In folk belief in immortals, the leader of male immortals is the Jade Emperor, and the leader of female immortals is the Queen Mother.
As the leader of the fairy, the queen mother's position is extremely lofty. If she wants to celebrate her birthday, it will definitely be a big party for all the immortals.
According to The Journey to the West's records, the Queen Mother's birthday banquet was called "Flat Peach Banquet", which was named after a group of immortals in the Flat Peach Garden ate flat peaches.
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The Queen Mother, also known as Yuan Jun, Taihua's true grandmother, Jiuling ancestral temple Guishan Jinniang, Tailing Jiuguang Guitai Jinniang, Yaochi Jinniang, Yuan Junjin Jinniang, Western Queen Mother, Jinniang, Queen Mother, Western Queen Mother, etc., are all called "Shang Sheng Bai Yu Guitai's Nine Spirits are too boundless, and Yaochi Dasheng Xiwangmu is the immortal supreme Lord."
"Book in the Pillow" says: "The gods of heaven and earth, Mu Gong and Jin Mu, are essence, give birth to all things, harmonize yin and yang, and the sun and the moon are bright."
The Queen Mother is the immortal goddess in charge of elixir, punishing evil and warning disaster in China mythology. Some scholars believe that the Queen Mother of the West is the ancestor goddess deified by the ancients.
In Taoist mythology, the Queen Mother of the West is the head of a female fairy and the goddess who dominates and cultivates immortals, corresponding to the head of a male fairy. Is the goddess of creation, the founder of Quanzhen religion.
In the later period, the Queen Mother of the West was regarded as the goddess of marriage, childbirth and protection of women, and appeared in a large number of folklore, novels and operas.
Many ancient books and legends have records about the Queen Mother of the West. Comparing Gui Zang of Shang Dynasty with Zhouyi of Western Zhou Dynasty, we can know that the Queen Mother has the elixir of life. In the annals of bamboo books, the image of the Queen Mother of the West is an elegant female emperor.
The image in Shan Hai Jing is: "It is shaped like a human being, with a leopard's tail and tiger's teeth, but it is good at whistling, which is the strength of the company and the five disabled." Yu Cheng You Xian Lu claims that the tiger body is the messenger of the Queen Mother of the West-the God of the West White Tiger.