Civil Song & Martial Song Festival 文曲武曲節

By Purple Cloud Admin | 3rd July 2019 |

JULY, 3rd: 文曲武曲節 Civil Song & Martial Song Festival ______________________________________________ The first day of the sixth lunar month, which is the New Moon, is celebrated as Daoist festival in veneration of two stars, Civil Song [文曲] and Martial Song [武曲] of the Big Dipper [bei dou北斗] . They represent the patron stars for scholars and…

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Saints & Sages Part III: 锺离权 & 吕洞宾 Zhong Li Quan & Lü Dong Bin

By Purple Cloud Admin | 1st July 2019 |

Saints & Sages Part III: 锺离权 & 吕洞宾 Zhong Li Quan & Lü Dong Bin ______________________________________________ 吕洞宾年满二十，不娶妻室。当他还是婴儿的时候，马祖看到他说：“这孩子体貌骨相不同凡人，将来定是遨游世外的人。以后‘遇庐则居，见锺则扣’，留心记住这两句话。”（“庐”暗指庐山，“锺”暗指锺离权，即云房先生）以后，洞宾游庐山遇到火龙真人，传授他天遁剑法。 When Lü Dong Bin reached twenty years of age, he had not taken a wife. When he was still an infant, Ancestor Ma saw him and uttered: “This child’s appearance and bones are unlike a common person; in…

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