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The king of monkeys and Buddha
king monkeys jumped very far. Fell to the ground, he saw that it is at the foot of a huge mountain. Волоском from his hair, he wrote on the cliff’s own name, and before returning to help on the ground, as the beast, which metit its territory. When he said the Buddha, which […]
Keeper of the garden
some time king of monkeys in fun, piruya and pyanstvuya with friends. To distract the king from such classes, he was offered the post of keeper of the garden, where grew peaches of immortality.
The garden belonged to the goddess Sivanmu, mother mistress Zapala. Every 6000 years, when sozrevali fruit, she arranged a great holiday. […]
The king of monkeys
In Chinese myths operate both real and fantastic animals. King monkeys can be considered and those to the other. The king of monkeys in force in the novel I Chenenya «Journey to the West» (1570), which describes the journey of a monk in VII. Syuantszana to India, which he undertook in search of Buddhist […]
Goddess of Mercy
Most beloved in China is the goddess of mercy Guanin. It was originally known as a Buddhist deity, bodhisatva Avalokiteshvara, whose name is translated into the Chinese language means «vnemlyuschaya sounds of the world». This goddess is also the patroness of Tibetan Buddhism.
Gift of Rice
But the times when people were hunter-gatherers, their life was […]
Legendary Gods
God - keeper home and kitchen Tszaovan or Tszaotszyun, record everything that happened in the family and home. His annual report to the emperor Nefrit define family life in the coming year. Larger viselo god in every home over the fireplace and kitchen. Under the new year, before his journey to heaven. God gave […]
The great emperor of East Peak
Office of the five sacred mountains Uyue managed mountain god Tayshan. Vnuk Jade Emperor, he was known as «the great divine sovereign East Peak» jade and deputy at the first emperor. As the owner of the Yellow source, he leads the House in charge of everything that relates to the life and death. He […]
Chinese gods
Chinese pantheon has a lot of gods and goddesses, who make up a huge bureaucracy. Despite the fact that the deities are supreme beings, their actions are subject to annual evaluation.
The old gods are disappearing, there are new, others are mortals. It is interesting to note that virtually all Chinese deity given human traits. […]