In the fairy position, there is only the black mother, and there is no white mother. The black mother, also known as the black old lady, is a self-cultivated fairy. In general Taoist temples and some temples, there will be statues of the black old lady. It is generally believed that the total spirit of the black old lady is in Jiuding Tiesha Mountain, Benxi City, Liaoning Province. According to legend, the black old lady was cultivated into a fairy in the hanging stone cave of Jiuding Tiesha Mountain, so the black mother is one of the immortals in the northeast fairy belief.
Black Mother is a great protector in Northeast China, and her birthday is June 24th of the lunar calendar. According to legend, Black Mother was born in Yuncheng, Shanxi Province during the Eastern Han Dynasty. Her surname is Feng. She has a twin brother named Feng Changsheng, and her name is Feng Mengyu. Brother and sister are gifted and intelligent since childhood. When Feng Mengyu grew up to be sixteen years old, he acquired an excellent medical skill and pharmacology at an early age because of his unique talent.
That year, it happened to catch up with natural disasters and plagues in Shanxi, which caused many people to die. Feng Meng's ballad was in her eyes, and she was anxious. She suddenly had a dream at night. The Taoist ancestor taught her to use Shanxi old vinegar to relieve the plague.
The next day, Feng Mengyao, with the support of his family, set up a tent outside and used Shanxi old vinegar as a diversion to make people take it. As a result, the medicine was cured and the plague was quickly eliminated. Legend has it that this is also the reason why Shanxi people love to eat old vinegar. After several rounds of reincarnation, she did good deeds and accumulated virtue, and finally the black mother became immortal as a mysterious fox.
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In some Taoist temples in the northeast, Black Mother and Great Grandpa Hu and his wife are often enshrined in the same temple. According to legend, Grandpa Hu San was originally a benevolent squire in Shandong, Hu Yuyang. He was widely believed because he believed in Taoism and was good at Zhouyi, so he was called Grandpa Hu San because he was the third.
Later, influenced by film and television media and shamanism, she became a "fox fairy" with her surname. Just like the belief in Wong Tai Sin in Taoism, some people are now beginning to equate it with the belief in "Huang Xian" in Northeast China.
In Taoist temples, beliefs such as Black Mother and Great-grandfather Hu and his wife are not only ordinary immortals, but also regarded as guardians of the intangible beings in Taoist temples. It is understood that there are a wide range of belief bases in Northeast China, such as Fox Fairy, Huang Xian, Python Fairy, etc., and many people have become "brothers" because of this, and they help people see things through possession and other means.
It should be pointed out that Taoism's Jade Pavilion on the Temple of Heaven, Notes on Lao Zi's Thinking of Er, Quotations from the Real Person of Hai Qiongbai and Ten Rules of Doors all point out that all the true immortals will not be attached to the human body, and those who attach human language will definitely be heretics of evil spirits. In other words, this kind of thinking is not a Taoist belief.
In addition, The Quotations of Hai Qiongbai's Real Person also points out that evil teachers go too far, which is not the fault of all beings. One blindly attracts many people, and the other confuses others. The Ten Rules of the Doors pointed out that heresies such as possession are not suitable for those who practice the Dharma, nor should they cover up evil words and induce others to harm the Tao.