Who is the eldest Hou Tu Niang Niang and the Queen Mother of the West Who is Hou Tu Niang?

The Queen Mother of the West is older than the Queen Mother of the Houtu.

Hou Tu Niang Niang is the mother of all things in myths and legends, and is also the goddess of the earth in folk beliefs, she is the first immortal on the earth, in Taoism.

He is considered one of the Four Emperors, and presides over the Jade Emperor of the Heavenly Realm.

matched, but they are not husband and wife, in Taoism, Hou Tu Niang Niang and Nuwa Niang Niang.

Collectively known as Mother Earth.

The Queen Mother is also known as the Queen Mother of the West, and in traditional Taoist mythology, the Queen Mother of the West lives in the Kunlun Mountains in the West.

She is the leader of the fairies, who dominates the yin energy, and is the goddess of creation who gives birth to all things. In Taoism, the Queen Mother of the West is one of the Seven Sages, the daughter of the great god Pangu, and all the goddesses and immortals in the Three Realms are subordinates of the Queen Mother. Taoism also believes that the Queen Mother is the head of all female immortals, which shows that her status is not lower than that of Houtu Niangniang.

Hou Tu Niang Niang is the highest immortal on the earth, but the Queen Mother is the leader of all goddess immortals, so Hou Tu Niang Niang should be a subordinate of the Queen Mother, and the status of the Queen Mother should be higher than that of Hou Tu Niang.

Houtu Faith**

The Houtu belief originated from the ancient Chinese worship of the land. "The Book of Rites: Suburban Special Sacrifice" contains: The earth carries all things, and the heavens show the scene, take materials from the earth, and take the law from the heavens, so they respect the heavens and get close to the earth. Therefore, educate the people to be kind and reciprocate.

In ancient times, people were born on the earth, so they were "close to the land", and gave "good retribution and sacrifice", so there was the worship of "Houtu", which began in the Spring and Autumn Period.

Every year on the 18th day of October of the lunar calendar, it is said that it is the Christmas Day of Houtu Niangniang, and it is solemnly sacrificed.

The earth mother is the Hou Tu Niangniang, the full name is "Chengtian imitates the Hou Tu Huang Di Zhi", also known as the Earth Grandmother Niangniang, the Earth Mother Yuanjun, the Void Earth Mother Supreme, and the Hou Tu Lady. It is the fourth god of the Taoist god "Four Emperors", referred to as "Houtu". She is matched with the Jade Emperor, who presides over the heavenly realm, and is the female god who presides over the mountains and rivers of the earth.

Hou Tu Niangniang: refers to Fuxi's wife, Nuwa. This title originates from the worship of men and women in matriarchal societies.

The full name is "Chengtian imitates Houde Guangda Hou Emperor Di Di", is the fourth emperor of the Taoist god "Four Qing Six Emperors", she holds yin and yang, and cultivates all things, so she is called "Mother Earth".

Legend has it that she is in charge of the right of life and death (the queen mother is really in charge of all the reproductive rights), the right of creation, and the right to beautify the world, and is also known as the "god of beauty". According to the biji "Legend of the Immortals", she is the "King of the Earth Bodhisattva", mastering the "six reincarnations", and it is said that she is immortal and immortal, everything lasts forever, and can live to "eternal life and eternity", "immortality", "benevolence", "self-cultivation and understanding", "Pusa Lingyin", "illumination of eternity".

Character profile: Taoism respects the gods, namely: Nuwa.

One of the Four Emperors. About after the Tang Dynasty, because the Chinese people believed in the heaven and the earth yin, the man was yang, and the woman was yin, and the earth god was gradually worshiped as the goddess, and the folk were called the queen soil niangniang. After the Song Dynasty, it was listed as one of the four royal gods by Taoism, corresponding to the Jade Emperor who dominated the heavenly realm, and held the right of life and death, part of the right to give birth, the beauty of all things and the beauty of mountains and rivers.

After the folk build the Tu Niang Niang Temple, it is said that the 18th day of October of the lunar calendar is the birthday of the Hou Tu Niang Niang, and the grand sacrifice is made.

Speaking of the Mother Earth, many readers will think that it is Nuwa Niangniang, who is the righteous god of refining stones to mend the sky in ancient times, and is also the creator god, who used clay to create human beings and became the mother of the earth admired by the Three Realms. However, there is also a god in heaven and earth, she is also the mother of the earth, and one of the four emperors, her name is Hou Tu Niangniang. This immortal is also a household name, but her status is above that of Taishang Laojun, and readers have been thinking about her true identity.

The highest-ranking immortal in "Journey to the West" is the Jade Emperor, who is the master of the Three Realms and is in charge of the life and death of all things in heaven and earth. Many readers think that the status of the Jade Emperor is between the Three Qing and the Four Emperors, but judging from the content of the book, the status of the Jade Emperor is higher than that of the Three Qings.

Taishang Laojun is one of the three Qings, sitting on the right side of Taiqing, but his status in the book is below the Jade Emperor. There is a goddess fairy among the four emperors, she is called Hou Tu Niangniang, and her status is very high, lower than the Queen Mother and the Jade Emperor. The Queen Mother, judging from the name, should be the mother of the Jade Emperor, not his wife.

In the "Classic of Mountains and Seas", it is believed that the Queen Mother and the Jade Emperor are not husband and wife, the Queen Mother is also called the Queen Mother of the West, and her husband is the Eastern Prince, which is often called the Emperor of Donghua.

As one of the four royal queens, why is her status above Taishang Laojun? It turned out that she was the wife of the Jade Emperor. Legend has it that in ancient times, heaven and earth had not yet appeared, and the universe was still a mass of vitality.

Later, Pangu opened up Hongmeng, and this group of vitality changed into two clear and turbid qi, the clear qi rose and changed into the sky, and the turbid qi fell and changed into the earth. Later, heaven and earth merge and all things are born, the Jade Emperor is the first immortal born by the sky, and then Tu Niangniang is the first immortal born by the earth, one becomes the king of the sky, and the other becomes the mother of the earth.

In the "History of the Song Dynasty", it is mentioned that the Jade Emperor is the highest status of the gods in the sky, and Hou Tu Niang Niang is the highest status of the gods on the earth, they are all husband and wife, Hou Tu Niang Niang is in charge of the underworld, giving birth to mountains and rivers, becoming the mother of the earth, and the earliest gods on the earth. "Zuo Biography" also says "Huangtian Houtu", Huangtian refers to the Jade Emperor with the highest status in the sky, and Houtu is the Houtu Niangniang with the highest status on the earth.

Since he is the wife of the Jade Emperor, in "Journey to the West", Taishang Laojun obeys him. I remember that on the way to learn scriptures from Tang Seng in the West, she incarnated as the old mother of Li Shan, and went down to test the Tang monk and apprentice, Taishang Laojun and Guanyin Bodhisattva can only become her children, indicating that the status of Hou Tu Niang Niang is extremely high.

Hou Tu Niang Niang is the mother of the earth, why is Nuwa Niangniang also called the mother of the earth? Originally, there were some myths and legends that Fuxi was Pangu, and Nuwa Niangniang was Fuxi's sister, who was the earliest god in heaven and earth, and Fuxi was also called the god of Haohuang. Fuxi opened the world, and Nuwa Niangniang created everything in the world between heaven and earth, so later generations believe that Fuxi is the king of heaven, and Nuwa Niangniang is the mother of the earth.

The Queen Mother of the West and the Queen Mother are one person. After the establishment of Taoism, the Queen Mother of the West was incorporated into the divine system and became the supreme goddess of Taoism. Folklore is known as "Queen Mother".

The title of "Queen Mother of the West" was first seen in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas", because the Kunlun Hill where she lives is in the west of the Hanzhong Plain, so it is called the Queen Mother of the West.

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In the minds of the world, the Queen Mother of the West is the fairy who reconciles yin and yang, summons all spirits, and oversees the true saints. She has "three thousand maids, playing the Yuan music of the sheng spring, the hundred-year-old peach, and the spiritual garden of Jinbi".

Her divine power makes "the ten high saints support together, and the nine immortals really plan together". Such a high saint immortal is true, of course, he will win universal respect and belief. It is said that the birthday of the Queen Mother of the West is July 18, but every year on the third day of the third month of March, all the gods and goddesses of the heavenly realm will gather in Yaochi to celebrate the birthday of the Queen Mother, which is called the "Pan Tao Society".

At the same time, she also often goes in and out of the heavenly court, blessing the good men and women who live in the world.