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♦Sacred birth celebrated on the 3rd day of the 8th lunar month ♦



Given name “Wen,” he is the Millennium Lord (Qiansui) of the Chou year. His sacred idol is depicted as having a pink face with a white beard; wearing literati robes and wearing a headdress of golden sable. His sacred bureaucratic duty is to control fenshui and geography, as well as a deity for officials seeking promotions. 

♦Sacred birth celebrated on the 7th day of the 5th lunar month♦



Given name “Tong,” he is the Millennium Lord (Qiansui) for the Mao year. His sacred idol is depicted as rubicund (with an ochre hue), clean shaven, wearing literati red dragon robes, and a golden four-cornered crown. His sacred bureaucratic duty is to oversee judicial affairs. He will bless the faithful against legal troubles as long as they are within acceptable emotional, rational and legal parameters.

♦Sacred birth celebrated on the 3rd day of the 3rd lunar month ♦



Given name “Yo,” he is the Millennium Lord (Qiansui) of the Chen year. His sacred idol is depicted as pink faced with a black beard; wearing military armor and a three-winged royal headdress. His sacred bureaucratic duty is for those pleading for an abundant harvest and productive livestock. He is the patron saint of those in the agricultural, fishing, and animal husbandry industries.

♦Sacred birth celebrated on the 12th day of the 8th lunar month♦

Given name “Zhong,” he is the Millennium Lord (Qiansui) of the Si year. His sacred idol is depicted as pink faced with a black beard; wearing literati robes and an imperial headdress. His sacred bureaucratic duty is as the deity of success in housing and land acquisition and sales for the real estate industry. 

♦Sacred birth celebrated on the 1st day of the 5th lunar month♦

Given name “Meng,” he is the Millennium Lord (Qiansui) of the Wei year. His sacred idol is depicted as having a painted face on a black base with a black beard; wearing military armor, and a marshal’s headdress. His sacred bureaucratic duty is to control detractors and dalliances, to maintain harmony in the family. 

♦Sacred birth celebrated on the 8th day of the 3rd lunar month♦

Given name “Yu”, he is the Millennium Lord (Qiansui) of the Shen year. His sacred idol is depicted as pink-faced with a black beard; wearing military armor and an imperial headdress. His sacred bureaucratic duty is to bless those in the military and police forces with safety in their work, and their aspirations for career advancement.

♦Sacred birth celebrated on the 1st day of the 12th lunar month♦



Given name “Zao”, he is the Millennium Lord (Qiansui) of the You year. His sacred idol is depicted as having a painted face on a red base and a black beard; wearing military armor and a golden four-cornered crown. His sacred bureaucratic duty is to protect those pleading to eliminate crises, resolve misfortune, and control evil, as well as those disturbed by the forces of the netherworld when crossing paths with a funeral.

♦Sacred birth celebrated on the 12th day of the 1st lunar month♦



Given name “Shiyou,” he is the Millennium Lord (Qiansui) of the Hai year. His sacred idol is depicted as pink faced and clean-shaven, wearing an armor and a two-dragon headdress. His sacred bureaucratic duty is as a deity for the faithful pleading for commercial success and a thriving business. 

♦Sacred birth celebrated on the 15th day of the 3rd lunar month♦



Great Emperor Baosheng was originally named Wu Tao, and is referred to with honorifics such as Wu the Enlightened One. Wu the Immortal Lord, or Lord Sedan Chair. His informal name is “Hua Ji,”  and literary name is “Yun Zhong.” He was legendary for medical miracles such as applying eyedrops to a dragon and treating a tiger’s throat condition. Numerous miracles appeared after his ascension to heaven to protect the country and comfort the people. When Emperor Gaozhong was enthroned, he ordered the construction of a temple for Great Emperor Baosheng, and bestowed the title of “Dadao Immortal.” In gratitude for curing an ailment in the empress’s breasts, Yongle Emperor of the Ming dynasty bestowed the honorific title of “Imperial Inspector at Heavenly Gate, Miracle Doctor of Compassion Relief, Great Taoist Immortal, and the Long-lived, Unbounded, Life Protection Emperor,” with a gift of a royal dragon robe and constructing a palace in his name. He was known as the god of medicine by future generations. 

♦Sacred birth celebrated on the 9th day of the 9th lunar month♦



The Marshal of the Central Altar is also known as “Prince Marshal,” and colloquially as “Lord Prince,” or “Prince Nezha.” According to legend, Prince Nezha is the Daluo saint and divine general    leading the charge for the Jade Emperor. He commands the five heavenly battalions in the north, south, east, west, and center, and hence is referred to as “Marshal of the Central Altar,” “Divine General of the Central Battalion,” or “Great General of the Central Battalion. The Marshal of the Central Altar is worshipped as the chief protector of Taoism, and possesses a high level of Taoist method and power. 

♦Sacred birth celebrated on the 3rd day of the second lunar month♦

“Frost Gentleman” is a deity who enshrined for generation in the Zhongpuo Homestead of Songshan. He is the Huating scholar She Eh of the Song dynasty. His faithful pray to him for blessings in career success.

♦Sacred birth celebrated on the 24th day of the 6th lunar month♦

Ruler of the Celestial Worthy of the Thunderclap of Universal Salvation that Resonates with the Primal Essence of the Nine Heavens, reverentially regarded colloquially as “the Ancestor of Thunder,” and recorded in ancient books as “Master of Thunder.” He is a deity of innate yang essence. According to the Tao Sutra, the Ancestor of Thunder lives above the nine heavens, and commands the five thunders, responds to the nine heavens, operates the three realms, and oversees the Thunder Capital with its two ministries and three bureaus (the two ministries are the Five Thunder Ministry and the Exorcism Ministry; the three bureaus are the Lightning Bureau of Ten Thousand Deities, the Thunderclap Capital Bureau, and the Thunderclap Division Bureau). He is responsible for punishing perpetrators of evil, destroyers of living things, and those who ruin the crops.