Yang Jian is the nephew of the Jade Emperor, with a noble background and a bumpy life. He once rebelled against the gods and tried to stop his nephew from saving his mother with agarwood. Emperor Wen of Sui was also the first effective god of war in China mythology. As the nephew of the jade emperor, his relationship with the jade emperor is not good. "Listening to music without listening to announcements" is the expression of extreme personality.
The Jade Emperor named him "a hero, a hero, a wise man, a benevolent man and a king", and Taoism called him "a true gentleman". However, Jiro always ignored this uncle and refused to live in heaven. Instead, he got incense in the underworld. In front of the tent, there are seven saints of Meishan, who are the god of grass in 1200 years. For the jade emperor, he is "listening to the tune but not to the announcement", that is to say, he only obeys orders and never makes friends with anyone. This is "the heart recognizes heaven, and the sex is proud to live in the river."
Yang Jian's "Beauty and Exquisiteness" is no different from Yang Jian's "Cloudy Crown, Hydrating Clothing, Waist Silk Tapping and Feet Being", only Ma Xie changed his brocade boots. Yang Jian is also a proud man. "I lost with him, so I don't need to help him." I hit him, and Liegong doesn't need help. ""It's a pity that the old man is not an upright man ",as can be seen from these two sentences. Because he is a heroic god of war with indomitable spirit, the people are respectful to him, which can be said to be one of the best. There are many legends about his origin, which are rare in folk customs. [Edit this paragraph] Yang Jian's life story is legendary and handsome, with light on his ears and shoulders.
Wearing a three-mountain flying phoenix hat and a light goose yellow collar.
Golden boots lined with dragon socks, jade belt with eight treasures makeup.
Hanging a slingshot around his waist, holding a three-pointed two-edged gun, a crescent moon.
The axe split Taoshan once to save the mother, and the bullet hit Shuangfeng.
It is well known to punish the eight eccentrics, and joining the Seven Saints of Meishan is just so.
The heart is too high to recognize heaven, and the sex is proud to live in the river.
Chicheng Zhao Hui Ling Ying Sheng, it is clear that the vast Jiro.
This poem is a description of Jiro Zhenjun in The Journey to the West, which is both in form and spirit. The image of Erlang God Yang Jian is vivid, but what is the life story of Erlang God, who is known as "the first god of war in heaven"? When and where did he spread to this day?
First of all, judging from this poem written by Wu Cheng'en in The Journey to the West, at least in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the legend of Erlang God was well known to the people, so this poem is just a general description, and there is no explanation or annotation in the book. But up to now, a lot of legends about Erlang God have been submerged. As the poem says, "the axe splits the peach mountain" is still known, and "the phoenix" is unintelligible.
First of all, Yang Jian's birth was the product of an affair. It is said that his mother is the jade emperor's sister. She secretly came to the world because she envied human feelings, made friends with Yang, a scholar, and became friends with Yang. And gave birth to a son, Emperor Wen of Sui.
Erlang God had the deeds of chopping a mountain to save his mother, but the mountain he chopped was Taoshan, and the weapon he used was an axe. According to The Journey to the West's records, Erlang's mother is the younger sister of the Jade Emperor, and she married a man named Yang on earth. Their son's name is Yang Jian, which is what we call Erlang. The jade emperor was furious because his sister married a mortal, so he put his sister (the mother of Erlang God) at the foot of Taoshan Mountain. Later, Erlang Shen (nephew of the Jade Emperor) "cut down Taoshan with an axe" and saved his mother. There are also several different versions of "Saving Mother by Breaking the Mountain". At the beginning, the story of "cutting down a mountain to save mother" was definitely about Yang Jian, but later it was added to the story and changed to the story of "Lotus Lantern". Laughing is justified, because the story of "Erlang axe chopping Taoshan to save mother" has obvious ancient myth color, while the story of Aquilaria sinensis is obviously much more fashionable and formed relatively late. But when we compare them, we will find that the two stories come down in one continuous line, including the relationship between the characters is also mother and son, nephew and uncle.
"Jiro Bao Juan" mainly describes the birth history of Jiro Zhenjun: Yang Tianyou, the father of Jiro God, is a "golden boy" in heaven and a scholar in Quezhou City. Mother Yun Huaxian fell in love with her old love, married Yang Tianyou privately, and gave birth to Jiro Zhenjun. Because she violated the dogma, she was trapped in Guo Hua by Monkey and was crushed under Mount Tai. Later, Erlang God was instructed by the Queen Mother of the West to "go up the mountain to catch the sun", split the mountain to save his mother Yun Huaxian, and turned to Mount Tai to crush Sun Walker. "Jiro Bao Juan" describes the image of Jiro God in this way: "A mountain axe, a double-edged knife, a silver bullet and a golden bow; Ascend to heaven, ride the clouds, and walk the clouds; Tie the demon lock, cut the magic sword, and have all the eight treasures. Look at the demon mirror, look at the devil, and the six thieves surrender; Three mountain hats, combative, topped with Three Lamps District; Eight treasures, four belts, and a waist; The yellow robe is covered with eight-claw dragons, and the purple fog is filled. " (See "Jiro Bao Juan, Begging to Sign the 10th Made in Guangxi") "Jiro turned into a magical power, and then I went out to get my teeth closed, and the young man protected me. After accepting the seven saints as guardians, the white horse and the white dog have their own reasons ... Meishan worships seven times and worships brothers. Handsome generals will always support them, and heaven and earth will become sacred with spring. A white horse rides on a horse, followed by a white dog. Guan Jiang sent demons to catch ghosts, and the evil spirits disappeared. " (See Jiro Bao Juan. The image of Erlang God depicted in "Jiro Bao Juan" is very similar to the image of Erlang God in The Journey to the West, in which the spelling of "treating teeth" is the same as that of Erlang God's zaju since the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, while "white dog has a god" is in the shape of a white elephant with the "thin dog" in the Romance of the Gods.
Why is there a saying that Yao Ji has been in the sun for ten days?
Although the versions are different, they all ended with Jiro splitting the mountain to save Yao Ji. And in the end, either Yao Ji's mother and son were reunited, or the two couples returned to heaven, and their children were sealed ... Although they went through all the hardships before returning to this home, the result was happy, and the Emperor of Heaven did not make Yao Ji, who was full of white hair, sunburn alive on the 10 th. So where did this statement come from? Or come back and look through our oldest myth, Shan Hai Jing, and there may be an answer here.
"Ugly woman corpse life and death on the 10th. In the north of her husband. Brush his face with his right hand. On the tenth day, the ugly woman lived in Shan Ye. " This passage can be found in Shan Hai Jing and Overseas Western Classics. As we mentioned earlier, the so-called "corpse" was a witch who performed tribal ceremonies at that time, so the "ugly corpse" was a witch named "ugly", not a female corpse named "ugly". Otherwise, the phrase "live and kill for ten days" doesn't mean anything. Just kidding, is there such a thing as killing a corpse?
Regarding this witch named "Ugly Woman", there are many references in Shan Hai Jing: "Some people are dressed in blue and their faces are covered with dresses, so they are called ugly women" (Wild West Classic), "There are two people named ugly women in the sea. The ugly girl has a big crab "(overseas west longitude). This big crab is on an island called Ancient Snake Country in the sea," surrounded by mountains in the southwest "(overseas north longitude). It can be seen that this ugly woman is either a sea god or a witch who is specially responsible for the rain sacrifice ceremony. Both Zuo Zhuan and Lun Heng mention that ugly women are witches who can psychic ghosts and gods, and dance to meet gods and pray for rain during the drought.
The so-called "white-haired man" is not ugly, but there are three kinds of Hiderigami-Hiderigami, one of which is "zombie change, all of which can prevent drought and rain." There is a "Hiderigami" in the strange novel "Woods Yu" in the Qing Dynasty, which is shaped as "a female mummy with vivid appearance and white hair". In ancient times, there was a saying that Hiderigami was a sign of drought, so there was a festival to pray for rain and burn Hiderigami to sacrifice rain. Up to now, there is still a ceremony of "driving heroes from the mountain" in Mianchi, Wenchuan, Sichuan. A man dressed as a hero hides under a tree, led by a wizard, and looks around the mountain until he finds "heroes from the mountain" and drives him down to pray for rain.
In our general understanding, praying for rain is nothing more than worshipping the Dragon King or Rain God, putting in dragon cards, and even racing dragon boats, but in ancient times, many ceremonies for praying for rain were quite cruel. Today, scholars have verified that the ancients had the method of "gathering witches by violence" when they prayed for rain in a drought. "Witches are decorated as Hiderigami to burn them violently, and witches are also violent" (Yuan Ke proofreads Shan Hai Jing). The images of ugly women in Shan Hai Jing are all "Witch Images", "Face Covered with Right Hand" and "Face Covered with Sleeves", showing the appearance of being submerged by the sun.
From this, we can understand that Hiderigami, dressed in white hair, prayed for rain, not Yao Ji. Because Yao Ji's name in Shan Hai Jing is "female corpse", some people may misunderstand it as the abbreviation T_T of "ugly female corpse", and the author is completely speechless here! In addition, there is a folk legend of "Mount Erlang riding the sun", which coincides with the story in Shan Hai Jing, that is, Emperor Yao refused to return to normal when he saw that an ugly girl died ten days after sunset, so he had to send a sharpshooter to shoot the sun, thus creating the charge that the Jade Emperor sent Yao Ji to Japan for ten days, so there was no saying that Yang Mu died ten days after sunset in ancient times, but.
Some good people rewrite stories in order to make them up. [Edit this paragraph] There are many legends about Yang Jian and Yang Jian, the most representative of which is The Romance of Gods. Emperor Wen of Sui, one of the twelve immortals of Kunlun School, is a famous teacher in this masterpiece, which integrates Taoism, Duan, Buddhism and human life. From the first appearance in the battle of the magic family, four generals surrounded Xiqi City, and they firmly occupied the position of Jiang Shang's first world war commander. Nezha in the past and Huang Tianhua in the future can't compare with him. When Yang Jian was young, he wore a cloud crown, a hydration suit, a silk sash around his waist and a robe. After a visit, he told Jiang Ziya to take off his war-free card. "Don't look at the war situation, how to improvise?" Speaking with extreme confidence without showing arrogance is really a once-in-a-lifetime figure. Nezha was surprised when he used his wisdom to get rid of the mink, and he didn't brag at all. "You are different from my apprentice!" Save Nezha enough face. Yang Jian is not only a humble person, but also a kind person. When Emperor Wen of Sui attacked Zhou Xin, he was worried that the people in the city might be slaughtered, so he made a decisive decision and solved Zhou Xin with the roaring dog. In the Romance of Gods, Yang Jian is a perfect man or a true god!
Yang Jian, as the first effective god of war in China mythology, was defeated only a limited number of times. Once, he used his arm to pick up Yu Hua's blood-dissolving magic knife, hoping to see if there was poison on it. This time, he was not ashamed. On another occasion, he was caught in the Tianhe array by Empress Sanxiao with a mixed yuan trick. You know Manjusri, Pu Xian, Cihang and other twelve real people were arrested, and finally the original Buddha and Lao Tzu came forward to settle it. This time, failure is not shameful.
Apart from these two crises, Emperor Wen of Sui was basically a man who saved the day. He has repeatedly supported the overall situation in times of crisis and was rated as "both wisdom and courage, eternal meritorious service!" But this Yang Jian is useless. He has been a grain inspector. Maybe the canteen in Jiang Ziya is too important. The important thing is that the whole army would rather be besieged than Yang Jian. When I was a child, I often thought that Jiang Ziya wanted Yang Jian to be a pioneer, and I'm afraid he was striding forward all the way, and it wasn't Nezha, Lei Zhenzi and others to play it. Even when Lv Yue, the god of plague, put the whole city of Xiqiao down, leaving only Yang Jian and Nezha to go, Nezha panicked. "How can I resist when people are killed?" Yang Jian was unusually calm: "I have my own retreat plan!" With the ability of mutiny, Zheng Lun was scared off, and the white horse's dragon was quite shiny with silver saddle. There are also two grain officials, one is Tu and the other is Tu. These three people are all strange people, but they can only play two games in their spare time for a short time. Thought of this, quite some think Yang Jian and zhaoyun's loneliness is very similar, zhaoyun is not reused, perhaps another kind of reuse, mainly to protect small dishes, patrol and other chores. In the Battle of Ten Commandments Interception, Yang Jian explored the array and narrowly escaped. He comes and goes freely, how natural and unrestrained. However, Yang Jian's stunt is called "Nine-Day Gong Xuan", which is similar to the magical power of King Kong. All poisons do not invade, and Yuan Shen's out-of-body experience does not hurt. Yang Jian defeated Master Wen with this skill, calling it the invincible double dumpling golden whip in his hand. In the Battle of the Seven Demons in Meishan, Yang Jian killed several demons in succession, and finally fought hundreds of rounds with his boss Bai Ape Jing (this demon once killed Zhou Dynasty general and Yang Jian's close comrade-in-arms). This is also the only opponent that Yang Jian met after the war. In the end, of course, Yang Jian beat him to it and got away with it (the white ape essence was lured into its prototype by Bodhi, and then turned into stone, which was the Monkey King after 1500 years, consistent with the name of Six Saints of Meishan as Brother Wukong, and the eldest brother changed to appease them, Yang Jian. )
Actually, there are some interesting things about Jiro, such as his pet-everyone knows his wheezing dog, but few people know that he has an eagle, right? In fact, when Jiro appeared, it should be the image of an eagle with a vertical dog, which was mentioned in Journey to the West. At the same time, judging from the poem, he is also proficient in hidden weapons-"a crescent moon with a slingshot around his waist", which seems to have appeared in the Romance of Gods.
Yang Jian's most imposing time was probably when he was defeated by Deng Khan. Although it was beaten, Mars broke out. I just don't know, he is still in hot pursuit. He is a mysterious protector. Like the Monkey King, he is also an iron warrior.
Erlang God in The Journey to the West, "The fruit of appearance is novelty and exquisite dressing. The whole is: handsome and handsome, with light on the earlobe and shoulders. Wearing a three-mountain flying phoenix hat and a light goose yellow collar. Golden boots lined with dragon socks, jade belt with eight treasures makeup. With a slingshot at his waist, a crescent moon and a three-pointed two-edged gun. " (The Journey to the West's sixth time) "He punished six monsters before, and there were Meishan brothers and 1,200 toothed burclover gods in front of the tent. They are miracles with 72 changes. " That is, "Meishan six brothers-Naikang, Zhang, Yao, Li Si, Guo Shen and general Li Zhijian; This "Guo Shen Zhijian" implies the name of "Guo Ya Value". During the war between Erlang God and the Monkey King, he "turned himself into a towering figure, holding out a three-pointed and two-edged god's front with his hands, just like the peak on the top of Huashan Mountain, with his face blue and his hair red". He released a "fine dog", took a bite on the Monkey King's calf, pulled it down again, and seized the Monkey King. (The Journey to the West's Sixth Return) Later, on the way to learn the scriptures, the Monkey King and others caught up with the nine head worm monster who stole the relic treasure on the tower of Guangjin Temple in the tournament country, and met Erlang God and six Meishan brothers who came back from hunting. Regardless of the previous gap, Erlang God the Monkey King helped convert to Buddhism and learn Buddhist scriptures. He "took the golden bow, loaded it with silver bullets, stretched the bow and fought" and let the good dog go. The king jumped up and took a bite, biting nine head worm's head to pieces. The monster escaped in pain (The Journey to the West's sixty-third). Although the surname of Erlang God in this novel is Yang, his appearance, slingshot, three-pointed double-edged knife, eagle dog and even sworn brother (the Seven Saints of Meishan) all seem to belong to Erlang God Zhao Yu. This clearly shows the close relationship between the novel The Journey to the West and the legend of Erlang God in Yuan and Ming operas.
The Journey to the West's Erlang God is the nephew of the Jade Emperor and the son of Yang Jun .. Besides the legend of "cutting down the mountain to save the mother", there is another clue to pursue, that is, Erlang Baojuan (hereinafter referred to as Erlang Baojuan) and Erlang Baojuan written in Jiajing period of Ming Dynasty. The former is discussed in great detail in Liu You's Bao Juan of Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties (see Literature No.3, 198). The latter is described in detail in Hu Shi's "Notes after Vacuum Volume" (see Hu Shi's Classical Literature Collection, Shanghai Ancient Books Publishing House, 1988 edition). "Jiro Bao Juan" is divided into two volumes. At the end of each volume, it says: "Daming Jiajing was honored in Ren Xu on September 34." In the thirty-fourth year of Jiajing, namely 1555, the earliest publishing time in The Journey to the West was 20 years earlier than this (ad 1592). If, as The Journey to the West usually said, Wu Cheng'en was at home in his later years (after he left Changxing in A.D. 1568), Jiro Bao Juan was written before The Journey to the West became a book. Even according to Wu Cheng'en's statement that he "wrote a journey to the West or finished the first draft" when he was young and middle-aged (in the 21st year of Jiajing, AD 1542) (see Su Xing's Chronicle of Wu Cheng'en), it is unlikely that the author of Erlang Baojuan will see The Journey to the West's first draft ten years later and rewrite it into Erlang Baojuan accordingly. Therefore, it is very likely that Erlang Baojuan or the folklore of Erlang God based on it had an influence on the depiction of Erlang God Wu Cheng'en in The Journey to the West.
In the Ming Dynasty, the legend of Erlang God was widely circulated. Of course, there can't be only one statement, and there is no difference in details. Wu Cheng'en, the author of The Journey to the West (the last author), once saw the portrait of Erlang God and made a preface to Song of Erlang God. The preface said, "Erlang Sou Shan Juan is the property of my hometown Wu Gong. After it was lost for 50 years, his descendant Sun Quanzi took it back after learning about Gong Li's family. The return of the green carpet and the overlapping of swords are miracles, which shows that the "Jiro Sou Shan Tu" has a long history and is precious. The image of Erlang God depicted in "Song of Erlang God Seeking Mountains" is: "The youth is beautiful and clear, and the headquarters worships the spirit of things and the stars fly to make the mountains empty. Eagle fights dog, broadsword fights frost and snow. Monkeys can't prolong their life, and the fox mother cries blood with empty wine. The river overturned the sea and stirred Liu Ding, and the monsters were not left behind. The green front suddenly broke, and the golden lock wrapped around the dragon. Magic soldiers hunt monsters as well as beasts, and there is nowhere to escape from exploring holes and holding nests. Life is proud, although the claws dare to rush. " (Sheyang Survival Draft, Volume I) The Preface of Erlang Searching Tushan Pavilion was written in the eighteenth year of Jiajing (1539). The author is in the prime of life (36 years old), commanding magic soldiers, waving broadswords and long knives, and shooting eagles and dogs at "beautiful boy" Erlang. There is a goal to save the moon, and there is no hero in the world. This is probably the author's intrinsic motivation to describe Erlang's kindness and kindness in The Journey to the West.
The legend of Erlang God in Yuan and Ming operas is very rich. Today, there are four kinds of dramas in Yuan and Ming Dynasties involving the legend of Erlang God: The Journey to the West's Zaju (Yang's Commentary Edition), Erlang God's Drunk Shooting and Locking the Magic Mirror, Erlang God's Locking the Great Sage, and Guankou Erlang's Chop. The eighth time in The Journey to the West's Zaju, Guanyin Bodhisattva secretly escorted Tang Priest to fetch Buddhist scriptures from the West, "playing the Jade Emperor, ten official duties", and the fourth official was "Erlang Guankou". The sixteenth issue of the fourth book said that Pig Bajie was a demon in black wind mountain and robbed Pei Haitang, a commoner. Later, the Monkey King saved Pei Haitang and asked her about the monster. Pei Haitang said, "That monster was drunk and said he was afraid of Jiro's fine dog." Later, Pig Bajie went to Pei Haitang and took the Tang Priest away. The Monkey King came to the South China Sea to ask Guanyin Bodhisattva for help. Therefore, Jiro followed the practice of Guanyin Bodhisattva to save the Tang Priest, fought with Pig Bajie and released the "refined dog". "Seeing is believing, I caught Pig Bajie. Here, the drama does not explain the specific image of the "skinny dog" who captured Pig Bajie, but in the later Romance of the Gods, there is such a description of the roaring dog named "waist" by Erlang God: "The fairy dog has a small waist, which is shaped like a white elephant and an owl"-this is probably the "true face" of the fierce roaring dog. In The Journey to the West's zaju, there is a poem describing the majestic posture of Erlang God: "Seeing the ups and downs of the sun and the moon, the mountains and rivers have changed. Mouth-watering and imposing, Yao Ya will have a surname. Guo zhi presses the soap eagle, and the golden-headed slave attracts the fine dog. With crossbows, with projectiles. Irrigation Jinjiang head, Li Anyun stack side ". This is the image of Erlang God depicted in Yuan and Ming operas, but it is not mentioned whether his surname is Li or Zhao. However, in later plays, such as "Erlang God Drunk and Locked the Mirror", "Guankou Erlang God Chopped Dumplings" and "Erlang God Locked the Monkey King", Erlang God became the historical satrap of Zhao Yu. In the first episode of "Erlang God Drunk Shooting and Locking the Mirror", Erlang God came to the stage and said, "My god's surname is Zhao Mingyu, and his words follow the Tao. When I was a child, I was a historical satrap. There are two rivers in Lingyuan in history, and there is a jiaozi in Hanoi, which makes waves and harms the people. Old man of history, tell my God that I personally hit the sword into the water, chopped its health jiaozi, raised my head with my left hand, and hit the sword with my right hand. Thanks To Drop, who saw seven people on the ground, is the Seven Sages of Meishan. I beheaded the healthy dumpling, gathered the seven saints of Meishan, rode a white horse to soar during the day, irrigated the people by the river, and built a temple with my God. The Jade Emperor gave me a charm plate and added my God to the position of Erlang God in Guanjiangkou, which is really the king of Qingyuan Miao Dao. "In the play" Jiro Guankou Chop ",the guest stars are all Dalang Shen's background, which is roughly the same as the description in the previously quoted" Dalang Shen Zui shoots the lock mirror ",except that (I mistakenly wrote) I ascended to heaven first, then descended to the seven saints of Meishan, and then chopped jiaozi, just in reverse order. Erlang God's generals also include Guo Yazhi ("Tooth" and "Pressure", and the sound turns), "Leading a dog" and adding a "grabbing a knife". Erlang God in The Monkey King Locked by Erlang God, under the command of the "Master of the Arctic Exorcism Institute", led the seven saints of Meishan and many heavenly soldiers to Guo Huashan to catch the monkey king who stole the elixir and wine. For example, Zhu Bajie's "I'm afraid of Erlang God's refined dog" in The Journey to the West's zaju, and "Erlang God locks the Monkey King" also said: "Only when the source of truth is clear, Erlang God can break the Monkey King", which shows that Erlang God is a good hand at catching monsters. Although the Monkey King is not explicitly said to be the Monkey King in the play, in the first compromise, the Monkey King once said: "There are three gods and five sisters, the elder sister is a Kameyama jellyfish, the elder sister is an iron monkey, and the elder brother plays tricks on Saburo." This is similar to the Monkey King's statement in The Journey to the West's ninth play: "There are five brothers and sisters in the Monkey King: the elder sister is far from the mountains and mother, and the second sister is a witch. The only difference is that the Monkey King in The Journey to the West led to the Monkey King, and it was Nezha, not Erlang, who subdued him. It can also be clearly seen that the drama "Erlang Shensuo Qitian Sheng Da" is deeply influenced by "Journey to the West Zaju". "Erlang God Locks the Monkey King" focuses on the bravery of SHEN WOO, Erlang God and Meishan Seven Saints. They caught the Three Sages of Huaguo Mountain with no effort. Unlike the later novel The Journey to the West, they want to bet on change and rely on the diamond cutting of the old gentleman. Among the three saints of Guo Hua, Qi Yao was the leader of stealing Dan and wine. He is brave and fickle, but once caught, he kneels for mercy. The image of the great sage, the elder brother, is more prominent, which changes an iron bar and divine power, and has many similarities with the Monkey King in later novels. The Monkey King, the Great Sage of the Monkey in the novel The Journey to the West, can be said to be a fusion of the images of the three sages of Huaguoshan. Even the name "Sun Walker" is borrowed from "Xisaburo".
In a word, in Jiro's plays, such as drunken shooting at the magic mirror, mouthwatering Jiro's chopping at jiaozi, and Jiro's locking the Monkey King, the image of Jiro has been described more concretely: he is "fantastic and changeable" (Jiro drunk shooting at the magic mirror), "flushed" and "riding across a dragon pony and inserting an arrow into a golden jar". His "Three Points and Two Blades" (Erlang God Locked the Great Sage in the Sky) led the "refined dog to break the array, and the golden bullet to disperse the demon soldiers" (Erlang God Locked the Great Sage in the Sky). In the collection of novels in Ming Dynasty, Awakening the World, there is a book "Looking for Boots and Documentary Erlang God" in Song and Yuan Dynasties, which says that there is an Erlang Temple in the "ancient song Mu Jing" dedicated to Erlang God, which is as spiritual as the true king of the Arctic. The statue of Erlang God in that temple is "wrapped in golden flowers, embroidered robe, jade belt around his waist and flying boots" and "holding a slingshot", similar to the image of Erlang God in Yuan and Ming operas.