Many versions of how 九皇大帝 ( Nine Emperors God) came about are told. Some legends said that they are 9 Emperors during ancient Chinese dynasties who were beheaded, some said they are sea pirates...etc. So far the most accurate version have to be this, as explained by Bro kim ill sung from sintua.com
History and Science
The worship of the stars as powerful deities in Chinese pantheon started before historical Taoism or Buddhism was born. In other words, it is the worship of nature by humans since the start of human civilization. So Jiuhuang worship is longer than any established religions ,maybe except Hinduism which is the oldest religion recorded. Men has been always fascinated by nature and as the article mentioned , the stars of the northern constellation is the brightest and most visible from the Chinese mainland. In reality it is true. Experts of astronomy , both Westerners and Orientals knew that there are 7 stars visible while 2 were invisible to the naked eye(unless u uses a telescope) in the constellation . Thus ancient people, before the advent of science and technology uses the location of stars to predict the different seasons for harvest and important events and thus the stars played a significantly huge importance to human existence. Overtime , the stars became a huge importance to human existence and gradually it developed into a belief that the stars played a part in human survival. It directly lead to the study of the astronomy as science and thus fengshui or geomancy is born.
Thus until now, many people still see fengshui as a science as it developed out of the understanding of our universe and how it affects our lives .
Thus the worship of Jiuhuang Yeh comes about. And it is not only ancient China that people worship the stars, the ancient civilizations, such as the Greeks, the Indians, the Romans all knew that importance of stars and even the Bible mentioned it in the Old Testatment.
(Remember the story of Jesus birth in the Old Testament the 3 wise men knew Jesus birth also through the appearance of the stars in the sky ) .
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有关九皇诞的来历及所意义
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History and Science
The worship of the stars as powerful deities in Chinese pantheon started before historical Taoism or Buddhism was born. In other words, it is the worship of nature by humans since the start of human civilization. So Jiuhuang worship is longer than any established religions ,maybe except Hinduism which is the oldest religion recorded. Men has been always fascinated by nature and as the article mentioned , the stars of the northern constellation is the brightest and most visible from the Chinese mainland. In reality it is true. Experts of astronomy , both Westerners and Orientals knew that there are 7 stars visible while 2 were invisible to the naked eye(unless u uses a telescope) in the constellation . Thus ancient people, before the advent of science and technology uses the location of stars to predict the different seasons for harvest and important events and thus the stars played a significantly huge importance to human existence. Overtime , the stars became a huge importance to human existence and gradually it developed into a belief that the stars played a part in human survival. It directly lead to the study of the astronomy as science and thus fengshui or geomancy is born.
Thus until now, many people still see fengshui as a science as it developed out of the understanding of our universe and how it affects our lives .
Thus the worship of Jiuhuang Yeh comes about. And it is not only ancient China that people worship the stars, the ancient civilizations, such as the Greeks, the Indians, the Romans all knew that importance of stars and even the Bible mentioned it in the Old Testatment.
(Remember the story of Jesus birth in the Old Testament the 3 wise men knew Jesus birth also through the appearance of the stars in the sky ) .
more detail in chinese
有关九皇诞的来历及所意义
有关九皇诞照片1
有关九皇诞照片2
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