How did Queen San Xiao come? Why do you worship the three queens?

Chaos talks nonsense about what's going on in the world, and natural myths are the heart of the world. Is it true to ask the fairy? Are myths all superstitions? There has never been a standard answer to such questions in the hearts of Chinese people.

Friends who often visit temples will surely find that there are not a few temples dedicated to Empress Sanxiao, and there are also many sources such as Sanxiao Hall and Sanxiao Cave.

Well, the result must be: there are three queens here. What kind of fairy is San Xiao? The information we got was surprisingly consistent and even more familiar, and then we patted our thighs and realized, "Isn't this the list of gods?" There are many versions of this play, so don't speculate on the author's age.

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As we know, there are many sources of immortals, such as ordinary people sublimate into gods, and historical figures revere them as gods. Generally speaking, they all originated in a certain period, and after word of mouth, they were finally deified into gods.

The "birth" of immortals needs the source of facts, people's beliefs, long-term circulation, deification and processing, and entering the immortal system.

There is a kind of "immortal" that is definitely different from the immortal. They have also been circulated for a long time, worshipped by the people and entered the immortal system. But they have no definite basis, or are based on the novelist's rich imagination.

This is the god of the three queens.

Empress San Xiao is the general name of Xiao Yun, Bixiao and Xiao Qiong. It is said that Empress San Xiao has three magic weapons: Jinjiao scissors, golden bucket and dragon rope. According to Taoism, all the immortals, civilians and animals in the Three Realms must be reincarnated from the bucket of mixed yuan, so the people also call the Three Realms Empress Songzi Empress. Their specific experiences, such as the Great War, the Nine-song Yellow River Array, and revenge for their brothers, are completely similar to those recorded in the Ming Dynasty novelist Xu's Romance of the Gods.

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So, did the novelist sort out the folklore?

It is not recorded in books such as Searching for the Gods, Biography of Immortals, Biography of Immortals, Classic of Mountains and Seas, and it is not recorded in existing monuments, records and other physical cultural relics. There is no physical evidence of the temples dedicated to San Xiao before the middle of Qing Dynasty.

This proves that it is unlikely that novelists will quote folklore.

So, does this mean that Queen San Xiao is a false fairy?

The revelation of Empress San Xiao, which is widely circulated on the Internet, fully shows that Empress San Xiao exists and was revealed!

1In the autumn of 937, San Xiao Cave in Emei Mountain Scenic Area caused a strange phenomenon due to excessive public noise, resulting in 72 deaths. This phenomenon is still unexplained. At that time, the press also paid attention to and reported this strange case. A weekly magazine in Chengdu disclosed the incident to the public with the title of "Three Immortals in Emei Mountain appeared in three small holes and more than 70 people were killed".

It can be seen that there are many temples dedicated to Queen San Xiao. You can have a good discussion with novelist Xu about the origin of the queen!

Digress

The author has always held the view that in today's prosperous science, we should not completely believe in immortal events, and of course we should not use scientific myths. It is wrong to hold a one-sided view.

Like the worship of the Three Empresses, perhaps the origin and events of the immortals themselves cannot be strictly and reasonably explained, but folk belief itself is a kind of power. The nature we live in existed hundreds of millions of years before us (please tell us the specific age). The characteristics of truth, goodness and beauty of folk beliefs and people's desire for peace and happiness are beautiful. Myth is only a concrete manifestation of belief, and the story behind the immortal is also a concrete manifestation of belief and desire, which we should treat with respect.