Myths and legends of the Big Dipper in China

Beidou consists of Shu Tian, Tian Xuan, Tianji, Tianquan, Yuheng, Kaiyang and Yaoguang. The ancients connected these seven stars and imagined them as barrels of wine in ancient times. Shu Tian, Tian Xuan, Tian Ji and Tianquan are composed of Dou Shen and Gu Yue Kui. Yuheng, Kaiyang and Yaoguang are composed of bucket handle, which was called Piao in ancient times. The Big Dipper appears in different directions in the sky at different seasons and different times at night, so the ancients decided the seasons according to the direction pointed by bucket handle at the beginning of fainting: bucket handle points to the east, and the world is spring; Guide to barrel handle, it's summer in the world; Bucket handle refers to the west, and the world is autumn; The barrel handle refers to the north, and it is winter all over the world. Beidou Myth The King of the Big Dipper is the seven-star god worshipped by Taoism, namely "Beidou". King of the Big Dipper (the ancients thought that the Big Dipper was the master of life and Nandou was the master of death)

& lt astrology > cloud: "The Big Dipper, the longevity of the emperor, also dominates the position of Xiang Juelu." After the popular saying that "the Big Dipper is the master of longevity and the Southern Dou is the master of death", Taoism absorbed it and deified the Big Dipper, becoming the King of Seven Stars in charge of life and longevity. "Shangqing Jing" cloud: The Big Dipper, the first Shu Tian Gong, is the star of Siming; The next day, the palace was taken away; On the third day, I went to Gong Ke Palace, where I was the star king of Lucun. On the fourth day, the right palace was the king of Yanshou; The fifth Yuheng Palace, for the benefit of Star King; The sixth Kaiyang Palace is the proper star king; The seventh palace of glory is the loving mother and the king of stars, collectively known as the king of seven stars. The temple dedicated to the Big Dipper is called the Big Dipper Temple. Because Beidou specializes in survival, it is also called "life extension teacher" by the people.

A little cloud: On the occasion of the Long and Han Dynasties, there was a king named Zhou Yu, and his concubine named Lady Ziguang. One day, my wife was taking a bath in the lotus pond and suddenly felt that nine lotus flowers had turned into nine children. He became emperor, his second son was Emperor Wei Zi, and the other seven sons were Wolf-greedy, Giant Gate, Lucun, Wen Qu, Lian Zhen, Wu Qu and Pojun. "The second eldest emperor lived in the position of Gouchen in Taixu Palace of Ziweiyuan."

"Lady Ziguang, also known as the Queen of Beidou Jiuzhen Shengde, is mysterious and sacred, ... Chi Di, thunis." That is, what he called Dum Yuan Jun in his book. Tai Shang Huang Ling Xuan Bei Dou Yan Shou Zhen Jing and Qing Qing Ling Bao Da Jie. That is to say, the Big Dipper is called: the greedy star king of the Big Dipper Yangming, the superstar king of the Big Dipper Yin Jing, the real-life King of the Big Dipper, the Xuanming King of the Wenxing Beidou, the star king of the Big Dipper Danyuan, the Wu Quxing King of the Big Dipper North Pole and the broken star king of the Big Dipper Tianguan. Add eight or ninety-two stars and you will have nine kings of Ryuboshi. Ancient times attached great importance to the role of the Big Dipper.