Second Floor – Main Palace Hall

Golden Queen Mother of the West (Xiwangjinmu)

Golden Queen Mother of the West (Xiwangjinmu)

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♦Sacred birth celebrated on the 18th day of the 7th lunar month♦

Golden Queen Mother of the West is a Heavenly Immortal of the Infinite Realm of the Original King, assigned to the west. Extremely reveared in Dongyin, she is also referred to as the Golden Mother. Her immortal rank is second only to the Three Pures, and very noble. She is colloquially referred to as “Lady Queen Mother” (wangmu niangniang), and "Golden Mother of the Jade Pond" (Yaochi Jinmu), or honorifically addressed as “The Original Lord Great Holy Golden Western Queen Mother of the Infinite Jade Pond. She is solemn, graceful, and elegant in appearance, her body is soft. She is the essence of extreme yin. She mothers and nurtures female immortals who have attained Dao in the Three Realms and Ten Directions, whose names are all under her jurisdiction.