Origin of the Big Dipper 斗姆天尊 Dou Mu Tian Zun is a female Divine and is the Mother of the deities who are in charge of the Big Dipper constellation. The word “Dou” means the
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Category: Immortals
General Zhao Gong Ming
General Zhao Gong Ming is considered the one of the Deities of Wealth in Taoism, the figure came from a real historical person, a general in Qin Dynasty around two thousand years ago.
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真武大帝 Zhen Wu Da Di
真 武 -Zhen Wu The Story of the True Warrior Zhen Wu Da Di (真 武大帝 – the Great True Warrior Emperor) is also known as Xuan Wu (玄武 – Dark Warrior) and Mysterious Emperor
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The Five Northern Patriarchs 北五祖
Wu Zu 五祖 refers to five most recognized Taoists (immortals) in the history. They are Wang Cheng and his student Zhong Li Quan, his second generation student Lv Dong Bin, his third generation student Liu
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Who is Grand Master Qiu ChangChun?
Qiu Chang Chun is a student of Wang Chong Yang the founder Quan-Zhen Taoism. Qiu himself is the founder of Long Meng Taoism Sect (Dragon Gate Taoist Sect), one of the mostly influential Taoist branches.
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三十六官將 – Thirty six Guān Jiāng
Gallery of the thirty six heavenly generals The 36 heavenly generals rule over different districts and each one has individual specialties. The following gallery should help every practitioner to recognize each generals appearance.
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Who is “Shao-Yang Di-Jun”?
“Shao-Yang Di-Jun” is first of the Wu Zu (the Five Patriarchs). His name was Wang Cheng, lived around the 4th to 5th century. Wang Cheng is said to be a direct student of Laozi.
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Who are the Wu-Zu or the Five Patriarchs of Taoist religion?
Wu-Zu refers to five most recognized Taoists (immortals) in the history. They are Wang Cheng and his student Zhong Li Quan, his second generation student Lu Dong Bin, his third generation student Liu Hai Chan,
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Who are “San-Huang”, “Wu-Di”?
“San Huang” are three ancient Emperors commonly known by the names of Tian-Huang, Di-Huang and Ren-Huang. “Wu-Di” refers to five Heavenly Emperors who are the “Cang-Di of the East’, “Chi-Di of the South”, “Bai-Di of
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Who is “Tian-Huang Da-Di” and “Tu-Huang Di Zhi”?
They are two of the “Four Heavenly Emperors”. “Tian-Huang Da-Di” is the one directing the North and South Poles, the sky, the earth, the people. He is also in charge of the stars and the
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