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Who is Fengshen in ancient China mythology?

Fengshen is Fengbo.

Fengbo is actually the Fengshen in ancient China mythology, also known as the style master, Fei Lian, Ji Bo and so on. , in charge of the eight winds and five sports climate.

Fengbo's partner Rain God is Rain God, also known as Yunping and Xuanming. China ancient Fengshen and Rain God originated earlier.

The article "Da Zong Bo" in "Zhou Li" says: "Sacrifice Liao to middle school teachers, commanders, wind teachers and rain teachers". Taoism thinks that Fengbo is a white-haired old man with a wheel in his left hand and a fan in his right. He is called Fang Tianjun of Fengbo. Rain teacher is an old man named Chen Tianjun.

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1, the rain god in ancient mythology:

Rain God is one of the natural gods worshipped by ancient people in China. Since Shang Dynasty, China's economy has been dominated by agriculture, and rainfall is closely related to harvest. In the case of extremely low productivity, people naturally regard the rain in nature as a god, and the rain god was a goddess in Shang Dynasty.

In the Western Zhou Dynasty, it was called the Rain Master. After the Western Han Dynasty, pine nuts were sacrificed as rain teachers to pray for rain and worship the gods. Generally speaking, music, songs and dances, concerts and running ceremonies are all used, firewood is also used to burn offerings, and sometimes people are even burned to death as sacrifices to gods.

2. Thor in ancient mythology:

Shen Lei, commonly known as Lei Gong, is the god in charge of thunder and lightning in ancient China mythology. From Shan Hai Jing Hai Nei Dong Jing. According to legend, Thor was born in Guleize (so his address is now Heze, Shandong Province). He has a dragon head and a thunder when his belly is bulging.

People in ancient times didn't know much about the natural phenomenon of thunder, so a series of related legends gradually evolved. In ancient China, the image of Thor was constantly evolving. At first, people shaped it into a monster with a human head and a dragon body, and when it was knocked on the stomach, it would make a thunderous sound.

Later, it gradually became the image of a pointed-billed monkey face, and gradually took shape. In Taoist mythology, there are many different levels and quantities of Raytheon, the most basic one is Leigong, the last one is ordinary Raytheon and the last one is Chloe Wang.

Legend has it that King Lei was born in Leizhou Peninsula, Guangdong Province, named Chen Wenyu, and later became a fairy. The highest-ranking Raytheon in Taoism is "Nine Days of Buddha".

"Tianzun" is the highest rank among Taoist immortals, and "Puhua Tianzun" is the commander-in-chief of all Raytheons. In China, Raytheon is the god of punishing evil. If people do bad things or break their vows, they may be killed by thunder.

China folk will set Raytheon's birthday on June 24th of the lunar calendar, and a sacrificial ceremony will be held on this day. It has pinned the good wishes of the working people in China to exorcise evil spirits, avoid disasters and pray for blessings.

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