There is no special event on the 11th lunar day. Some families will invite daughter and son-in-law back to the house to enjoy the final meal left from Jade Emperor's birthday feast.
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Sunday, February 21, 2010
The 11th Day of Chinese New Year Festival - The Break Day
There is no special event on the 11th lunar day. Some families will invite daughter and son-in-law back to the house to enjoy the final meal left from Jade Emperor's birthday feast.
The 10th Day of Chinese New Year Festival - The Eating Day
On the next day of the Jade Emperor's birthday, there are many food left from the birthday's ceremony. People have to take care all the vegetable, animal scarifies, cakes and fruit on the 10th lunar day of the year.
The Jade Emperor is son of the King of the Pure Felicity Kingdom of Lofty Heavenly Majestic Lights and Ornaments and of the Empress of Precious Moonlight. His birthday is the ninth day of the first lunar month, the ninth day after Chinese New Year.
The Jade Emperor was originally the assistant of the Divine Master of the Heavenly Origin, Yuan-shi tian-zun (Chinese:pinyin: Yúanshǐ Tīanzūn), the Celestial Venerable of the Primordial Beginning or the Primeval Lord of Heaven. Yuan-shi tian-zun is said to be the supreme beginning, the limitless and eternal creator of Heaven and Earth, who picked the Jade Emperor as his personal successor. The Jade Emperor will eventually be succeeded by the Heavenly Master of the Dawn of Jade of the Golden Door. The characters for both are stamped on the front of the arms of his throne.
Many taoist folk stories and customs are associated with the Jade Emperor, as well as he was granted various titles due to his doings, generally kind, benevolent, caring and helping and he used his powers to improve the lives of people.
The Jade Emperor rules all Heaven, Earth and the Underworld/ Hell with a vast company of civil servants and bureaucrats who assist him.
The Jade Emperor adjudicates and metes out rewards and remedies to actions of saints, the living, and the deceased according to a merit system loosely called the Jade Principles Golden Script. When judgments proposed were objected to, usually by other saints, the administration would occasionally resort to the counsels of the advisory elders.
The Jade Emperor’s heavenly court mirrors the earthly court in all ways, having an army, a bureaucracy, a royal family and parasitical courtiers. Reflecting the order of the Chinese political system, each single department of the pantheon is overseen by a particular diety, spirit or god.
Two assistance of the Jade Emperor are Cheng Huang and Tu Di Gong, who look after Earthly paperwork.
Cheng Huang is the god of moats and walls. Each district has its own Cheng Huang, a protective town god, most often a local dignitary or important person who had died and been promoted to godhood. His divine status was revealed in dreams, though the gods made the actual decision. Cheng Huang not only protects the community from attack, but sees to it that the King of the Dead does not take any soul from his jurisdiction without proper authority. Cheng Huang judges the dead, but also looks over the fortune of the city. Cheng Huang also exposes evil-doers in the community itself, usually through dreams.
Tu Di Gong is a local Earth god, god of towns, villages, streets and households, not too powerfull. He is a modest heavenly bureaucrat to whom individual villagers could turn in times of drought or famine. Tu Di Gong is also a god of wealth, by virtue of his connection to the earth, therefore minerals and burried treasures.
Normaly he is portrayed as a kind, respectable old man, who wants things to run smoothly.
Every year a third assistant, Zao Jung, the Kitchen God, files a report on people’s conduct for the Jade Emperor to assess.
JADE EMPEROR AND CHINESE NEW YEAR
Just before Chinese New Year, the Jade Emperor sends the Kitchen God, also called Zao Jun, to each mortal’s household to inspect people’s doing over the previous year and to report back if good or evil has been done. Of course, according to the report, the Jade Emperor rewards or punishes each household accordingly.
During the Chinese New Year Festival the Jade Emperor and also Zao Jun are worshipped by lighting incense and food offerings are presented to welcome the Jade Emperor’s carriage. Although the Jade Emperor himself is vegetarian, meat food offerings can be found since the Emperor might have non vegetarian guests. Since the Jade Emperor is as well regarded as the supreme venerable divinity in Heaven, some believers call him Heavenly Grandfather.
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The Jade Emperor
(The Jade Emperor is one of the most important gods of the Chinese Taoist pantheons.)
Supreme God of Chinese folk religion, the Jade Emperor is Ruler of all Heavens (of which the Chinese have over 30), Earth and the Underworld/ Hell, Creator of the Universe, later the Emperor of the Universe, and Lord of the Imperial Court.The Jade Emperor is son of the King of the Pure Felicity Kingdom of Lofty Heavenly Majestic Lights and Ornaments and of the Empress of Precious Moonlight. His birthday is the ninth day of the first lunar month, the ninth day after Chinese New Year.
The Jade Emperor was originally the assistant of the Divine Master of the Heavenly Origin, Yuan-shi tian-zun (Chinese:pinyin: Yúanshǐ Tīanzūn), the Celestial Venerable of the Primordial Beginning or the Primeval Lord of Heaven. Yuan-shi tian-zun is said to be the supreme beginning, the limitless and eternal creator of Heaven and Earth, who picked the Jade Emperor as his personal successor. The Jade Emperor will eventually be succeeded by the Heavenly Master of the Dawn of Jade of the Golden Door. The characters for both are stamped on the front of the arms of his throne.
Many taoist folk stories and customs are associated with the Jade Emperor, as well as he was granted various titles due to his doings, generally kind, benevolent, caring and helping and he used his powers to improve the lives of people.
The Jade Emperor rules all Heaven, Earth and the Underworld/ Hell with a vast company of civil servants and bureaucrats who assist him.
The Jade Emperor adjudicates and metes out rewards and remedies to actions of saints, the living, and the deceased according to a merit system loosely called the Jade Principles Golden Script. When judgments proposed were objected to, usually by other saints, the administration would occasionally resort to the counsels of the advisory elders.
The Jade Emperor’s heavenly court mirrors the earthly court in all ways, having an army, a bureaucracy, a royal family and parasitical courtiers. Reflecting the order of the Chinese political system, each single department of the pantheon is overseen by a particular diety, spirit or god.
Two assistance of the Jade Emperor are Cheng Huang and Tu Di Gong, who look after Earthly paperwork.
Cheng Huang is the god of moats and walls. Each district has its own Cheng Huang, a protective town god, most often a local dignitary or important person who had died and been promoted to godhood. His divine status was revealed in dreams, though the gods made the actual decision. Cheng Huang not only protects the community from attack, but sees to it that the King of the Dead does not take any soul from his jurisdiction without proper authority. Cheng Huang judges the dead, but also looks over the fortune of the city. Cheng Huang also exposes evil-doers in the community itself, usually through dreams.
Tu Di Gong is a local Earth god, god of towns, villages, streets and households, not too powerfull. He is a modest heavenly bureaucrat to whom individual villagers could turn in times of drought or famine. Tu Di Gong is also a god of wealth, by virtue of his connection to the earth, therefore minerals and burried treasures.
Normaly he is portrayed as a kind, respectable old man, who wants things to run smoothly.
Every year a third assistant, Zao Jung, the Kitchen God, files a report on people’s conduct for the Jade Emperor to assess.
JADE EMPEROR AND CHINESE NEW YEAR
Just before Chinese New Year, the Jade Emperor sends the Kitchen God, also called Zao Jun, to each mortal’s household to inspect people’s doing over the previous year and to report back if good or evil has been done. Of course, according to the report, the Jade Emperor rewards or punishes each household accordingly.
During the Chinese New Year Festival the Jade Emperor and also Zao Jun are worshipped by lighting incense and food offerings are presented to welcome the Jade Emperor’s carriage. Although the Jade Emperor himself is vegetarian, meat food offerings can be found since the Emperor might have non vegetarian guests. Since the Jade Emperor is as well regarded as the supreme venerable divinity in Heaven, some believers call him Heavenly Grandfather.
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The 9th Day of Chinese New Year Festival - The Birthday of King of Heaven - Jade Emperor
According to Taoism (Daoism), the Jade Emperor lives in the 33rd heaven and governs 33 heavens; so he is the king of heavens. Jade Emperor is a vegetarian. To celebrate his birthday, Chinese prepare three bundles of long noodle, three tea cup with green tea, five different kinds of fruit and six different kinds of dry vegetables to worship Jade Emperor. But people also prepare five animal sacrifices, different sweet cakes and turtle cake (turtle is a symbol of longevity) on a different table for Jade Emperor's guardian soldiers.
To show the sincerity, many people take bath on the 8th lunar night, then wait for the first minute of 8th lunar day to begin the ceremony with their clean body. After the ceremony, Chinese explode the firecrackers. That's why we can hear the scattered sound of fire crackers from midnight to sunrise. The temple of Jade Emperor will be crowded as the Chinese New Year day since the night of 8th lunar day for those people unable to hold the worship event at home. For the same purpose, Chinese always pray for better luck, safety, health, love or money, when they visit the temple.
The 8th Day of Chinese New Year Festival - The Completion Day
The holiday for government and business company ends on the 5th lunar day. But some people take long days off until 8th lunar day. The Completion Day means people should return from the holiday vacation and go back to work. All the meat and cake prepared for Chinese New Year should finish on this day. Everything should back to normal.The 8th lunar day of the first month is also the birthday of Yen-Lo King, who is 5th king of Legendary Hell in 5th palace.
YEN-LO-WANG: The God of Death and Ruler of the Fifth Court of FENG-DU, the Chinese Hell.
The Chinese version of YAMA, he was originally King of the First Court of Hell, but Heaven accused him of undue leniency. Far too many souls were crossing the Golden Bridge to Heaven and the place was getting crowded.
To prevent spiritual overpopulation, the JADE-EMPEROR put QIN-GUANG-WANG in charge of Judgment and assigned YEN-LO-WANG to the Fifth Hell of Wailing, Gouging and Boiling. Once there he developed a real relish for making souls miserable, so everyone was happy again. Except the souls, of course.
As a God of some importance, YEN-LO-WANG is far more than just a dealer of boiling oil. He rules over the whole of FENG-DU and has a team of deadly assistants. His filing system contains the records of every soul, complete with their allotted death date. MONKEY once paid him a visit and wreaked havoc, but we imagine security has been tightened up since then.
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YEN-LO-WANG: The God of Death and Ruler of the Fifth Court of FENG-DU, the Chinese Hell.
The Chinese version of YAMA, he was originally King of the First Court of Hell, but Heaven accused him of undue leniency. Far too many souls were crossing the Golden Bridge to Heaven and the place was getting crowded. To prevent spiritual overpopulation, the JADE-EMPEROR put QIN-GUANG-WANG in charge of Judgment and assigned YEN-LO-WANG to the Fifth Hell of Wailing, Gouging and Boiling. Once there he developed a real relish for making souls miserable, so everyone was happy again. Except the souls, of course.
As a God of some importance, YEN-LO-WANG is far more than just a dealer of boiling oil. He rules over the whole of FENG-DU and has a team of deadly assistants. His filing system contains the records of every soul, complete with their allotted death date. MONKEY once paid him a visit and wreaked havoc, but we imagine security has been tightened up since then.
Taken from:
Article 1
Article 2
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