Suiren, also spelt as Sui-Ren and known as Sui-Ren-Shi, Yen Di and Yen Ti, is the god who taught how to cook and to use fire.
He is also said to have been the discoverer of fire, and is whom got people to use fire to cook. He is one of the three rulers of China known as the San Huang (the first Fu Xi, second Shennong and the last is Suiren). He notably has three eyes and is bearded.
Originally a man who came from another land to China. Suiren feed all those who needed food, human and non-human. It was one day that he saw a bird, a woodpecker, that began pecking at a tree. At this moment he realised how to start a fire, by drilling a twig into a branch. However, upon learning this method of creating fire he didn’t know much of keeping and utilizing it. Over time it was however learnt.
Showing posts with label Fu Xi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fu Xi. Show all posts
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Sunday, February 6, 2011
Gods And Goddesses: Fu Xi
Fu Xi is a god said to have been born with a body of a serpent but a head of a human occurring in the 29th century BC. Fu Xi is the first of the San Huang, a group of three sovereigns of China who taught mankind many important skills and is said to have ruled from 2952BC to 2836BC or from 2852BC to 2737BC.
Besides being described as a man with a head of a man and the body of a serpent, Fu Xi is at times described as a man wearing animal skins and with long hair. Often in Taoist temples Fu Xi is often with the symbol known as the baqua.
Many things are attributed to Fu Xi which include creating the well known symbol called baqua (or Eight Trigrams) that is used in divination, the creation of casting oracles using yarrow stalks, the breeding of silk worms, and the taming of wild animals.
Fu Xi is said to have created the basis of Chinese writing itself and invented the many Chinese family names with the decree that only those with differing family names shall marry.
Fu Xi also taught how to hunt with weapons of iron, while also how to fish with nets in which fishing nets were inspired by a spider weaving a web.
One time, this god came across a tortoise with cosmic numbers on its shell. This lead to Fu Xi’s invention of the Magic Square where all lines add up to fifteen:
4 9 2
3 5 7
8 1 6
Fu Xi, along with the gods Shennong and Huangdi created an instrument called guqin that is also referred as “the father of Chinese music” and “the instrument of the sages”.
A marriage between Fu Xi and his sister, Nu Wa, occurred after approval from Heaven using smoke from fire. Both Fu Xi and Nu Wa appear in the Dynasty Warriors games after Dynasty Warriors 3 with Fu Xi being depicted as a 180cm tall eighteen year old.
Besides being described as a man with a head of a man and the body of a serpent, Fu Xi is at times described as a man wearing animal skins and with long hair. Often in Taoist temples Fu Xi is often with the symbol known as the baqua.
Many things are attributed to Fu Xi which include creating the well known symbol called baqua (or Eight Trigrams) that is used in divination, the creation of casting oracles using yarrow stalks, the breeding of silk worms, and the taming of wild animals.
Fu Xi is said to have created the basis of Chinese writing itself and invented the many Chinese family names with the decree that only those with differing family names shall marry.
Fu Xi also taught how to hunt with weapons of iron, while also how to fish with nets in which fishing nets were inspired by a spider weaving a web.
One time, this god came across a tortoise with cosmic numbers on its shell. This lead to Fu Xi’s invention of the Magic Square where all lines add up to fifteen:
4 9 2
3 5 7
8 1 6
Fu Xi, along with the gods Shennong and Huangdi created an instrument called guqin that is also referred as “the father of Chinese music” and “the instrument of the sages”.
A marriage between Fu Xi and his sister, Nu Wa, occurred after approval from Heaven using smoke from fire. Both Fu Xi and Nu Wa appear in the Dynasty Warriors games after Dynasty Warriors 3 with Fu Xi being depicted as a 180cm tall eighteen year old.
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Gods And Goddesses: Nu Wa
Nu Wa is a creator goddess, goddess of mankind, marriage and mud. She is often depicted as a beautiful woman or a half serpent/dragon and half human, with the half human part of her noticeably beautiful. Nu Wa’s surname was Feng and is also known as Mi Xi. Nu Wa and Mi Xi can also be spelt as Nuwa and Mixi, with the spelling Nuwa also being a girls name meaning ’mother goddess’. Nu Wa herself is even said to be the first empress of China.
A legend goes that Nu Wa created mankind itself, some say she even created everything but people tend to say she created mankind only. It goes that Nu Wa existed at the beginning of the world and was lonely due to the lack of both humans and animals. Nu Wa created chickens, dogs, sheep, pigs, cows, horses and eventually men with yellow clay or mud (it is notable that some say animals were already around so Nu Wa only created humans). Hand by hand these people were individually created, but Nu Wa grew tired from creating humans this way so the clay/mud was dipped in rope and flicked it so blobs went everywhere. These blobs became the common people while the one’s made individually became nobles.
Two gods are known to have fought to see who is most powerful between the water god also known as a demon, Gong Gong, and the fire god, Zhu Rong. Gong Gong, upon losing committed suicide by hitting his head against a pillar that held up the sky causing the pillar to collapse and caused the sky to tilt towards the northwest and the earth to shift to the southeast. Due to this happening, fires and floods appeared causing much trouble. Nu Wa cut the legs of a giant tortoise off, using them as a replacement of the fallen pillar.
Nu Wa is also the sibling of the god known as Fu Xi, and the two married after getting approval from Heaven (using a smoke from a fire to seek approval or disapproval from Heaven). Nu Was and Fu Xi appear in the Dynasty Warriors games where Nu Wa is depicted as a full human of the age of eighteen and her first appearance being in Dynasty Warriors 3.
Some minorities of South-Western China hail Nu Wa as their goddess and hold festivals, such as the Water-Splashing Festival, in her honour. The Miao people also hold Nu Wa as their traditional divine goddess.
A legend goes that Nu Wa created mankind itself, some say she even created everything but people tend to say she created mankind only. It goes that Nu Wa existed at the beginning of the world and was lonely due to the lack of both humans and animals. Nu Wa created chickens, dogs, sheep, pigs, cows, horses and eventually men with yellow clay or mud (it is notable that some say animals were already around so Nu Wa only created humans). Hand by hand these people were individually created, but Nu Wa grew tired from creating humans this way so the clay/mud was dipped in rope and flicked it so blobs went everywhere. These blobs became the common people while the one’s made individually became nobles.
Two gods are known to have fought to see who is most powerful between the water god also known as a demon, Gong Gong, and the fire god, Zhu Rong. Gong Gong, upon losing committed suicide by hitting his head against a pillar that held up the sky causing the pillar to collapse and caused the sky to tilt towards the northwest and the earth to shift to the southeast. Due to this happening, fires and floods appeared causing much trouble. Nu Wa cut the legs of a giant tortoise off, using them as a replacement of the fallen pillar.
Nu Wa is also the sibling of the god known as Fu Xi, and the two married after getting approval from Heaven (using a smoke from a fire to seek approval or disapproval from Heaven). Nu Was and Fu Xi appear in the Dynasty Warriors games where Nu Wa is depicted as a full human of the age of eighteen and her first appearance being in Dynasty Warriors 3.
Some minorities of South-Western China hail Nu Wa as their goddess and hold festivals, such as the Water-Splashing Festival, in her honour. The Miao people also hold Nu Wa as their traditional divine goddess.
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