The ninth day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar is the Chongyang Festival, a traditional festival in China, and it is also a very important day for the Immortal Realm.
Not only do many immortals choose to ascend on this day, but the ninth day of September is also the Christmas day of many gods.
Let's take stock one by one:
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="28" > the birthday of Nezha, the marshal of the middle altar</h1>
Taoism designates the ninth day of the first month of September every year as Nezha's birthday.
The word Nezha is looked at separately. According to the Kangxi Dictionary, which né is the "Wu nuó", which refers to the god who exorcised the evil demon plague; there are still "wu plays" in Chudi, that is, playing the god of wu. 吒, which represents justice, that is, 咤叱, has the meaning of frightening evil, the nemesis of all evils, and symbolizes anger.
Combining the two words together, it can be understood as "with the wrath of righteousness, to exorcise all demons, ghosts, and evil gods." And this explanation is in line with Nezha's status and image in the immortal system.
Every time in Chongyang, coastal areas and other places will hold a grand celebration of the birthday of the god Nezha, to welcome the temple festival of the great god of Nezha and parade, and at his birthday festival, believers will come to pay homage to incense and pray for blessings and happiness.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="27" > the birthday of Emperor Fengdu</h1>
Emperor Fengdu is also known as the Emperor of Beiyin in Taoist mythology, and is in charge of the Meditation Division. The god of hell in ancient Chinese myths and legends.
After Pangu opened the heavens and the earth, he evolved the heavens and the earth, gave birth to six reincarnations, the heavenly court was managed by the chief of the demon clan, and the earth mansion was managed by the chief of the witch clan, and after the Lich War, the Jade Emperor was ordered by the chasm to take charge of the heavenly court, and the three realms and six paths.
After the Lich War, the Lich clan fled with dead and wounded wounds. Therefore, the underground mansion was left unattended, causing tens of millions of evil spirits to leave the prefectural mansion and go to the human world to harm all living beings on the earth.
When the Jade Emperor learned of this, he was furious at the Heavenly Court, and ordered Emperor Ziwei of Zhongtian to lead the Heavenly Court Gods to kill the evil spirits in order to restore peace to the world. Later, Emperor Zhongtian Ziwei subdued thousands of evil spirits and incarnated as the Emperor of the Northern Yin Dynasty in the Nether Realm.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="26" > the birthday of Doumu Yuanjun</h1>
The statue of Doumu Yuanjun has three eyes and eight arms, holding the sun, moon, bell, golden seal, spear, halberd and other combat weapons or magic weapons in his hands. This is more similar to the Buddhist Moritz heavens.
According to the "Yuqing Supreme Spirit Treasure Natural Beidou Bunsheng True Scripture", Doumu Yuanjun was incarnated from the innate yin qi of Yuan Shi Tianzun, and was the concubine of the King of Zhou.
When Doumu Yuanjun came into the world, her name was Lady Ziguang, who was kind in heart and practiced compassion in the human world to save the suffering of all. Lady Ziguang was devoutly dedicated to Yuan Shi Tianzun, hoping to give birth to a son who would become a generation of sages in the future and govern her country.
One spring day of a certain year, when Madame Ziguang was bathing in the jade pond in the back garden, she saw the lotus flowers in the Wenyu pond with a feeling, the lotus flowers had nine flower buds, and in an instant, all of them bloomed and turned into nine children.
The first two eldest sons were the Emperor and the Ziwei Emperor, and the last seven youngest sons were the Wolf, the Giant Gate, The Lu Cun, the Wenqu, the Lianzhen, the Wuqu, and the Broken Army.
Since Doumu Yuanjun is the mother of the stars, the Taoist Chaodou Fa branch is based on Doumu Yuanjun as the main god, and his status in Taoism is very noble. Moreover, the Taoist Church held a Christmas festival to celebrate the Doumu Yuanjun Christmas Festival on the Chongyang Festival, praying for the peace of the country and the people, smooth wind and rain, and peaceful family.
Nine-Nine Sun Day When the Immortals Ascend to Heaven
In Taoist culture, the day of chongyang festival on September 9 is the best time to "ascend to heaven and become immortals", so Taoist legends mostly choose September 9 to "ascend to heaven and become immortals".
Taoists believe that on this day, the qing qi rises, the turbid qi sinks, the higher the terrain, the more the qing qi gathers, and people can take advantage of the qing qi and ascend to heaven.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="45" > the day of The Ascension of Emperor Zhenwu</h1>
Zhenwu Emperor, also known as Xuantian God, Yousheng Zhenjun, Xuanwu Emperor, etc., also known as The Devil Heavenly Zun and Bao'en Ancestor, is a well-known god among the Taoist gods, and Wudang Mountain in Hubei is the dojo of Zhenwu Emperor.
According to the "Taishang Saying Xuantian Great Saint Zhenwu Ben Transmission Divine Mantra Sutra", Zhenwu Emperor was the eighty-second incarnation of Taishang Laojun, born in the Desireless Heavenly Palace on the Great Luo Realm, and the son of Empress Shansheng, king of Jingle. The queen dreamed and swallowed the sun, and became pregnant, and after 14 months and more than 400 years, she was born in the royal palace. After growing up, he resigned his parents and entered the Wudang Mountains to cultivate, and his achievements were fulfilled in the past forty-two years.
On the ninth day of September of that year, the sky was full of auspicious clouds, the ceiling in the sky was scattered, the forest was full of fairy music, and the valley was fragrant.
Zhen Wu only felt that his heart was particularly bright, his eyes were particularly bright, and his chest was like crystals, spotless; The body is like a drifting cloud, which can fly at any time. He knew that this was going to ascend to the immortals, and he was ready to take off and fly.
At this time, suddenly a beautiful woman came to the front. She held a gold plate and a jade cup in her hand, and asked for tea for real martial arts. Zhen Wu was not at all moved by the woman, but felt that she was frivolous and annoying.
He drew his sword with a "whimper" and said, "If you are a good woman, you should be solemn and self-loving." If you dare to act rashly, you will not be spared! The woman was afraid and ashamed, her face was flushed, and she was almost overwhelmed, so she jumped and threw herself off the cliff.
Zhenwu regretted it and felt that he should not force people to lose their lives; He thought that only by giving her a life would he be worthy of the merits of this practice of forty-two years. So, he jumped with her towards the cliff. But he was held by five dragons, and he saw that the woman was already standing on the top of the clouds. It turned out that she was actually Zi Yuanjun's change, and she was the last to test his heart.
"You have finally become a fairy in the same way!" Zi Yuanjun said approvingly. Posterity remembered this and named it Flying Cliff.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="56" > the day of Mazu's ascension</h1>
Mazu, revered as the goddess of the sea, is also known as the Queen of Heaven, the Queen of Heaven, the Heavenly Princess, the Heavenly Princess, the Heavenly Virgin, the Meizhou Mother, and so on.
Taoism reveres him as "Protector of the Nation and The Protector of the People Ming Miao Ling Taking Care of Hongren Puji Tianhou Our Lady Taiji Yuanjun", "Fu Du Zhao Xiao Pure Spirit Ying Fu Ji Protecting the Nation Shelter People Miao Ling Zhao Ying Hongren Puji Heavenly Princess." ”
Mazu is a god worshipped by generations of maritime traders, shipwrights, seafarers, tourists, merchants and fishermen, especially in Fujian, Guangdong, Hainan, Taiwan, southeast Asia, there are a wide range of Mazu beliefs, many coastal areas have built Mazu temples.
On September 8 of the fourth autumn of the fourth year of Song Taizong Yongxi, Lin Moniang (the predecessor of Mazu) who also soared said to his family: "I love tranquility, and I am not happy to live in the world, tomorrow the ninth day is Chongyang Day, I have the will to ascend, and I will announce the farewell period." "The family thought that it was routine for Chongjiu to ascend to the top, but did not know that she had gone to Chengxian.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="62" > the day when the ancestral master Zhang Daoling ascended</h1>
Zu Tianshi Zhang Daoling (22 February 34), Han Chinese, zifu Han, formerly known as Ling, the actual founder of Taoism Zhengyi, was a native of Fengyi (present-day Feng County, Xuzhou, Jiangsu) of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
Taishang Laojun descended to Shudi, "conferred three days of Fa-rectification, ordained as the Heavenly Master", Zhang Daoling integrated the pre-Qin monastic groups at that time: the Huang Laopai, Fang Xian Dao, Wen Shi Sect and other pre-Qin monastic groups, and founded the Taoist dao called Zhengyi Mengwei Dao.
In July of the second year of Han'an, Zhang Tianshi ascended Mount Qingcheng, and would meet eight ghost marshals, fight against ghosts, subdue foreign demons, and curse evil and hypocrisy.
The Heavenly Master Dao Fa Tong Xuan, the demons are invincible, each surrendered, willing to convert to the right path, so the Heavenly Master ordered the Five Directions, Eight Parts, Six Heavenly Ghost Gods, under the altar of the Yellow Emperor on Qingcheng Mountain, to make an oath, people in the Yang Realm, ghosts in the netherworld, so that the Six Heavenly Ghost King was imprisoned in the Capital City of Northern Yin, and the Eight Ghost Commanders were exiled to the border areas of the Western Regions.
Zhang Tianshi lowered the demon Voldemort to save sentient beings, and the people of Shudi were very touched and willing to listen to the Heavenly Master's teachings. So he established the Twenty-Four Rules, collected disciples, and educated the people.
On September 9 of the first year of the reign of Emperor Huan of the Eastern Han Dynasty, in the Quting Mountain of Chicheng, Sichuan, the Jade Emperor sent emissaries to hold a jade book and enfeoff the Heavenly Master as Zhengyi Zhenren, who was 123 years old and soared in the Yuntai Mountain in Cangxi.
The important custom of the Chongyang Festival, "ascending to the heights", is also intrinsically linked to the Taoist "ascension to heaven and immortality" on September 9.
Believing that September 9 was the day of the ascension of the gods and immortals, the ancestors chose September 9 to ascend to the throne, with the intention of ascending to the heavenly palace and immortality like those who had attained immortality.
In the real world, the ascension of the Chongyang Festival into immortals is transformed into people's beautiful expectations for health and longevity.