，二来也可以满足驱鬼辟邪的心理。除此之外，山鬼花钱也多被用在屋角、影壁之类的地方，作为镇宅之物，而带有八卦图案的山鬼花钱，更是其中的上品。

Mountain Ghost, namely Mountain God, is also called Mountain Ghost because it has not been officially canonized by the emperor of heaven. Since ancient times, mountain ghosts have always been in the image of justice and tall. The various implements decorated with the patterns and inscriptions of mountain ghosts have been endowed with the functions of protecting and preventing evil spirits. Among them, the mountain ghosts spend money, which is small, light and easy to wear, has become one of the most popular accessories. "Money spent by mountain ghosts and eight trigrams" was made by the people in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. "Mountain Ghost, eight trigrams pattern spending money" is the front of the money is in regular script: Mountain Ghost, thunder kill demons, kill demons, eliminate evil spirits, and protect the talisman forever. I am so anxious as to be ordered by the emperor. On the back of the money spent on the decoration of mountain ghosts, there are eight regular script Yangwen eight trigrams patterns and eight regular script Yangwen (Qian Dui Li Zhen Xun Kan Gen Kun). The eight Yang characters are the eight trigrams position "Mountain Ghost". There are many kinds of views about "Mountain Ghost" which first appeared in the Warring States period in China. People say that the Mountain Ghost is a one legged spirit.

The Qing Dynasty is the most popular period for mountain ghosts to spend money. Many people wear them on their hats and belts. On the one hand, their beautiful image can be used as accessories, and on the other hand, they can also satisfy the psychology of exorcising ghosts and exorcising evil spirits. In addition, the money spent by the Mountain Ghost is mostly used in the corner of the house, shadow wall and other places, as a thing of the town, and the money spent by the Mountain Ghost with the eight trigrams pattern is one of the best.