♦Sacred birth celebrated on the 9th day of the 10th lunar month ♦
In Daoism, the God of Rain is regarded as a god, a dragon, as the mythical bird Shangyang, or as Master Red Pine (Chisongzi). In the Huitu Sanjiao yuanliu soushen daquan, a Ming Dynasty collection of illustrations of popular deities and immortals, it is written: The Rain Master God is a Shangyang. She Shangyang is a mythical bird, one of its foot is mutable in size. It can drink the oceans dry. He is the God of Rain. In the Jin Dynasty book “In Search of the Sacred (Soushengji): Master Red Pine was a master of rain during the time of the God of Agriculture. In the Ching Dynasty book Jishuo quanzhen, it is written: the raven-bearded strong man holds a vessel in his left hand that contains a dragon, while his right hand gestures to sprinkle water. He is called Heavenly Lord Chen, the Rain Master.