Historical records of five emperors

The Five Phantoms, also known as the Great Phantom, are the gods worshipped by Taoist wizards. Buddhist books are called "Huaguang Buddha", commonly known as "Five Bodhisattvas". Li Hai Jiyun: "September 28th is the birthday of the Five Signs, the mother of Qi is covered with gold, and the Five Signs are the transformation of the Five Elements and Five Qi. There is another cloud: "The five elements of emperors, according to customs, are East Di Qing, South Chi Di, West Bai Di, North Hei Di and Middle Yellow Emperor. "

The Origin of Five Emperors golden eye

The five emperors, also known as the birthday of Huaguang, are the full names of the five emperors. Birthday is on September 28th of the lunar calendar. In the legend of ancient Han Dynasty, Hua Guang was a three-eyed god, so he was also called three-eyed Hua Guang. He likes playing with fire. The Kowloon Wharf, once the Jade Emperor, was burnt down because of playing with fire. The jade emperor was furious and set up a fast to punish him and let him fall from the sky on August 1 every year. Every year in August and September of the lunar calendar, the weather is dry and prone to fire; On Huaguang's birthday, that is, at the end of the ceremony, residents tied up flammable charcoal and paper pieces and put them at the door, which were collected by wizards and monks from door to door, concentrated in paper boats and burned in the rivers and seas, which was called "fire boat". At that time, every household will pay homage to the Huaguang Fire Temple, offering daily necessities, gold ingots, incense and so on. And pray for a year of peace. There were a series of celebrations that day. Statues of the Five Emperors are enshrined in Wu Tong Palace as a reward to God.

Han people worship the Five Emperors in Guangdong, Taiwan Province, Macau, Jiangxi and Fujian. On September 28th of the lunar calendar, the custom of paying homage in different places is basically the same as the custom of celebrating the birthday of the Five Emperors.