Where did the immortal Jade Emperor originally come from? What period? What historical materials and works?

It first came from the Yin and Zhou Dynasties.

From: Shangqing Lingbao Dafa, Volume 10, Three Realms Ruling the Gate Xuanqiong: "Haotian God, Tiandi, the king of immortals, the Lord of saints, holds the right to rise and fall for ten thousand days, the opportunity to give birth to a group of products, the standard of three holes and four auxiliary forbidden classics, and the supreme power of inaction, which is the Three Realms God and the emperor of three holes of immortals.

The jade emperor is a god in the sky. From the beginning, the fate has been long, and the saints are called and endless. God is natural. He made a sign to educate all beings and pray.

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Legend has it that his birthday is the ninth day of the first month of the summer calendar. In the Ming Dynasty, Wang Kui's Collection of Rites and Seas records: "The gods are born, and the righteous are also born. The Jade Emperor was born on the ninth day of the first month. The Yang number starts at one, rises at nine poles, and ends. "

It means that "one" is the first number of Yang and nine is the pole of Yang, so it is considered as the birthday of the Jade Emperor. Huang Ming Daozhou's "Moon Order Righteousness": "On the first day of the first month, the gods only visited the Jade Emperor of Sanqing; On the ninth day of the ninth lunar month, the Jade Emperor celebrated Christmas, and a similar thing was recorded in Huang Xuan's Notes on the Moon Order in Qing Dynasty.

Minnan people, Hakkas, etc. Sacrificial activities will begin on the ninth day of the first month (that is, at eleven o'clock in the evening). Due to the advocacy of environmental protection and the influence of Buddhism, it is advocated that the Jade Emperor is above the sky and vegetarian food is not meat. Generally, only flowers and fruits can be prepared, as well as sweets, fruits and longan tea. Those suitable for the new year can be worshipped, with incense, candles and burning gold.

Shoujin and others asked to keep the family safe, and some people took flowers and fruits to worship in the temple. Fruit should not eat Sakyamuni, tomato and guava (in ancient times, both tomatoes and guava were considered unclean because they were often born after people went to the toilet).

Reference source Baidu Encyclopedia-Jade Emperor