Nezha in history

Nezha, a figure in ancient Chinese mythology and legend, the protector of Taoism, the third son of Li Jing, the king of Tota, the righteous father Rulai Buddha, and the master Taiyi Zhenren. His beliefs flourished in Taoism and folk beliefs, recorded in the Yuan Dynasty's "Three Religions and Gods", and was active in many classic literary works such as the Ming Dynasty's classical masterpieces "Journey to the West" and "The Romance of the Gods". Nezha evolved from the Buddhist protector god "Nazha", and became a legendary and well-known artistic image in various parts of China, and later influenced the folk worship as a protective god, and was absorbed by Taoism, and was classified as the "loyal and martial god of war" in the immortal genealogy, belonging to the martial god lineage.

Nezha is one of the most famous orthodox immortals in China, and it is also one of the classic artistic images; The main stories are derived from religious culture and the content of famous works, and traditional mythology is mainly divided into three systems: orthodox Taoist gods, folk belief gods, and gods and demons; Religious belief is the cultural tradition of the Taoist mythological system. As a righteous god who specializes in subduing demons, the specifications of his divine palace are qualitatively advanced.

Part of the culture contains Buddhist beliefs, as early as the Song Dynasty in the Buddhist scriptures there are Nazha (prototype) stories, such as "Jingde Chuan Lantern Record", "Five Lantern Huiyuan", "Mi'an Monk Quotations", etc., even before the Song Dynasty, there is the name of Nazha, although there are many Buddhist books have Nazha records, but Nezha is not original by Buddhism, but the long-haired Taoist is not a monk.

Religious gods and evolutionary process: Nezha is a religious god rewritten from the prototype of "Nazha", after being introduced to the local area, there are folklore, and then there are operas and other contents, which was originally the protector of my Buddha, and Nezha of Taoism in China is derived from this. From the original Buddha and then compiled from ancient writers, from the late Tang Dynasty to the Song and Ming dynasties, similar characteristics and the image of the gods were Taoistized, and the Buddhist culture was blended and derived, and Nezha, a Taoist god, was born, and the main image was fixed in the "Romance of the Gods". The original Buddhist god can be completely included in the Taoist god tree after becoming a folk god; "Dao Fa Hui Yuan" and "Three Sects Source Flow Search God Daquan" both officially included Nezha as a Taoist god, and the rank and rank of the official class are honorable.

In the classical mythological masterpieces, the surname is Li, the double name is Nezha, the full name is Li Nezha, and he belongs to the god of the Tao and the Buddha, in "Journey to the West" Nezha is the righteous son of Rulai (with Buddha as his father) and half a disciple, Jinzha and Muzha are also Buddhist disciples, and the third prince Nezha is the god of the Jade Emperor's Three Altars Haihui. And Nezha in "The Romance of the Gods" is a member of the sect, a disciple of Taiyi Zhenren, born during the Shang Dynasty, the Xingzhou Holy General will destroy the forward, the Jinguang Cave is wrapped in spiritual beads, Yuxu was ordered to descend to Chentang, and the Cuiping Sanctuary Xianchi Lotus turned into a true body. Nezha, as the vanguard officer of the Western Zhou Dynasty, relied on his treasures and strong martial arts to pass the test many times and made great achievements, and finally sanctified his body.

The folk little Nezha is lively and cute, naughty and active, brave and kind, naturally cheerful and intelligent, full of innocence and innocence, and is known as a righteous and belligerent, wise and brave young hero. The common traditional images are: belly pocket, bare feet, bare buttocks, ball head, bun face, lotus clothes, cute boy who looks like a girl, holding a gun and a ring, and a fat doll with a cloth strip and stepping on wheels.

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In ancient myths and stories, Nezha fought the Dragon Palace of the East China Sea when he was young, slayed the dragon and cramped, and later participated in the war of the gods. Nezha in the gods is one of the disciples of the reincarnation of Lingzhuzi, and in Journey to the West, he is the great god of the Three Altars of Heaven and the Sea Society. In the Fengshen, it is the incarnation of a lotus flower with no soul and no flesh and blood, with three heads and eight arms, and in Journey to the West, it is the body of a lotus root, a young god with three heads and six arms. There are many film and television dramas about Nezha that create masterpieces in the image of gods and monsters.

In the folk image, Nezha, as a mythical hero who stands up to the sky, not only has vast magical powers and boundless martial arts, but also is a large-scale mascot who guards the local folk beliefs in the area, is brave and good at fighting, expelling demons and killing monsters and killing demon kings; It is the nemesis of demons and monsters, symbolizing the respect of Fuwa's prodigy, being offered as a young hero who slays demons and destroys demons, subdues dragons and tigers, ancient and immortal classic myths and legends, and is also a child god admired by the people, and there is a debate about the location of the hometown.

In orthodox religious and cultural beliefs, Nezha, as the Taoist martial god, is respected as the protector god who leads the heavenly soldiers and the high-end of the law field; There are artifacts, gods, gods, temples, altars, statues and golden bodies, etc., which are in charge of the laws of the gods and heavens; There are military power, priesthood, backstage, school, title, etc., the divine power is supreme and prestigious, and the identity and status of the generals are grand, and they are the commander of the middle camp in charge of the five mountains, and they are in charge of the soldiers and horses of the middle military camp in the southeast and northwest of the five battalions, and there are many worshippers and believers who believe in worshipping and worshipping, and the Chinese gods are respected and worshiped by all the people.

Nezha is a god in the history of Chinese mythology that has been spread for more than 1,000 years, and has become the belief of several generations of people in the gods and monsters such as famous works and documents created by ancient literati.

The author of Fengshen describes Nezha a lot, and he is the most unique and wonderful legendary famous classic character in the book; As the main character of this book, many modern folk film and television books have created new works with Nezha as the protagonist, which greatly improves Nezha's moving image of courage and majesty in the minds of the people. Most of the stories of Nezha from ancient times to the present day are mainly from the two mythological works of the Ming Dynasty, "Romance of the Fengshen" and "Journey to the West", especially Nezha, which is the original work of the Fengshen, is more famous; The usual images also come from this.

In the story of the gods, he is born in the Shang Dynasty period of one of the people of the sect, surnamed Li Nezha, this is the treasure of the town of the spirit beads, according to the order of the Yuxu Palace Yuan Shi Tianzun law reincarnation, the destiny of the Zhou to destroy the fierce general, you are the pioneer of Jiang Ziya's destiny, the fall of the world of the treasure fairy to give the god baby, the incarnation of the sacred spirit bead, reincarnated as the third son of Li Jing and his wife in Chentangguan, the younger brother of Jin Mu Erzha, apprenticed to the Taiyi Zhenren Sect of Jinguang Cave in Qianyuan Mountain, killed the most enemies in the same door, the highest meritorious record, and the end of the flesh sanctification.

First born from the mother's womb for three years and six months from the meat ball and born, born with divine power and its own magic weapon, born in the early morning with a murderous robbery, when he was seven years young, he bathed in the sea with Chaotian Aya, and also used the Qiankun circle to kill the Yaksha dragon, flew to the heavens to beat the dragon king stealthily, forced the dragon king to become a small snake and brought home, and also opened the ancestral treasure of the town for many years Qiankun bow, and shot the sky-shaking arrow to kill the Shijimen people by mistake.