Introduction to yuelao

The old man under the moon-the god who lets people get married.

The elderly under the moon, referred to as "the elderly under the moon", is the god of marriage. Canon out "Tang Dai continued ghost record". In the Tang Dynasty, Wei Gu was young and unmarried. One night, he stayed in Song Cheng. He met an old man in a hotel, leaning against a cloth bag, sitting in the moonlight, turning over a book, as if looking for something. Gu Wei asked the old man what he was looking at. The old man replied: "The marriage certificate of everyone in the world." Gu Wei asked what was in the bag? The old man said, "The bag is full of red ropes used to tie the couple's feet. Although the enemy's family, the disparity between the rich and the poor, the ends of the earth, and a foreign land in Wu Chu, this rope is tied together and must be fixed for life. " -this is the origin of the phrase "a thousand miles of marriage is a thread".

Wei Gu was very surprised and asked about his marriage. Under the moon, the old man looked through the ledger and smiled and said to him, "The first step's fiancee is the three-year-old daughter of an old woman selling vegetables in the north of the store." "Wei Gu flew into a rage and walked back to the store. Ten years later, Wei Gu married Xiangzhou's daughter, who joined the army because of her meritorious military service. Wei Gu realized that this girl was the three-year-old girl mentioned by the old man last month. Wei Gu saw that God's will was inviolable, and it was a thousand-mile marriage. Song Cheng county magistrate named this inn betrothal shop after learning about it. The old man holding the red line has been called "the old man under the moon" ever since.

Yue Lao Xing Jun, also known as the old man and husband under the moon, also referred to as "Yue Lao and husband under the moon", is a Taoist fairy who specializes in emotional marriage between men and women, with a white beard and a red face; Holding a marriage certificate in the left hand and a crutch in the right hand.

Yue Lao Xing Jun belongs to a star worshiper and lives on a star between Altair and Vega. Because of the story of Cowherd and Weaver Girl's Queqiao Club on Tanabata and the fact that Yue Lao Xing Jun lived in it, he regarded Yue Lao Xing Jun as "the God of marriage and the God of media". Later generations also because of Li Fuyan's "Continued Mystery Record" in the Tang Dynasty? The engagement store records that Wei Gu was unmarried in the Tang Dynasty. One night, while staying in Song Cheng, he met an old man, leaning against a cloth bag, sitting in the moonlight, leafing through a book, as if looking for something. Wei Gu asked: What is the old man looking at? The old man replied: "The marriage certificate of everyone in the world." Gu Wei asked what was in the bag? The old man said, "The bag is full of red ropes used to tie the couple's feet. Despite the enemy's homeland, the disparity between the rich and the poor, the ends of the earth and Wu Chu in a foreign land, this rope is tied together and will remain unchanged for life. Because of this, Yue Lao Xing Jun changed from a worship of stars to a personality god, which was handed down to later generations, thus giving birth to the saying "a thousand miles of marriage is tied by a thread".

Legend has it that under the moon, the star king will tie red lines for men and women who are destined for each other. In folk beliefs, the custom of "tying the red line" has gradually emerged. This custom has continued since the Tang Dynasty. According to Tang Shu, Zhou Taishou Guo was older and unmarried. Prime Minister Zhang saw that he was talented and handsome, so he wanted to be his husband, but he didn't know which of his five daughters should be betrothed to Guo. Prime Minister Zhang then thought of a way to let his five daughters sit behind the curtain, each with a red silk thread in his hand, and let Guo hold it through the curtain, and whoever holds it is his wife. Guo once had a beautiful and extraordinary daughter, Zhang Jiasan, and they had a happy marriage.

According to legend, the ceremony of wearing a red scarf began in the Tang Dynasty, and it was not until the Song Dynasty that it gradually evolved into the custom of "wearing a red scarf". At the wedding, the bride and groom each tie one head and lead each other into the bridal chamber. Its custom has a beautiful meaning of "unite as one, grow old together".

The old man under the moon is also called "the old man respects God", which is referred to as "the old man under the moon" and is regarded as the god in charge of people's marriage. In folk beliefs, the duty of Yue Lao is to marry men and women, and to tie unmarried men and women who have a marriage relationship together with HongLing rope, so that they are destined to be better, so both men and women who propose marriage will worship Yue Lao.

Legend has it that in the Tang Dynasty, Wei Gu met an old man in an inn. He turned over a book by night light and was curious to ask, only to know that it was a marriage book and asked him who he would marry in the future. The old man replied that he was the three-year-old daughter of an old lady selling vegetables at the north end of the shop. In a rage, he sent a servant to assassinate his daughter, but the servant's guilty conscience only stabbed her on the forehead. More than ten years later, the woman was adopted by the secretariat and betrothed to Wei Gu. After the wedding, she found that his wife's forehead was often painted yellow, because she had been stabbed since she was a child. Only then did she know that the marriage of the old man under the moon was extremely accurate, and her miracle was widely circulated.

Tracing back to the origin of the Moon Goddess in the Shanghai City God Temple, it is necessary to say that in 197 1, an old lady went to the Shanghai City God Temple in Taipei, and sincerely thanked Mr. Huang Cheng for blessing him with a successful career and successful children's studies. She recalled that in her early years, she often took her children to the Chenghuang Temple to worship and pray, and then her children were admitted to an ideal school, safely completed their military service, won scholarships from famous American schools, and obtained proud degrees. However, the only fly in the ointment is that love life has never been settled, so the old lady prayed to Lord Huang Cheng to give her children a good marriage. Strangely, several children soon found the ideal object. The old lady thanked the adults for their kindness and told Chen, the host of the Chenghuang Temple at that time, that she wanted to donate a statue of the old man under the moon to help the adults handle the marital affairs of unmarried men and women. Chen recommended Mr. Wang Daorui of Luzhou to carve a 43-cm-high statue of the old man under the moon and dedicate it to the City God Temple, which has been used ever since.

Legend of yuelao

Yue Lao, also known as "the elder under the moon", is the legendary marriage god in China. Yue Lao's records first appeared in the Tang Dynasty. According to legend, a man named Wei Gu happened to meet an old man reading in the moonlight. Wei Gu asked the old man curiously what book he was reading. The old man replied that he was looking up the marriage books of men and women all over the world. Wei Gu asked him what was in the bag next to him. The old man said it was a red line. As long as it is tied to the feet of men and women, they will get married.

Wei Gu hurriedly asked the old man who his wife was. The old man pointed to the three-year-old daughter of a blind woman and said that she was Wei Gu's future wife. Wei Gu didn't believe it, so he ordered someone to kill the girl. After several twists and turns. Only then did I find out that my wife was the girl assigned to me by Yue Lao, and I finally believed Yue Lao's words.

Since then, people worship the god of marriage. Because Yue Lao will tie a red line for lovers, whether it is enemies, disparity between the rich and the poor, or the ends of the earth, as long as Yue Lao's feet are tied with a red line, they will definitely become husband and wife, so there is a saying that has been circulating for thousands of years. Therefore, the legend of the red line is also popular in today's society, hoping that lovers can tie the red line and eventually get married, bringing happiness, love and marriage. In addition, married people can also visit the elderly and pray for a happy marriage. If the husband and wife are not in harmony, they can also pray for the blessing of the elderly, so that the husband and wife can live in harmony and the family can be safe.

Brief introduction of the old moon statue

According to legend, the moon is always the god of marriage and is in charge of all marriages between men and women in the world. As the saying goes, as long as the veteran red rope is tied to the feet of men and women, the two sides will definitely get married and become husband and wife. This palace is the first one in China with bronze statues of the elder of the moon and love like oxygen, and it has its own special memorial way. This picture hopes to attract more young people to visit the shrine by adding statues of the elders of the moon and men and women who love oxygen, so as to spread Taoist culture to the next generation.