Huayue Sanniang

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Huayue Sanniang (Chinese: 华岳三娘娘), also known as Sanshengmu (Chinese: 三圣母), is a Chinese goddess who possesses a magical lotus lantern.[1] She is a goddess of marriage and love in the Chinese folk religion.[2]

Legends[]

According to a legend, Huayue Sanniang is the daughter of the Emperor Xiyue (西岳大帝), one of the Great Emperors of Five Mountains. At the foot of Mount Hua, the Xiyue Temple was built for Emperor Xiyue. Sanniang is enshrined in the Sanniang Hall of the Partial Hall of the Xiyue Temple.[3]

The Magic Lotus Lantern[]

According to the Tang Dynasty folk tale The Magic Lotus Lantern, she is the daughter of Yang Tianyou, a mortal and Yaoji, a goddess in the Heavenly Palace who is the younger sister of the Jade Emperor.

One day, she fell in love with a mortal scholar, Liu Yanchang. But their love was strongly opposed by her elder brother Yang Jian (Erlang Shen). With the help of the magic lotus lantern, she defeated her brother and married the scholar. Later she gave birth to a son, Chen Xiang. After seven years Erlang Shen was able to locate the couple by the light of the magical lotus lantern. Erlang Shen then denies the marriage and punishes her by imprisoning under Mount Hua for her crimes.

After Chen Xiang grew up, he learns of how his mother was imprisoned and determines to go to Mount Hua and rescue his mother. Chen Xiang encounters many trials during his journey. He learned martial arts skills from Daxian Pili or Lü Dongbin. After Chen Xiang defeated his uncle, he split open Mount Hua with his magical axe and rescued his mother, reuniting his family.[2]

Influence[]

A Yue opera actress playing Sanshengmu, in 2006

Films[]

  • Save Mother from Mountain (小英雄劈山救母), a 1928 Chinese film
  • Breaking Open the Mountain to Rescue Mother (劈山救母), a 1950 Hong Kong film
  • The Precious Lotus Lamp (寶蓮燈), a 1956 Hong Kong Cantonese opera film
  • The Precious Lotus Lamp, Part II (1957)
  • The Precious Lotus Lamp, Part III (1958)
  • The Magic Lotus Lantern (寶蓮燈), a 1959 Chinese film
  • Breaking Open the Mountain to Rescue Mother (劈山救母), a 1961 Taiwanese film
  • The Lotus Lamp (七彩寶蓮燈), a 1963 Hong Kong Cantonese opera film
  • The Magic Lamp (寶蓮燈), a 1964 Hong Kong Huangmei opera film
  • The Lotus Lamp (寶蓮燈), a 1965 Hong Kong film
  • The Magic Lotus Lantern (寶蓮燈), a 1976 Hebei bangzi film

Animation films[]

  • Saving Mother (西嶽奇童), a 1984 Chinese film
  • Lotus Lantern, a 1999 Chinese film
  • Chen Xiang (西嶽奇童), a 2006 Chinese film

TV series[]

  • The Lamp Lore (寶蓮燈), a 1986 Hong Kong TV series
  • The Polien Lantern (天地傳說之寶蓮燈), a 2001 Chinese-Taiwanese TV series
  • Lotus Lantern, a 2005 Chinese TV series
  • Prelude of Lotus Lantern (2009)

References[]

  1. ^ IDEMA, Wilt Lukas (22 May 2015). Passion, Poverty and Travel: Traditional Hakka Songs and Ballads. World Scientific. ISBN 978-1-938134-66-1.
  2. ^ a b "三圣母的真是身份到底是谁？她和玉皇大帝什么关系？". Sohu (in Chinese). 14 February 2020.
  3. ^ "华山三圣母庙 (第1页)". 一起扣扣网 (in Chinese).
Retrieved from ""