The Nine Emperors refer to the ancient gods "Gouchen Emperor" and "Arctic Han Emperor" with the same taste as the Jade Emperor, and the Hungry Wolf, Jumen, Lucun, Wen Qu, Lian Zhen, Wu Qu and Pojun of the Big Dipper.
Because the history of China people's view of Beidou can be traced back to the 30th century BC to the 40th century BC, the ancient Beidou constellation observed by China people is nine planets; Later, it was said that the Beidou constellation is seven bright and two dark. Besides the seven stars, there are two dark stars: the auxiliary star and the Bi star. On the contrary, Taoism later explained that these two dark stars were actually two stars of Gou Chen and Wei Zi. Beidou belief is the most important worship of natural stars in China. Because Beidou is a constellation that rotates once a day in the sky of China, people also divide it into one day 12 rotation stages according to Beidou's rotation, and create a time measuring method for observing Beidou 12 hours.
It is also found that the Beidou bucket handle will point in different directions in the sky according to the time of many different stages in 1 year; Whenever stars appear at dusk, the direction pointed by bucket handle of Beidou will fall in a certain direction, but the stars in the sky will also shift according to the direction pointed by bucket handle in different seasons.
So people turned according to the direction of Beidou bucket handle, and found that bucket handle has 24 directions to refer to, so people had the "Twenty-four Mountains" China compass.
Moreover, every time the barrel handle points to one side for a period of time, there will be climate change on the ground, which will affect farming; So the ancients came to the conclusion that the direction of bucket handle indicated the climate change of the 24 solar terms, which caused the differences among spring, summer, autumn and winter.
Therefore, the ancients had an idiom "the stars turn" to describe the passage of time and the changes of the world.
At night, the ancients used Beidou to indicate the direction. The outermost two stars on the Beidou bucket are connected in a straight line, and there are 1 star at the four-fold extension. No matter how the Beidou revolves around it, it is still. This star is the North Star. It is always in the north.
Therefore, no matter what time or season, you can use Beidou to find the direction; If you don't know the time and season, you can also look at Beidou to infer the time and season. People can find the position of the North Star according to the Beidou, and they can recognize all directions as long as they find the North. People measure the correct position of the ground according to their understanding of the seasons and the bucket handle finger of Beidou.
In Chinese mainland, which is dominated by agriculture and sparsely populated, observing the changes of Beidou in the sky can "predict" people's understanding of climate change and traffic trends and become the highest and most standard indicator of agriculture and traffic.
Whenever the Beidou changes, the stars in the sky, yin and yang on the ground, climate and human feelings will also change. Therefore, people think that Beidou manages the climate of the stars and also affects people's life span, thus changing all kinds of geomantic numerology evolved in the name of the nine planets of Beidou. People believe that worshipping Beidou can be used as a way to eliminate disasters, solve problems and increase happiness and longevity. As a matter of fact, the Temple Fair of Nine Emperors and vegetarian food, which are popular all over Malaysia in September of the lunar calendar every year, originated from the custom of Taoist priests holding ritual fights and gatherings in China since the Han Dynasty. The birthday of the Nine Emperors includes collective sacrifice and worship activities, which is the southward migration of Beidou to worship the customs.
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1) The origin of the Nine Emperors, explained in the Taoist book The Big Dipper, is an incarnation story of a god.
According to scripture records, Long Hanwang had 1 concubine, and in the past, he made a wish to give birth to his son "Gan Kun". One day, the princess bathed in the Golden Lotus Pond and was induced to give birth to nine lotuses. The lotuses became nine sons and nine emperors.
2) According to the teaching of Yanshengjing, the core memorial of life, the Yin Qi Buddha in the early Yuan Dynasty became a doom. The brahmin spirit of bad luck has been transformed into nine emperors. Therefore, the Nine Emperors are innate gods.
Anyone who serves the Nine Emperors must respect the mother of the Nine Emperors. The place where he serves the mother of the Nine Emperors is called "Doum Hall" or "Doum Palace", but it is not often called "Nine Emperors" as the official hall.
3) There is another anthropomorphic legend about the origin of the Nine Emperors, which holds that they are righteous people who were killed for resisting violence or failing to protect the emperor, or leaders of maritime forces who were beheaded by the government.
Around Nanyang, there are some temples of the Nine Emperors, where the ceremony of welcoming the gods is to welcome the seawater back to the altar at the seaside. During the celebration, some people wear leucorrhea or hemp belt with their hands, which is like mourning.
The popularity of legends may be related to the early association of the party. In the early years, the socialist party organized societies and held ceremonies under the guise of the birthday of the Ninth Emperor. The ceremony of honoring the Nine Emperors included the ceremony of transcending the loyal soul, and the Hui people's Party may also take this opportunity to commemorate the martyrs of the righteous teacher who fought against violence at sea, thus producing legends.