What are the real names of the seven fairies in Journey to the West?

The real names of the seven fairies are Tianshou, Tianyang, Tian Rong, Tianchang, Tianxian, Tianqing and Tianyu.

The seven fairies are the legendary seven goddesses. The earliest myth about Yong Dong did not explain who the parents of the seven fairies were, and later they became the seven daughters of the Jade Emperor.

The origin of the seven fairies

The seven goddesses in the myths and legends of the seven fairies. The legend of the Seven Immortals began in the Han Dynasty. The Seven Immortals are the image of a feathered man on the stone carving of "Kissing by Yong Dong". In the Han Dynasty, there were many murals showing people in feathered clothes surrounding the Queen Mother of the West and Dong Wang Gong.

The seven fairies are suspected to belong to the gods of the Queen Mother and the princes. In later folklore, it was said that the seven immortals were the daughters of the Queen Mother. The names of the seven fairies in Journey to the West are: Red Fairy, Tsing Yi Fairy, Blue Fairy, Orange Fairy, Purple Fairy, Yellow Fairy and Green Fairy.

Legend has it that the Seven Fairys, the youngest in Seven Sisters, are from Jiangsu. She is the cleverest and kindest. One day, the Seven Fairys learned that there was a young man named Dong Mingyong in Danyang (now Yang Xiaodan Town). Because his family was poor and had no money to bury his dead father, he had to sell himself as a slave.

Seven sisters were deeply moved. Privately, Tiandao and Yong Dong got married for a hundred years and got married under the big pagoda tree. Unfortunately, the matchmaker, Sophora japonica, was happy for a while, and described "a hundred years of harmony" as "a hundred days of harmony", which led to the fate that Yong Dong's seven sisters only had a hundred days of harmony.

Seventh Sister skillfully weaves 10 brocade, redeems Yong Dong, prepares to renovate her home, and loves their old leader. Unexpectedly, the jade emperor was very angry when he learned about it, and called Qimei back to the palace, so Qimei had to fly away reluctantly.

Her knitting became a flying stone, and the loom remained on earth. People can still hear the sound of the loom "click, click" in the dead of night.

On the fifteenth night of the first month of every year, girls dressed in costumes gather by the flying shuttle stone, holding sewing boxes to please Qi Mei and singing begging songs. After singing Qiao Qi's songs, you should also ask about your quality of life, good luck, whether you can get married and so on.