Prehistoric Mesmerizes Fleeting Years

The Gong family dominated Kyushu, and its son is called Houtu, who can level Kyushu." Both books refer to Houtu as the son of Gonggong, and the son is also a man, so Houtu is regarded as a male. However, after Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty established In the earth temple, the image of Houtu is a woman, and later generations call it the Madonna and Empress. The latter, Lu Zhi, the wife of Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty, used Empress Lu as a feast with the God of the Earth, indicating that the God of the Earth is a woman. "Book of the Later Han Dynasty: The First Year of Guangwu Zhongyuan... ····Empress Gao worships the land, and the earth is the god of the land. Empress Gao serves as a feast with her, which also shows that the god of the land is a woman. "Tong Dian", "Book of Jin", and "Book of Song" also respectively have records that Emperor Ming of Cao Wei, Emperor Cheng of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and Emperor Wu of Song Dynasty used their ancestors and queens to worship the earth gods.These all show that people at that time regarded the god of the land as a woman, that is, Houtu is a woman.At this point, should Houtu be a man or a woman?becomes a problem.In order to understand it, we must start with the famous "Book of Changes". Chapter 5 of "Zhouyi Xici Upload" says: "One yin and one yang are called Dao." and function. Chapter 6 of "Zhouyi·Xici Xiazhuan" says: "Qian, □ also; "Kun is the earth and the mother." That is to say, the sky is yang, which is male; the earth is yin, which is female.Furthermore, from the perspective of hexagram images, the Qian hexagram symbolizing heaven is ≡, and the Kun hexagram symbolizing earth is ≡≡.Guo Moruo said in his article "Social Life in the Era of the Book of Changes" about these two hexagram images: "Uniform one is like an image, and divided into two is like a female yin", which also shows that the sky is male and the earth is female.This view of heaven, earth, and earth, male and female, is the earliest and most authoritative definition of the nature of heaven and earth by Chinese classical philosophy, and no one can deny it until today.Since the earth is a female, then the holiest representative of the earth, Houtu, should naturally belong to a female.In this way, it is very reasonable for the image of Houtu Temple to be the Virgin Mary.This change from a male god to a female god reflects people's tortuous process of understanding the nature of the earth, and it is a manifestation of people's improved cognitive ability.Since Houtu is the highest female earth god, she and Nuwa are naturally connected together.The "Customs of Customs · Huang Ba Pian", which records the ancient legends of our country, quotes "Chunqiu Weiyun Doushu", the so-called three emperors in ancient times, the emperor of heaven, the emperor of earth, and the emperor of man, are respectively Fuxi, Nuwa, and Shennong.Since Nuwa is the emperor of the earth, she is naturally the same person as Houtu, the most respected god of the earth.The re-engraved image of Houtu Temple in Bingchen Suiqiu, Jiajing, Ming Dynasty, has the words "Houtu Huang Dizhi", and also directly calls Houtu the emperor, which also shows that Houtu and Dihuang Nuwa are inseparable.That is to say, Nuwa is Houtu, and Houtu is Nuwa.Can this combination of the two be true?able.Guo Moruo said in the article "Ancient Society in Divinations": "In myths and legends, one person turns into two or more people, and one thing turns into two or more things. This is a common occurrence in ancient and modern China and abroad." It draws the conclusion that "Emperor Ku and Emperor Shun are actually one person".Therefore, we can also boldly say that Houtu and Nuwa are indeed two names for one person.This is the smoothest inference and the most reasonable judgment.From this we can also say that the Houtu Temple is located in the ancient Fenyin and today's Wanrong Temple.It turned out to be the Nuwa Temple.From today onwards, we can call this most respected god of the land, that is, the most authoritative emperor of the land, collectively called Houtu Nuwa.The third great god born after Pangu is called Houtu.It is the now very famous Houtu Huang Dizhi, also known as Houtu Empress.She controls yin and yang, nurtures all things, and is called the mother of the earth.Is the first king of the earth.The earliest animals are divided into birds and beasts. Qilin is the king of beasts, and birds are respected by phoenix. Therefore, it is said that the hundred birds turn to the phoenix is ​​when the phoenix was still a bird in the world!When the phoenix was born, it was able to live and die on its own because it received the energy of heaven and earth, and when its vitality was exhausted, it died from Brahman, and after death it could be resurrected on the ashes.After more than a hundred years, it gave birth to two sons who were very different from itself, Peacock and Dapeng!When the peacock was just born, it was more than 11 feet tall. Because its mother phoenix is ​​of fire nature, it can breathe flames from its mouth. No grass can grow anywhere in the flames. The tail can be spread out. There are countless feathers on it that are as hard as steel. Open the screen, and a steel feather will fly out to kill it; as it grows older, hundreds of years later, its evil spirit will become more and more serious, and it can suck people and eat flesh from forty or fifty miles away.Later, because he accidentally ate the golden image of the Tathagata before he became a Buddha, he was accepted by the Tathagata and named the Buddha Mother Peacock Daming King.

Donghuang Taiyi: Donghuang Taiyi, an ancient god.It is the highest god in "Nine Songs" and also the god worshiped by the ancestors of Dongyi.It is also said that he was the leader of the monster clan in the prehistoric era.The Donghuang Bell, the first of the top ten artifacts in ancient times, is the companion spirit treasure of Donghuang Taiyi.What kind of god is Donghuang Taiyi?No detailed explanation can be found in historical materials and documents, and there are different opinions at present.Some say it is "Star"; some say it is "Taiyi"; some say it is "God of War"; some say it is "Fuxi";The picture on the right shows Donghuang Taiyi with a human head and a bird body, the sun god revered by people in the Han Dynasty.The Donghuang in Donghuang Taiyi Middle School is an honorary title.It is rumored that both Tai Yi and his elder brother Di Jun are three-legged Golden Crows, born in the sun star transformed from Pangu's left eye.Before Nuwa created humans, the creatures on the Great Desolate Continent were dominated by monsters and witches.After the first Lich War, it was divided into the demon clan to control the sky and the witch clan to control the land, and the demon clan at this time was headed by Di Jun and Tai Yi.Di Jun is the Emperor of Heaven and Tai Yi is called the Eastern Emperor.In this way, it is known as the Eastern Emperor Taiyi.The magic weapon used by Taiyi is said to be the bell (chaos bell) transformed by part of the chaotic energy when Pangu opened the sky. Because it is honored as the East Emperor, this bell is also called the East Emperor Bell.

Dijun: The name of the ancient emperor "Dijun" is only found in "Shan Hai Jing" (it is mentioned many times in "Da Huang" and "Hai Nei"). The original meaning of "jun" is "the person at the top of the pyramid". The word "Dijun" literally means "the ancient emperor at the top of the pyramid". "Emperor Jun" is Fuxi.In the lineage arrangement of Yanhuang, Emperor Yan belongs to the fire of the five elements, ranking second; Emperor Huang belongs to the earth of the five elements, ranking third.Then, the ancient emperor who ranked first is the Eastern Wood Emperor Fuxi. "Da Huang Dong Jing": "Emperor Jun begets Emperor Hong". The title "Emperor Hong" first refers to Chiyou, and then to Huangdi.Chiyou was born of Fuxi's descendant, and Huangdi was born of Fuxi's concubine.Documentary evidence: 1. See the entry "Emperor Hongshi" in this encyclopedia. 2. Song "Xuanyuan Huangdi Biography": "Fuxi gave birth to Shaodian, and Shaodian gave birth to Shennong and Huangdi".

Zhenyuanzi: the ancestor of the Earth Immortal, with the Taoist name Zhenyuanzi, lived in Wuzhuang Temple in Hezhou, Xiniu, with profound Taoism.The ginseng fruit he planted matures every 9000 years. If you smell the ginseng fruit, you can live 360 ​​years; if you eat one, you can live for 7000 years.The Great Immortal Zhenyuan has three beards and looks like a child. He has no weapons in his hands, only a jade dust stag.In the fight with Sun Wukong, a golden cudgel with a jade stag could withstand the force of a thousand junctures. In only two or three rounds, he cast the spell of heaven and earth in his sleeves, and put Tang monk, master and apprentice into his sleeves with people and horses. Really powerful.But the Great Immortal is open-minded and has an extraordinary bearing. When Sun Wukong invited Bodhisattva to save the ginseng fruit tree, he forgot the past suspicions and became brothers with Sun Wukong. .

Kunpeng: Kunpeng comes from Zhuangzi's "Xiaoyaoyou", it is recorded that "there is a fish in the North, and its name is Kun. The size of the Kun is so big, I don't know how many thousands of miles it is; when it turns into a bird, its name is Peng, and the back of the Peng is unknown." It is thousands of miles away, flying in anger, and its wings are like clouds hanging from the sky." This kunpeng is good at changing, and can communicate with all things, helping the emperor of heaven to clarify the jade universe, and was granted the title of Jiutian kunpeng by imperial edict.

Styx: Styx is an innate god born in the sea of ​​blood in the prehistoric period.Have the merit of establishing a family.After the prehistoric world was broken, a large number of resentful souls were extradited to the sea of ​​blood to create the Asura clan.Therefore, the Asura tribe is bloodthirsty.Styx is the realm of a quasi-sage, but without the treasure of chaos, without proving the Dao, holding two innate spiritual treasures (swords) Yuanbi and Atu, and has been living in seclusion in the sea of ​​​​blood.

Hongyun: Hongyun, also known as the ancestor of Hongyun, is the first red cloud in the world after the first opening of the world.With the strength of quasi-sage, he once listened to Hongjun's sermons in Zixiao Palace with the Twelve Great Ancestral Witches, Donghuang Taiyi, Dijun, Hongyun, Zhenyuanzi, etc.Hongyun is kind by nature and willing to help others. He made a lot of friends in the prehistoric world. Most of the great supernatural beings who heard the Tao in Hongmeng were kind to him, and there was a Zhenyuanzi who was like the same king as his best friend.And he was also the most unlucky person in the wild.When he was in Zixiao Palace, Patriarch Hongjun divided the holy position, and distributed the last ray of Hongyun's purple energy to Hongyun. However, he died in the end.Hongmeng Ziqi also disappeared without a trace.

Three Emperors and Five Emperors: The early period of Chinese history is now called the pre-Qin period, which can be divided into four eras: emperor, emperor, king, and tyrant.The supreme rulers of China in the early days were called "Huang" and "Emperor".The "China" understood by the ancients has the static structure of "heaven, earth and man" and the operation mode of "five elements".Therefore, the "Three Emperors" refer to the Emperor of Heaven, the Emperor of Earth, and the Emperor of Man. "Five Emperors" refers to the Wood Emperor, Fire Emperor, Earth Emperor, Gold Emperor and Water Emperor.Scholars of later generations are used to putting the ancient emperors and emperors whom they personally admire into the above eight "seats"