What are the legends of Venus called "Taibai" by ancient folks?

What did the ancients call it? Taibai Venus? In fact, it is now called Venus and belongs to one of the nine planets in the solar system. There were many legends about Taibai Venus in ancient times, and this shining star was personified. In folklore, Venus is the incarnation of Taibai Venus, a Taoist fairy in the sky, also called Li Changgeng, and a confidant of the Jade Emperor. Let's look at the legend about him.

Bai was one of the greatest poets in ancient China, nicknamed "Poet Fairy". His poems are not only magnificent and imaginative, but also have an elegant immortal spirit. His literary talent can be said to be almost unparalleled, making countless literati fall in love with his talent. In ancient times, Li Bai was also very popular. The ancients called him? Fairy fairy? In the eyes of many ancient people, the immortal who was demoted from heaven to earth was his source. Li Bai's birth is also a myth. It is said that Li Bai was born on the night when his mother was pregnant with him, and dreamed that the white Venus in the sky fell in her arms. Therefore, her mother named him, which means white Venus, and the white Venus in the sky is also named Li.

Taibai Venus Matchmaker In a Yuan Dynasty drama legend, Taibai Venus was also a matchmaker, and arranged the marriage of two officials and two fairies. This story is called "Liu Chen Ruan Zhao strayed into Taoyuan". According to legend, two upright officials in the Han Dynasty, Liu Chen and Ruan Zhao, resigned because they were dissatisfied with the corruption of the officialdom at that time and lived in seclusion in the beautiful mountains and forests. However, these two people are very lucky. In the process of collecting herbs on the mountain, they met two fairies. Because of the previous marriage, under the guidance of the fairy Taibai Venus, two officials married two fairies and lived a happy life without shame. According to this legend, Taibai Venus is not only a nice guy who intercedes for Wukong in front of the Jade Emperor, but also an old matchmaker.

In ancient times, there was a legend that a gifted scholar named Zhang drowned in the water and drifted to a deserted beach. He was hungry, looked for food everywhere, and finally found a pearl on the beach. Because of his hunger, he swallowed the pearl, but it was a dragon egg, so Zhang quickly grew scales and became a dragon, endangering people around him. When Venus Taibai pinched her finger in the sky, she knew that there were dragons in the world, so she asked the Jade Emperor to send the reincarnation fairy Xu Xun to slay the dragons and kill the people. The Jade Emperor immediately allowed her to play and gave Xu Xun an Excalibur. Later, Xu Xun also returned from beheading the dragon, and his merits increased greatly.