Chinese Mythology: Gou Mang, God of Spring
Gou Mang (句芒) is the god of wood, spring, and the east in ancient Chinese folk mythology, in charge of the germination and growth of trees, and faithfully assisting Fu…
Chinese Mythology: Wu Fang Tian Di
Wu Fang Tian Di (The Five Heavenly Emperors, 五方天帝) refer to the Heavenly Emperors in the five directions of East, South, West, North, and Central in ancient Chinese mythology. Wu…
Chinese Mythology: Tian Di Di Jun
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…
Chinese Mythology: Hao Tian Shang Di (Lao Tian Ye)
Hao Tian Shang Di (昊天上帝) is the highest god in ancient China, his honorary name first appeared in the Shang Dynasty, the Zhou Dynasty formally appeared in the “Hao Tian…
Chinese Mythology: Tian Di
The Tian Di （天帝） is the supreme lord in Chinese mythology, the emperor who rules the heavens and the worlds, and the supreme god sometimes changes with different dynasties. In…
Chinese Mythology: Chi You, Lord of Soldiers
Chi You (蚩尤), the legendary manufacture of weapons, but also rumored to be the Lord God of War, and the Huang Di （黄帝), Yan Di (炎帝) and called “Chinese three…
Chinese Mythology: Zhu Rong, God of Fire
Zhu Rong (祝融), known as Red Emperor (赤帝), is the god of fire and the god of the south in ancient Chinese mythology. According to the “Classic of Mountains and…
Chinese Mythology: The Change of the Kun Peng
Kun Peng （鲲鹏）, a divine beast in ancient Chinese legend. The name of the Kun Peng first appeared in the Taoist doctrine Zhuangzi – Easy Travel. In the distant northern…
Chinese Mythology: The Legend of Ying Long
Ying Long （应龙）, the divine Long (dragon,龙）) with two wings in ancient Chinese mythology, is the common ancestor of the Long, Feng Huang (phoenix, 凤凰) and Qi Lin (unicorn, 麒麟),…
Chinese Mythology: Gao Xin Shi Di Ku
“Family harmony and prosperity” has always been the belief and pursuit of the Chinese nation. As one of the “Five Emperors”, Emperor Di Ku not only managed to keep the…