A detailed explanation of ancient immortals in China

In the Chinese immortal spectrum, the most supreme immortals are, of course, Sanqing and Jade Emperor. The Jade Emperor is the highest god respected by the people (which will be discussed later, but not this time), while Taoism regards Sanqing as the supreme.

Noun explanation of Sanqing: The so-called Sanqing refers to the fact that Jade Qing was the Buddha in the early Yuan Dynasty, Lingbao was the top Buddha, and Qingding was the old gentleman.

The origin of Sanqing: Since the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the three countries have stood firm and the war has never stopped. Who will cook the wine? Sorry, sorry, it's about the lyrics. Since the introduction of Buddhism, the survival and development of Taoism have been seriously threatened by Buddhism. So in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, a generation of famous Taoist appeared-Tao Hongjing, who made a map of the real spiritual position and "invented" the Sanqing statue in comparison with Buddha III of Buddhism.

Yuan Shi Tian Zun is the first deity in China Gate. His full name is a bit long. Generally, there are two full names, one is "Shanghe Xu Daojun should be called yuanshi county Tianzun", and the other is "Jade Qing Zi Xu Gao went to Huangyuan Taiwanese Avenue Jun".

In fact, there was no deity in the earliest Taoism, but as the dispute between Buddhism and Taoism intensified, only Laojun, the third Buddha of Buddhism, could not stand the so-called "three strikes and one", that is, "it is difficult to hit four hands with two fists", not to mention the "six hands" of the third Buddha. Therefore, Taoist Ge Hong took the lead in proposing the Buddha of the Yuan Dynasty. According to Taoist Ge, in Book in Pillow, he wrote: "... chaos is ancient and yellow, Pangu is a real person, the essence of heaven and earth, and he has been king since Yuan Dynasty." In this way, Pangu is the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, which is really more than the eternal origin of Buddhism III Buddha! !

Taishang Laojun ranked third in Sanqing, but personally, he is more reliable than Lingbao, so let's say second.

In fact, he is the fairy we are familiar with. Needless to say. There is only one thing here: it is true that the old gentleman on the throne is Laozi; It is not accurate to say that the old gentleman on the throne is Li Er. Because, in the history of China, besides Li Er, there are many Laozi. In ancient times, Laozi was Cang Xie; In the Western Zhou Dynasty, Lao Zi was Bai Yang's father; In the Spring and Autumn Period, Laozi was Li Er; During the Warring States Period, Laozi was a Zhou Taishi; Lao Zi's "Three" in the Eastern Han Dynasty. The old gentleman on the throne is a synthetic image of the above gods, among which there are many "three pictures", and the most important one should be Zhang Heng.