Water god

Water god

Water god is the God of water in ancient Chinese myths and legends. In Chinese mythology system, water god is the most widely inherited and influential God. Such as narcissus, Jin "shiyiji" volume ten said: "Qu Yuan to see loyal reprimand, hidden in Yuanxiang. He was driven out by the king and went to the cold water. Chu's yearning is called Narcissus, which stands in ancestral temple. " Another example is Shuibo. The book of mountains and seas, the overseas East classic, says, "the valley of the sun, God says tianwu, is Shuibo.". In addition, in the inheritance of ancient books and common people, all water gods are taboo.

Word information

[words] Shui Shen [Pinyin] Shu ǐ sh é n ㄕㄨㄟㄟㄕㄣㄣ

Detailed explanation

1. It's called water. Ancient thinkers believed that the composition of water existed in all substances and was the criterion of all things, so it was called water. Guanzi shuidi: "water is the standard of all things, and the lightness of all life is contrary to the quality of gain and loss. Therefore, there is no dissatisfaction, and there is no dissatisfaction. It is produced in Jinshi and collected in Zhusheng, so it is called shuishen. " Yin Zhizhang notes: "there is no water, I do not know what it is, so it is called God." 2. The God of water; the God of water. "The first emperor's dream is to fight with the sea god, just like a human being. When asked about Zhanmeng, the doctor said, "the God of water is invisible, and the big fish and the dragon are waiting." According to the biography of Wang Zun in the history of Han Dynasty, "he bowed and led the officials and people, threw down the white horse and worshipped the water god, the river uncle." "Xuanming" in Zuozhuan · the 18th year of Zhaogong was annotated by Jin Duyu: "xuanming, the God of water." "The God of the South China Sea is zhurong, the God of the East China Sea is goumang, the God of the North China Sea is xuanming, and the God of the West Sea is zaoshou (see the Golden Chamber of Taigong)". (Chang) River God is a strange figure (see Guangya Shitian), (Huang) River God is Bingyi (see overseas North Sutra), and shu River (Dujiangyan) God is libing (see Taiping Guangji quoted from Chengdu, etc.). The most famous one should be Gonggong.

Gonggong

Gonggong is a God in ancient Chinese mythology. As the God of flood in Northwest China, it is said that he had a war with Zhuanxu of Huangdi nationality. He was so angry that his head touched mount Buzhou, which tilted heaven and earth. Later, it was the year of Zhuanxu. In addition, there is another saying that Gonggong was Yao's minister. He was exiled to Youzhou by Yao, and was called "four evildoers" together with zandou, Sanmiao and Zan. According to the book Yao Dian, "Liu Gonggong worked in Youzhou, put his pocket in Chongshan, ran through Sanmiao in Sanwei, and took his place in Yushan. The four crimes were accepted by the whole world." According to Shanhaijing haineijing, "the wife of Emperor Yan, the son of Chishui, listen to wo shengyanju, Yanju begets Festival and festival, festival and festival begets Xiqi, Xiqi begets zhurong, zhurong falls in the river, begets Gonggong." "In the past, Gonggong and Zhuan Xu fought for the title of emperor. They were angry and touched the mountain. The pillars of heaven were broken and the earth was destroyed. The sky tilts to the northwest, so the sun, moon and stars move; the earth is dissatisfied with the southeast, so the water and dust return. " Gonggong is a bad God of water. He has a fierce temperament and acts recklessly. He is against the Chinese people. It often exerts its divine power to call the wind and rain on a whim, injures the people all over the world with floods, and makes a good China into a vast ocean. The people cry and cry, and they suffer from the sun and the moon. Around Mount Tai, there is a legend that Lu Dongbin played three white peonies. It is said that they also gave birth to a son called Water God. White peony used to practice in Mount Tai, but later, unable to bear the ridicule of others, he and his son moved to the south of Mount Tai, where he lived. At the age of eight or nine, the God of water was born with a glib tongue. He was very likable, but he didn't have a decent father. He was beaten, scolded and bullied outside all day. On the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, white peony asked the water god and his village friends to go up the mountain to cut firewood. He made some water wine and light vegetables at home, and prepared to send the kitchen god to heaven to report the situation of the lower world for one year. When the water god and his companions came to the mountain, the leader said that they would play the game of "being the emperor". They put up several grass baskets as the throne. Whoever can climb up will be the emperor. After that, everyone will listen to him and choose him as the leader. Then he put the basket high and climbed up one by one. The basket was not tied up with a rope. It climbed for a while. As a result, it all rolled down without climbing several times. Finally, it was the turn of shuishen. He firmly grasped the grass basket, gently stepped his feet, and really climbed up. Originally, they all looked down upon the God of water to make fun of him. Now he really climbed up. Who would let his illegitimate son be the leader would drag him down and beat him up. Bai Mudan was worried about not being able to buy food and wine at home. Seeing that the God of water came back crying from outside, his nose was broken and he was very sad. Suddenly he got angry, so he grabbed the firestick and let the anger shine on the Kitchen God: "Kitchen God, kitchen god, you see, how can we live? Hum! If my son is really an emperor, he will have to kill all those little ones. " The more she said, the more angry she was. As she said and knocked, she went down with a few sticks. The kitchen god had been black and blue for a long time. The kitchen god not only didn't eat and drink well at the white peony's house, but also got a stick, so he ran to the Jade Emperor and complained. As soon as the Kitchen God saw the great emperor, he kowtowed and reported to him, "great emperor, white peony swore that if the water god wanted to be the emperor, he would kill all the people in the village. No, white peony even beat me. I hope the great emperor will be the master of his subjects, and never let the water god be the emperor. " The Jade Emperor listened to the kitchen King's one-sided words and ordered the four generals to take out the Dragon tendons of the water god on the coming Dragon Festival. Besides, since he was beaten, he went up the mountain alone every time. On this day, he was gathering firewood on the mountain alone. An old man with white beard came up to him and said, "you are the real dragon emperor. You will be the emperor in the future. Just because your mother accidentally said that you are going to leave, the Jade Emperor is going to beat you on the dragon's day next year. Now there is no way to remedy it. Only then can you bite your teeth and survive To keep your dragon teeth and Jade mouth, you can say what you want. " Then he floated away. the water god had a dream and was scared to death. Go back and mother said, white peony that he hurt his son, very regret, put his son in his arms, cry. In the twinkling of an eye, the dragon's day has arrived, and only a few black clouds are pressing on the baijiayuan. At this time, the God of water was chopping firewood in the courtyard. He heard a dull thunder. The God of water fell to the ground with the sound, and several heavenly soldiers and generals began to beat his muscles. The taste was worse than remoulding. But the water god just survived. From then on, the God of water hated the kitchen god and all the immortals. He vowed to detain all the immortals in revenge. But how can so many immortals be filled? He was so poor that he didn't even have a box. When the God of water looked back and saw that the gourd he used to load water on the mountain was hanging next to the stove, he took it conveniently and said with gnashing his teeth: "Lord stove, thank you for running to the emperor to speak for me. You've worked hard. Come to my gourd and have a rest." Because the God of water has a Jade mouth, and his words are the imperial edict. With the sound of "whoosh", the kitchen god turns into a wisp of smoke and gets into the gourd. the water god bid farewell to his mother and carried a gourd all over the country. When he saw the temple, he entered it and accepted it when he saw the God. He wanted to put them all under Mount Tai, so he finally came to Mount Tai. not far from the Red Gate, an old man with crane hair and childlike face came up to him. The water God felt familiar and familiar, but he couldn't remember it for a moment, so he called out, "who is coming, please give me your name." The old man replied with a smile: "I am the fairy LV Dongbin." When the water God heard this, he suddenly remembered the old man with white beard who had told him that he was his own father. He was so surprised that he dropped the gourd and broke it in two. All the immortals were scrambling to a big stone cave nearby. Lu Dongbin couldn't count it, so he named it "Thousand Buddha cave". Later generations built a pavilion there, which was named "Wanxian tower" according to the intention of Lu Zu. Only the kitchen god's legs were long, so he ran back to the kitchen. However, fearing that he would make trouble again, Lu Dongbin wrote next to the god statue of the kitchen King: "God says good things, return to the palace and bring good luck", warning him. When the God of water knew that it was his own father, he knelt down in front of LV Dongbin and told him one by one the cold treatment and hardships of his mother and son over the years. After hearing this, LV Dongbin was also very sad. He gave a green dragon sword to the God of water. He told him to take good care of his mother, get along well with the villagers, and sent him back to jianlai mountain. After that, the villagers learned that LV Dongbin was so magnanimous, respected their mother and son, and took care of them in many ways. Only then did the water God use his green dragon sword to do many good things for the villagers. In the myth system of ancient Chinese culture, water god is the most widely inherited and influential God. According to ancient books, there are different water gods in rivers, lakes and even wells. There are also changes in the appellation of Water God.
Such as narcissus, Jin "shiyiji" volume ten said: "Qu Yuan to see loyal reprimand, hidden in Yuanxiang. He was driven out by the king and went to the cold water. Chu's yearning is called Narcissus, which stands in ancestral temple. " Gong's behavior finally gained people's respect. After Gonggong's death, people regarded him as the master of water conservancy. His son Houtu was also regarded as the God of society (that is, the God of land). Later, when people swore that "heaven is above and Houtu is below", they referred to him. This shows people's respect for them. It is said that in the period of Emperor Shun (about 22bc), the Yu tribe alliance attacked the Gonggong tribe alliance (now near the North Yellow River in Song County, Henan Province). In the late primitive society, there lived a tribal alliance of the Huangdi clan in the Central Plains (now in the southwest of the mountain), with Shun as the leader. At that time, the Yellow River was often inundated, harming the people. Shun ordered Yu to control the flood. The Gonggong clan alliance of Yandi clan had long competed with the clan alliance led by Shun for the survival area, and became the leader of the clan

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