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King Father of the East, also known as Dongwanggong (東王公), is the tutelary deity of the Taoist immortals. [1] Legends say that the King Father of the East is the consort of Queen Mother of the West .
Queen Mother of the West is a calque of Xiwangmu in Chinese sources, Seiōbo in Japan, Seowangmo in Korea, and Tây Vương Mẫu in Vietnam. She has numerous titles, one being Yaochi Jinmu ( 瑤池金母 ), the "Golden Mother of the Jade Pond (瑤池)" [ 4 ] (also translated "Turquoise Pond" [ 5 ] [ 6 ] ).
Xiwangmu is often identified as having a spotted deer as a pet. Besides the cranes (traditionally thought of as the mounts or the transformations of immortals), other birds come and go from the mountain, flying errands for Xiwangmu; these blue (or green) birds are her qingniao. Sometimes the poets claim to have received joyful inspiration ...
Her male counterpart is Dongwanggong (東王公, "King Duke of the East"; [iii] also called Mugong, 木公 "Duke of the Woods"), [47] who represents the yang principle. [46] Hòuyì (后羿, "Yi the Archer"), was a man who sought for immortality, reaching Xiwangmu on her mountain, Kunlun.
King Edward VII’s Hospital was established in 1899 by two sisters, Agnes and Fanny Keyser, who turned their home at 17 Grosvenor Crescent into a hospital for sick and wounded officers returning ...
The Jade Emperor and his wife Xi Wangmu (Queen Mother of the West) ensured the deities' everlasting existence by feasting them with the peaches of immortality. The immortals residing in the palace of Xi Wangmu were said to celebrate an extravagant banquet called the "Feast of Peaches" (Chinese: 蟠桃會; pinyin: Pántáo Huì; Cantonese Yale: pùhn tòuh wúih, or Chinese: 蟠桃勝會 ...
The London Clinic was chosen to care for Kate this time, rather than King Edward VII’s Hospital which is usually the go-to establishment for royal medical matters and where she was admitted in 2012.
King Charles is finally returning home after a three-day stay in the hospital. Today, the 75-year-old monarch was spotted leaving The London Clinic after undergoing a procedure to treat an ...