Mother Queen of the Western Palace
The Queen Mother is also known as "West Queen Mother", "West King Golden Mother", "Gold Mother Yuanjun", "West Spirit Queen Mother", "Nine Spirits Tai Miao Guishan Golden Mother", "West Lake Bliss Golden Mother", "White Jade Turtle" Taijiu Ling Taizhen Golden Mother Yuanjun”, “Wuji Jade Lake Great Sage King Xiwang Golden Mother Great Tianzun”, “Heavenly Queen Mother Empress Big Tianzun”, etc., are all called “Shangsheng Baiyuguitai Nine Spirit Taizhen Wuji Mother Mother Jade Pool Great Sage King Xiwang Jin” "Mother Supreme Qing Lingyuan ruler over the celestials and the great heavens" is a female fairy in Chinese mythology. As early as in the Yin and Shang inscriptions, there was the name "Xi Mu", referring to the Queen Mother of the West. . The Queen Mother is the leader of all female fairies in the heaven and earth, the goddess who protects marriage and childbirth, and the patriarch of Quanzhen Sect. For those who become immortals and attain Taoism, the male worships Prince Dong first, and the female worships Queen Mother Xi first, before they can go to see Sanqing. The Queen Mother of the West is in charge of the fairy books of the female fairies, and the Prince of the East is in charge of the fairy books of the male fairies.
The earliest record of the Queen Mother, seen in the pre-Qin Dynasty, was the goddess of the mountain mother and ancestor who lived in Kunlun Hill and had no parents. The Queen Mother became an important Han folk belief in the Han Dynasty. In ancient Chinese books, there is a record of her as the ancient goddess of longevity who is in charge of immortality and warning disasters, living in the Kunlun Mountains. According to the legend of the Han Dynasty, the seven fairies on the carved stone "Dong Yong Fengqin" are the image of Yuyiren. In the Han Dynasty, there were many murals of Yuyi people surrounding the Western Queen and the Eastern Prince. The seven fairies are suspected to be the queen mother and the prince belonged to the gods. In the later folklore, it is said that the Seven Immortals are the daughters of the Western Queen and the Eastern Prince.
"Internal Biography of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty" Queen Mother of the West came to the palace of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty in a purple cloud car. After Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty welcomed Queen Mother of the West to the palace, Queen Mother of the West presented the Emperor Wu of the Han with seven fairy peaches, also known as "pan peaches." The queen mother ordered the maid to hold seven fairy peaches on a jade plate, which were as big as a duck egg, round and blue in shape. The queen mother used the three and the sweetness of the emperor’s food to harvest the nucleus and plant it. The land in the middle of summer is thin, so it can't grow." The Queen Mother sits on the east side of the hall, wearing a golden underclothes, with bright literary talent and graceful grace. With Lingfei Dashou, wearing a sword of dividing scenes on his waist, wearing a crown of Taizhen Morning Infant on his head, wearing the crown of Taizhen Morning Infant, and walking on the phoenix of Xuanyan. It can be regarded as 30 years old, it is short, the appearance is concealed, the appearance is peerless, and the real soul is also.
Since the Six Dynasties of the Jin Dynasty, the Queen Mother has been worshipped by the Taoist Shangqing sect. She not only manages women who practice immortality, but also adopts many girls who live and die. As a result, she became the mother god of women and had many daughters. Since then, the image of Queen Mother of the West has become a majestic, majestic, majestic, and maternal god surrounded by women in people's minds.
In the orthodox Taoist god system, the Jade Emperor has no clear relationship with the Queen Mother of the West. The Queen Mother was a goddess that emerged from the pre-Qin to the Han dynasty, and the Jade Emperor was a Taoist god who was widely respected after the Tang Dynasty.
According to the West Queen Mother of Yuan Shi divided the real and Huan’s Wuji realm innate immortal, coordinating the West, the right is the lord of Dongyin, its god is second only to the Sanqing, and it is very noble. The belief of the Queen’s mother in the folk is ancient and widespread, and it is domestic. One of the Taoist gods with the largest number of believers and the most incense, Taiwanese people often call it "the queen mother."