Wenchang Emperor, also known as Gengsheng Yongming Tianzun, Zitong Dijun, Lei Ying Dijun, Qiqu Ling Ying Tianzun, Baode Hongren Emperor, Baoguang Chunyi Tianzun, is called "Nine Days of Immortality, Shengbao, and Education Master Changle You Yongling Film Emperor". It is the god in charge of the fame and fortune of literati, and is revered by China folk and Taoism. Wenchang, or wenchang star, was regarded as the star who presided over the fame and fortune of literary works in ancient times.

Wenchang Emperor became the god in charge of the fame and wealth of scholars, and both China folk and Taoism believed in it, which was related to Zitong Emperor Zhang Yazi. In the second year of the Eastern Jin Dynasty (AD 374), yu zhang, a native of Shu, claimed to be the King of Shu, and fought against Fu Jian, the former Qin Dynasty, and died heroically. People built the yu zhang Temple for him in Qiqu Mountain in Zitong County, honorably calling him Razer Dragon God.

God-welcoming activities

Wenchang Patrolling Sacrifice, also known as "Meeting God" and "Meeting Zitong", is an important part of Wenchang Sacrifice and Spring and Autumn Sacrifice, and it is a folk cultural activity formed with Wenchang's belief in emperors. Every morning on the twelfth day of the first lunar month, residents in and around the county get up early to take a shower and change clothes. Residents in the city set up incense tables in front of their homes, with red embroidered silks and satins, incense burners, left and right candlesticks and red candles on the table.

There are red palace lanterns hanging at the door, and fresh branches of cypress trees are placed in front of the door, and smoke is lit with dry wood. At about seven o'clock in the morning, a young gentleman came from the city, wearing a robe and jacket, a hat, Yin He on his back, and a horse on his chest, and crossed the county to the mountain road. I went straight to Qiqu Mountain Temple, contacted the leaders of the meeting on the mountain according to the scheduled procedure, and respectfully asked Emperor Wenchang to start driving the sedan chair.

At about nine o'clock in the morning, Zitong magistrate led his entourage, gentry and so on. , and the big sedan chair decorated with red silk carried the statue of Zitong Town, which was in charge of the underworld and ghosts in the county. In the sound of firecrackers, I came to the Yingguan Pavilion in the north of the county seat to welcome the arrival of Wenchang Emperor Shinto.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Wenchang Dijun