The wife of the Earth God is called the Earth Po, but the wife of the City God is not called the City God Po. It sounds awful, so she has to be called the City God's wife. Ancient Egypt , Ancient India , Babylon and China are the four major civilized countries in the world, with long history and cultural heritage. With the passage of time, the four ancient civilizations of and were destroyed and dismembered, leaving only China.
The long history has left many myths and legends. It is said that gods really existed in ancient China. The legends of immortals are deeply rooted in Chinese culture, and we have great admiration and yearning for them. Among them, the City God is one of the representatives. Every city has a City God Temple , which is the patron saint of the city.
The City God had a prominent position in the Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, was originally a poor man. He joined the uprising in troubled times and took the throne. Zhu Yuanzhang was born and raised among the people, so he respected local gods such as the City God and the Landlord very much. Under his promotion, worship of the City God gradually became popular, and the City God Temple began to flourish. In addition, Zhu Yuanzhang also ordered a ranking of Chenghuang temples in various places. From then on, the City God was no longer a god, but an official position of god. This also makes the city gods in different places different gods.
The folk legend of Mrs. Chenghuang
It is said that there was a girl named Song in Jieyang, Guangdong. One day she and her sister went to the Chenghuang Temple to offer incense. The girl saw that the City God was very handsome, so she told her sister about it. After hearing this, her sister told her that you would marry a man as handsome as the City God. The next night after returning home, Ms. Song dreamed that the City God came to her boudoir and slept with her. The girl came up with a small idea and tied a red thread around the City God's ankle before he left. The next day, she went to the City God's Temple and found a red line on the City God's ankle. Later, the girl died without any reason. It was widely rumored that this girl went to another world to marry the City God. After that, the local people built a golden body for the girl and placed it in the City God's Temple, where she became the wife of the City God.
