Di Jun (帝俊), the Ancient Celestial Emperor, father of the sun and the moon in Chinese ancient myths and legends. Myths about Di Jun are quite fragmentary, and are centrally preserved in the Shan Hai Jing (Classic of Mountains and Seas) and the Da Huang Jing (Classic of the Great Desert). There are often conflicting opinions about his identity and his deeds. Some say that he was the founding god of the ancient eastern tribes, others say that he was the creator of heaven and earth, the exalted emperor of heaven, and some believe that Di Jun was one of the founding fathers of Huaxia, Di Ku, both mythological characters are said to be the fathers of the sun and the moon.
There are many theories about Di Jun’s appearance.
Some say he looks like an ape, others say he has a bird’s head and a human’s body.
The oracle bone inscription of “jun” resembles a bird head with a tail.
His body might resemble a monkey, with horns and one foot.
He often walked with a hunched back and a cane.
Di Jun had two wives, Xi He gave birth to ten suns, and Chang Xi gave birth to twelve moons.
He also had another wife, E Huang, who gave birth to the ancestor of the Sanshen country.
This ancestor had one head and three bodies, and so did his descendants.
Di Jun was friends with colorful birds, and his shrines were managed by these birds.
In the north, there is a bamboo forest belonging to Di Jun, where bamboo can be made into boats.
During the reign of Yao （尧）, ten suns appeared at the same time, so Di Jun gave Yi a bow and arrows to save the people.
Di Jun is also the ancestor god of many eastern tribes.
He founded the Zhongrong country, where the people hunted and gathered, and tamed four animals (tigers, leopards, bears and fighters).
The people of the Siyou country did not marry, but were divided into “Si Shi” and “Si Nu”, who could conceive by looking at each other like white cranes.
The Sanshen country was born from E Huang （娥皇）, and its people surname Yao, with one head and three bodies, ate grain, and tamed the four animals.
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