Empress Houtu, also known as Houtu. Land worship and female worship originated from natural worship in matriarchal society. Chengtian's full name imitates Houde Guangda. She is the fourth emperor among the "Four Emperors/Six Emperors" gods in Taoism. She holds the hands of yin and yang and nurtures everything, so she is called the mother of the earth.
According to legend, she was the earliest king on earth. Later, she cooperated with Tian Di (Hao Tian), who presided over the heaven, and became the goddess who dominated the earth and mountains.
The Land Lord is a fairy who was in charge of one side of the land in the ancient legend of China. He lives underground and is the lowest among the immortals. As the saying goes, "Don't treat the land god as a fairy". In China, there are various images of folk land gods with different personalities. As a local protector, it is popular all over the country. In ancient times, there was a phenomenon of worshipping the land god where people lived.
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Notre Dame de Houtu is located at the junction of Pinglu and Ruicheng counties, and Dianshan Temple faces south. It is an ancient temple complex in the Ming Dynasty. Except for the collapse of two wings, other buildings are well preserved.
There are three groups of thirteen statues in the hall. In the middle is the Madonna of Houdi, in the east is the Madonna of Nine Days, and in the west is the Madonna of Messenger. There are two statues of young girls standing on each side of the virgin. On the east and west sides of the main hall, there are sitting statues of Queen Dousheng, biological mother and two female officials.
The Madonna hairstyle at the back of the main hall adopts a special bun, with four golden peacocks on it, a pearl peacock in front, a pendant on the left and right, and a beaded tube in the middle, which is a typical hairstyle in the Ming Dynasty. Notre Dame de Nine Days and Notre Dame de Angele only have two golden peacocks on a special bun, and the others are the same as Notre Dame de Hou Di. All three Notre Dames use pendants, with plump faces and golden foreheads in the middle, which complement each other with eyebrows and red lips.
In terms of clothing, the three Notre Dames all wore shawls, crossed-collared shirts and patches on their chests and backs. Holding the Gui in one hand and the GUI in the other; There is a jade ring belt around the waist, so you can wear cloud shoes. The whole statue is stylized, and only the heads of the Virgin Mary on both sides are slightly inclined to the middle, which adds a lot of lively atmosphere to the traditional statue of sitting in danger.
Land God is the most worshipped god in Taiwan Province Province. No matter in the streets of towns or in the countryside, you can see countless land temples of different shapes and sizes. Among the many gods in Taiwan Province Province, the land god has the lowest status. It is a small god who is in charge of the household affairs of a community, such as a district, a village and a neighbor.
The "first land god in southern Fujian" worships the "land god" (Fude Shen Zheng) as the patron saint of navigation, which is a unique custom refined by Xiangzhi Wubao 'ao (now belonging to Wubao Village, hongshan town, shishi city) since the Qing Dynasty. Wubao "Land Temple" is located at the foot of Changren Mountain, facing the sea and facing the north. It is said that it was built in the early Ming Dynasty. It was rebuilt many times in the Qing dynasty, and the incense gradually flourished. It is regarded as the maritime protector of five treasures Macao by maritime businessmen and boat people.
The existing building area is1.30m2.. It is easy to rest at the top of the mountain with double eaves, and the two rooms are deep. In addition, there is a guard who buries the tomb of the drama "World and Spring". It is a historical witness to the cultural and artistic exchanges between Fujian and Taiwan. The "land god" enshrined in this temple is called "the first land god in southern Fujian". Compared with other land temples, the Wubao Land Temple is not only complete in scale, exquisite in structure, but also equipped with sacrifices by judges of literature and military, showing a dignified atmosphere.
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