Zhang Xian, also known asSend Son Zhang Xian。It is an auspicious god worshipped by the Chinese people. It is said that it can be given to the children of the worldTaoismMale god, similar toGoddess of Child Giving、Devil Mother GodThere are many explanations for the origin of this god:《Jintai Chronicle》Think Zhang Xian isMeng Chang。HoushuWife of Monarch Meng ChangMrs. Hua RuiIn memory of Meng ChangSong TaizuIt is falsely called "Zhang Xian", the god of sending off children.Jintai Chronicle: The legendary "Zhang Xianxiang" isKing of ShuMeng Chang is carrying a bomb and drawing a picture.《Continued general examination of literature》It is believed that Zhang Xian refers to Sichuan ImmortalZhang YuanxiaoIt can help people get rid of disasters and evil spirits and help them get children.《General Guide to Immortals of Past Dynasties》It is believed that Zhang Xian also used slingshot to fight the god of evil“Heavenly Hound”To protect the ability of the world to nurture children.The Taoyuan Ming Bible, which is popular among Chinese people, believes that Zhang Xianfeng was appointed as the god of Guan Dijun by the Emperor of Heaven.[1]
The god of sending children is the god who dominates and bless the Chinese people to bear children and reproduce their offspring.In the old days, Chinese people advocated having more children and more happiness, attached importance to the inheritance of the family line, and regarded the inheritance of family property with or without children as a sign of the rise and fall of a family, so they especially believed in the god of sending children.In addition to visiting the Tianhou PalaceQueen of HeavenIn addition to praying for children, she also created the Taishan Empress (namelyBixia Yuanjun, commonly known as "Empress Wu".Legend has it that she isMount TaiGoddess on theEmperor DongyueAnd can "breed all things")goddess of fertility, Qianzi Empress, Yinmu Empress, Baizi EmpressDelivering Birth Goddess, hastening the birth of Lang JunChildren-Sending Guanyin, Zhang Xian and many other gods who can meet people's desire to seek children and keep young.
Folklore
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Toad Yi Temple is also called Chongtong Temple, because it is the Taoist Temple of Chongtong Fairy.The heavy pupil fairy callsLu Xiujing, said to beTao Yuanming's best friend.His eyes and the overlord of Western ChuNape featherSimilarly, there are four pupils, so it is called "Double pupil Fairy" or "Four eyes Fairy".During the Five Dynasties, there was a young man namedZhang Yuanxiao, I met an old man on the mountain with a bamboo bow and some iron bullets. He wanted to sell them to Zhang Yuanxiao, but the price was unreasonably high.He also said that slingshots can ward off epidemics. They are precious.Zhang Yuanxiao was a slingshotEnthusiastHe usually plays slingshot with perfect skill. He believes the old man's words and wants to buy them.The old man handed him the way to live.Then Zhang Yuanxiao noticed that the old man had double pupils in his eyes.Many years later, when Zhang Yuanxiao passed by the White Crane Mountain, he saw a stone statue of a four eyed fairy. Someone said to him, "This is your master! Don't you remember the bamboo bow and the iron bullet?" The past experience suddenly enlightened Zhang Yuanxiao and proved the immortality.
About the place where Zhang Yuanxiao first met the Simu FairyGuanxian CountyMount Qingcheng、MeishanRanyi Mountain、Baihe Mountain in QionglaiThree statements.In fact, Zhang Yuanxiao was a stone statue of a fairy that he saw later in Baihe Mountain, which is said in "Continuation of General Examination" and "Biographies of Immortals with Elephants".There are two ancient temples in Toad Yi Mountain, and Zhang Yuanxiao is from Meishan, so the possibility of their first meeting in Toad Yi Mountain is the greatest.
Travel around the world
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After becoming an immortal, Zhang Yuanxiao still often travels around the world, which is alsoTaoismThe universal character of immortals.It is said that as long as he saw someone's family was suffering from disaster, he would use a slingshot to hit it and disperse it. He was a righteous and kind-hearted god who used a slingshot to benefit mankind.Soon his fame spread all over the world.
The Song Dynasty unified the country,HoushuFall, Lord of ShuMeng ChangBelovedMrs. Hua RuiThey were taken to the Song Palace.Lady Huarui is a beautiful lady with a quick mind and a superb imperial palace of the Song Dynasty.But deep down in her heart, she still cared for Meng Chang, the charming and elegant ruler of the country.As a result, Mrs. Huarui often hangs Meng Chang's military portraits of hunting secretly in the house, and burns incense to tell her heart.Finally, one timeSong TaizuI found it, and asked her why she was always in a daze at the portrait of a man.Mrs. Hua Rui lied to him that this is a portrait of Zhang Xian. Don't you think he is carrying a slingshot?Shu people believe that praying to Zhang Xian can help them seek their children and pay.
Portrait Stele
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In Meishan, Zhang Xian's hometown, there was aErudite scholarSu XunHe also worried about the difficulties of his children.Later, Su Xun went to Toad Yi Mountain to burn incense. When he came back, he dreamed of Zhang Xian, smiled at him, and sent two bullets to the sky.Later, Su Xun really gotSu Shi、Su ZheTwo sons.Zhang Xian was also deeply attached to his hometown. As soon as he gave it away, he gave it away to two literary giants.Su Xun also wrote the Stele with Zhang Xian's Portrait（《Complete Song Dynasty prose》Write "The Portrait of Zhang Xian").The following is a transcript of the content of the Stele with a Portrait of Zhang Xian:
Xun was less bold and unconstrained. He tasted the portraits in the Zhongjiu Jade Bureau at the noon of the Geng Dynasty. His brushwork was clear and strange. The cloud was Zhang Xianya, and he would answer prayers whenever he prayed. It was easy to understand Yuhuan.Xun has no heirs. Every time he reveals his fragrance, he gets Shi after several years of arrest. He also gets the track. He is addicted to books.I know that the Immortal is eager to receive the object, but it is not obstructedWordsI will not frame it.Therefore, those who know its origin and background, and make descendants of different times seek to study and cultivate, will pay more respect here.
The Annals of Meishan County added: "Zhang Xian refers to the people of Meishan in Tang DynastyZhang Yuanxiao, Zeng ShishiLu Xiujing, laterQionglaiTruth-seeking viewThere are stone carvings in the view. It is said that those who ask for heirs should pray. This is Su Xun'sQingliIt was written in 1048. "
Poetry of residence site
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Wild grass and idle flowers will not count for years, and the pavilions and double cypresses will be towering.
Reading, you have to ride a whale and buy medicine to find the cross crane fairy.
——(Song Dynasty)Li Shi"On the Site of Zhang Yuanxiao's Residence in Meishan"
