Xuan Wu (god)
Автор:
Jesse Russell,Ronald Cohn, 160 стр., издатель:
"Книга по Требованию", ISBN:
978-5-5117-7239-4
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Xuan Wu (??) (literally means The Dark Martiality or The Mysterious Martiality), posthumously known as The Dark/Mysterious Heavenly Upper Emperor (Xuan Tian Shang Di ????), as well as True Warrior Grand Emperor (Zhen Wu Da Di ????), and commonly known as The Northern Emperor (Bei Di ??) or Emperor Lord (Di Gong ??) or Teh Kong in Hokkien dialect; is one of the higher ranking Taoist deities, and one of the more revered deities in China. He is revered as a powerful god, able to control the elements (worshipped by those wishing to avoid fires), and capable of great magic. He is particularly revered by martial artists, and is the patron saint of Hebei, Manchuria and Mongolia. Since the third Ming Emperor, Zhu Di, claimed the help of Zhen Wu in his war to take over the Ming Empire, monasteries were built under the Imperial Decree in Wudang Mountains, in China's Hubei Province, where he allegedly attained immortality. Xuan Wu is also the patron...