Chapter 537: What do Taoist immortals look like?
Xiao Tianshu said: "If you want to talk about it, what is not true, Lu Dongbin is still the master of Xuan Chu, my teacher...... Uhh ”
Xiao Tianshu thought to himself, what is this going on! Master, Master, as soon as you hear it, you will be a generation! Let me, a handsome boy, have the face to say it!
Nian Fu smiled and said: "Hehe, don't be embarrassed if you want me to say, what's so great about this, the drawing characteristics of being a woman and a soldier are several times worse, what's the big deal, by the way, haven't you seen a fairy now?" What do Taoist immortals look like? Why do some immortals have bones and some look ugly? ”
Xiao Tianshu said: "The mountain of contempt is inhabited by gods and men; The skin is like ice and snow, and it is like a virgin; Do not eat grains, suck wind and drink dew; Ride the clouds, fly the dragon, and swim beyond the four seas; Its spirit is condensed, so that things are not flawed and ripe. ”
Nian Fu smiled and said: "Coax me again, the image of Tie Guan Li, the image of Zhong Liquan, that's not the ice muscle and jade bone you said!" ”
Xiao Tianshu said: "The ancients originally imagined the immortal as a perfect god with skin as white as ice and snow, who does not eat the fireworks of the world, and can ride the clouds and control the dragon to fly into the sky. Being able to live forever like an immortal is not only the pursuit of cultivators, but also the dream of ancient emperors. In the middle of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Zhang Daoling, the ninth grandson of Zhang Liang, the Marquis of Han Liu, practiced in Heming Mountain in Shudi, claiming that Taishang Laojun had bestowed the way of Zhengyi Alliance, and bestowed all the products with the scriptures, the sword of cutting evil and the jade seal, and founded the Five Bucket Rice Dao, the predecessor of Taoism, so that Taoism was officially founded as a religious group. Taoism was based on the ideas of Huang Lao Taoism and developed in combination with the primitive worship of ghosts and gods, so Taoism also became a polytheistic religion. With the development of history, Taoism has absorbed many beliefs in immortals, including folk gods, innate gods, nature gods, and so on. Tao Hongjing, a famous Taoist in the Southern Dynasty, built a perfect immortal system ranking, and listed Yuan Shi Tianzun as the highest god of Taoism, and compiled the first divine work in the history of Taoism, "True Spirit Position Karma Map". ”
Nian Fu said: "On this Heming Mountain, it seems that there are many celebrities!" ”
Xiao Tianshu said: "That's nature, what about the Taoist ancestral court......"
Nian Fu said: "Then what do you say that the gods and immortals look like?" Is Lu Dongbin handsome or not? ”
Xiao Tianshu said: "Among so many immortals, their images are also different, and the most easily accepted by the public are those who have attained enlightenment, such as the eight immortals among the eight immortals. The Eight Immortals are eight immortals widely circulated among the people of our country, they are Tie Guan Li, Han Zhongli, Zhang Guolao, Lan Caihe, He Xiangu, Lu Dongbin, Han Xiangzi and Uncle Cao Guo. Although they eventually crossed to Penglai and ascended to become immortals, their image in the world is still preserved, and there are old and young, men and women, poor and rich in the group of eight immortals and immortals, and there are Lu Dongbin who is immortal and sloppy. Their immortal images are exhaustive of the world, very close to people's lives, and are considered to be the most humane immortals. ”
Nian Fu said: "That's right! What's the situation, the handsome handsome, the ugly, the rich rich, the poor poor......"
Xiao Tianshu said: "Out of the belief and worship of all things in the universe, many Taoist gods and goddesses are deified from natural phenomena, such as wind, rain, thunder and lightning, sun, moon and stars, mountains, rivers and mountains, etc., they should be formless and formless, but they are personified by Taoism as gods who want to have the same appearance as human beings, and are worshiped by incense. For example, Marshal Tianpeng, the head of the Four Saints of the North Pole, is the embodiment of the Big Dipper Broken Army Star, his image is three heads and six arms, holding axes, ropes, bows, arrows, swords, halberds, six things, black clothes and crowns, red hair and feet, majestic and majestic. The Emperor of Dongyue of the Five Mountains, the god of the deification of Mount Tai of Dongyue, his image is a green robe, wearing the crown of the seven titles of Cangbi, wearing the seal of Tongyang Taiping, leading the gods, riding the green dragon, and the Emperor of Dongyue is in charge of the life and death of all things in the world. ”
Nian Fu said: "In addition to these immortals, there are also some innate gods who represent the highest belief in the "Tao", and they have the manifestation of the innate Qi, such as the highest Taoist god Sanqing Tianzun, that is, Yuqing Yuan Shi Tianzun, Shangqing Lingbao Tianzun and Taiqing Daode Tianzun. Their general name is "Void Nature Daluo Sanqing Three Realms and Three Treasures Tianzun", and they live in the Sanqing Wonderland. These three supreme gods were incarnated from the innate Qi and represented the origin of the Great Dao. Their idols are majestic, with round heads and holding various magic weapons that symbolize the beginning of all things in the universe. Right? Hehe......"
Xiao Tianshu smiled: "That's right, then you know, what else do I say......"
Nian Fu said: "Hehe......"
Xiao Tianshu said: "There is also the mother of the stars, Doumu Yuanjun, who is the innate Yin Qi of the Yuan Shi Tianzun, she has three eyes and eight arms, combs Huajing, and holds the sun, moon, treasure bell, golden seal, spear, halberd and other combat weapons or magic weapons in her hands. Through the above immortals, it can be found that the image of Taoist immortals is varied, such as the red hair and blue face of the Kuixing god, angry eyes and fangs, holding a red pen in his right hand, holding an ink bucket in his left hand, stepping on the head of the big fish with his right foot, and kicking Beidou backwards with his left foot; Wang Lingguan had a fierce face, a red face, a glance on his forehead, three round eyes, and a jagged fangs and beard, giving people a deep sense of fear. Like most of the immortals, they are kind and amiable. Regardless of their image, they are manifestations of the Tao, warning or protecting the world. ”
Nian Fu said: "Oh, you say, you just say that this is just a saying that one yin and one yang is the Tao, just like there are gods and demons, and there are ghosts is a truth, so do you say that the charm is really useful as you just said?" ”
Xiao Tianshu said: "Regarding the role of the talisman, the Xujing Heavenly Master said: "My family's talisman can move the heavens and the earth, the lower can shake the mountains and rivers, the bright can subdue the dragon and the tiger, the obscure can subdue the ghosts and gods, the big can help the country, and the small can drive away disasters." He also said: Fu Mi Duo, all of them are blessed by the country and the people, and the Ning family protects themselves. It is because of the refuge worshippers in the past generations, all of whom have been induced, prayed and knocked, and there are strange signs, and the experience of their teachings is not false.
Nian Fu said, "What is a charm? What gives the spell its power? ”
Xiao Tianshu said: "Fu is a magic weapon for people to communicate with God, and it is a tangible or invisible carrier of the aura of heaven and earth, mountains and rivers. "Dao Fa Hui Yuan" said: "Fu person, believe also." With my God, the God of the Quilt. With my breath, I am in harmony. The spirit is invisible, but in the form of a symbol. That is, the charm is a little aura that participates in the essence of all things in heaven and earth, and becomes one with the gods of heaven and earth with its own sacrificial cultivation. It can be fire and water, it can be tilling, it can be grass and trees, it can be diet, it can be dispensable, it can be changeable. Charms, as one of the many laws, are endless, they originate from the Tao, perform in the Tao, prove it in the Tao, and return to the Tao. Those who are sincere, the golden stone is open! It is also in response to what Mr. Xujing said: My family's talisman can move the heavens and the earth, the lower can shake the mountains and rivers, the bright can subdue the dragon and the tiger, the obscure can subdue the ghosts and gods, the big can help the country, and the small can drive away disasters. ”