Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Bà Chúa Xứ statue in Bình An temple Temple of Bà Chúa Xứ Núi Sam today. Bà Chúa Xứ (chữ Nôm: 婆主處, Vietnamese: [ɓâː cǔə sɨ̌]) or Chúa Xứ Thánh Mẫu (chữ Hán: 主處聖母, Holy Mother of the Realm) is a prosperity goddess worshiped in the Mekong Delta region as part of Vietnamese folk religions.
Mẫu Thượng Ngàn in a costume of the Lê dynasty (a painting by a modern artist). Lâm Cung Thánh Mẫu (Chữ Hán: 林宮聖母) or Mẫu Thượng Ngàn or Bà Chúa Thượng Ngàn (Princess of the Forest) is ruler of the Forest Palace among the spirits of the Four Palaces in Vietnamese indigenous religion. [1]
In Vietnam, she is also sometimes known as the "Lady of the Sea" (Tuc Goi La Ba). [2] Mazuism is frequently syncretized with Taoism and Chinese Buddhism. For example, at the Quan Am Pagoda nearby, the two main altars are dedicated to Thien Hau and Quan Am, the Vietnamese form of Guanyin, the Chinese form of the bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara.
Painting of Mẫu Thượng Thiên in Lê dynasty costume belonging to the Thánh Nhan project. Mẫu Thượng Thiên (Chữ Hán: 母上天) or Mẫu Đệ Nhất (母第一) is one of the four heavenly mothers in the Four Palaces in Vietnamese folk religion. [1]
It is unknown when Thiên Hậu Pagoda was built; it was initially located by the Hương Chủ Hiếu canal. [3] [4] By 1923, after the temple was damaged (some accounts say it was destroyed by fire), four Chinese communities including the Cantonese/Quảng Triệu (Việt, 粵), Teochew (Tiều, 潮), Hokkien (Mân, 閩), and Sùng Chính/Khánh Gia (Hẹ, 客) collaborated to rebuild the ...
Four Palaces (Vietnamese: Tứ Phủ; chữ Hán: 四府) is a major denomination of the Đạo Mẫu, an indigenous shamanic belief in Vietnam. This branch is popular in the North of Vietnam and has a profound association with the worship of Đức Thánh Trần.
A thanh đồng holding a lên đồng aka hầu bóng (lit. ' serving the reflections ') ritual in a shrine. Đạo Mẫu (Vietnamese: [ɗâːwˀ mə̌wˀ], 道母) is the worship of mother goddesses which was established in Vietnam in the 16th century. [1] This worship is a branch of Vietnamese folk religion but is more shamanic in nature ...
Empress Thuận Thiên (Vietnamese: Thuận Thiên Cao Hoàng Hậu, January 4, 1769 – November 6, 1846), born Trần Thị Đang in Văn Xá village, Hương Trà, Thừa Thiên, was the second wife of Emperor Gia Long of Vietnam and mother of Emperor Minh Mạng. [1]