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Why are all the gods in the temple male and not female?

There are women like Jiutian Xuannv, Bixia Yuanjun, Doumu Yuanjun? There are too many Doumu Yuanjun, referred to as "Doumu", also known as "Doumu Yuanjun" or "Zhongtian Brahma Qi Doumu Yuanjun".

"Dou" refers to the stars in the Big Dipper, and "mu" refers to mother.

The Taoist Scriptures say that Doumu "is the mother of all the stars in the Big Dipper".

"Beidou Jataka" records: Doumu practiced the Xuanling Wonderful Way in the Xuanming Zhenjing Heaven during the Long Han ancestral calamity, and diligently served Yuanshi Tianzun.

Later, the avatar transformed into Hu and was born in the Western Kingdom of Tianzhu as the concubine of King Zhou Yu. She gave birth to nine sons, who became the Nine Emperors of Beidou.

"Yunji Qizhu" says, "The nine stars are the spiritual roots of the nine heavens, the bright beams of the sun and the moon, and the origin of all things. Therefore, if there are nine qi in the sky, the nine stars will be their spiritual ties, and if the earth has nine states, then the nine stars will be their spiritual ties."

Nine stars are its divine masters. If a person has nine holes, the nine stars are his destiny palace. The nine yin and yang palaces have nine stars as their portals. The five mountains and the four seas have nine stars as their abyss palace."

Therefore, Doumu is the mother of nine stars and governs the life of all things in heaven and earth.