The ancient peoples of the world have their own sacred mountains of worship in their minds, such as Mount Olympus in ancient Greece, Mount Meru in ancient India, etc. Our Chinese nation also has its own sacred mountain, that is, Mount Tai, which stands on the land of Qilu. Taishan is located in Tai'an City, Shandong Province, the first of the five mountains, since ancient times, there is a "five mountains alone", "the world's first mountain" reputation. It is uplifting through the sky, majestic, magnificent natural scenery, long cultural landscape, is now a national 5A level scenic spot, every year there will be millions of tourists to come to sightseeing, becoming one of the most popular mountains and rivers at home and abroad!
The reason why Taishan has long been favored by the world and enduring, in addition to the beautiful scenery, the main reason is that it is inseparable from the Taishan culture that has been passed down from it, such as mountain and river culture, Feng zen culture, folk culture, ghost culture, etc., all of which are profound and vast, making people obsessed. Among them, since the birth of the Taishan God culture, it has shown its mystery all the time. All the gods and immortals gathered in Mount Taishan, Buddhism has Shakyamuni, Guanyin and all the bodhisattvas, arhats, Confucian sages such as Kong sages, Yan Hui, ZiSi and other "four saints", Taoists have Sanqing, Sanguan, Jade Emperor and so on... Therefore, there are many people in Jinan Province, and taishan's god is complete!
In the Taishan god culture, there are also many goddesses with boundless magic, among which the West Queen Mother and Bixia Yuanjun are more well known to the world, and the birthday of the two goddesses on the third and fifteenth of March of the lunar calendar every year, believers from all over the world, with various sacrificial supplies, gathered in Taishan Queen Mother Pond, Little Taishan, Bixia Yuanjun Ancestral Hall and other places to wish the queen mother and the grandmother of Taishan for their birthday and blessings. Among the many goddesses, there is also a goddess who is also an important position in the Immortal Class, whose status is comparable to that of the Queen Mother of the West and the Bixia Yuanjun, and she is the Doumu.
Dou Mu, also known as "Dou Mu", is a different deity revered by Taoism, who is in charge of "eliminating disasters and eliminating disasters and prolonging life". The reason why she is different, it can be seen from the literal meaning, "dou" is one of the stars, "mu" is the meaning of the mother, that is to say, she is the mother of many stars. His eldest son, Gou Chen Xing, is the Emperor of heaven, the second son is Ziwei The Great, the two gods are among the "Four Heavenly Emperors", and the other seven brothers are the Seven Stars of the Big Dipper. In China, there is a saying that "mother is precious to son", so the status of Doumu in the lineage of gods and immortals is very noble.
Doumu's belief stems from the worship of stars in ancient times, according to the Taoist "Yuqing Supreme Spiritual Treasure Natural Beidou Bunsheng True Scripture", Doumu was originally the concubine of the legendary Zhou Emperor during the Longhan Dynasty, Lady Ziguang, who gave birth to nine sons because of the lotus pond. The people have great respect for her, and have built temples for her throughout the country to be enshrined, and the more famous ones are the Beijing BaiyunGuan Yuanchen Hall, the Liaoning Qianshan Doumu Palace, the Yunnan Weibao Mountain Doumu Pavilion, the Taishan Doumu Palace, etc... On the ninth day of the ninth lunar month on the day of its Christmas, the Taoist believers will pay homage and sacrifice.
At the foot of Mount Tai, there is also the main hall of the main goddess Doumu, located in the west of the Yaochi Pond in the Queen Mother's Pond, the main hall is dedicated to the Doumu, and the left and right sides are equipped with the worship of Bixia Yuanjun and Cihang Dashi (Guanyin Bodhisattva in Buddhism), which shows the lofty status of the Doumu in Mount Tai! So, is it just because she's the Mother of the Seven Stars? What was the main reason for her status as the Queen Mother of the West and the Yuanjun of Bixia? In fact, it is related to the ancient people's early worship of Tarzan!
As we all know, in ancient times, Mount Taishan was considered to be the place where the sun rose, giving birth to all things, and was given the meaning of the main birth. Legend has it that the Queen Mother of the West was the earliest deity and was given the function of "lord birth". To the Song Zhenzong sealed Zen Taishan, with the help of the jade female stone statue found, the goddess image of Bixia Yuanjun was created, and gradually took over the mantle of the Queen Mother of the West, "protect all sentient beings, lingying Kyushu", "unifying the divine soldiers of Yue Province, observing the good and evil in the world", which also has the meaning of "the main life". The Son of Dou Mu, the Big Dipper Seven Stars, is born in the palm of his hand, the main birth, and the main function of Taishan is in the same vein. "Mother is precious to son", so Doumu can compete with the status of the Queen Mother of the West and Bixia Yuanjun in Taishan!
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