There are several different ways to worship the Chinese seven sisters. These include Gamfa Fuyen, Zhi Nu, Niulang, and Silver River. However, there is also another way to worship the Chinese seven sisters. To do this, you will need to first learn about the deities themselves.
Gamfa Fuyen
In Chinese mythology, Gamfa Fuyen is an all-powerful female deity who is especially revered along China’s southern coast, in Taiwan, and in overseas Chinese communities in Southeast Asia. Her story is complex and includes elements of Buddhism and Taoism. According to legend, she was born near Guangzhou, China, in 1375, and showed supernatural abilities from an early age. The legend also relates how she came to be revered and worshipped by the Yi people, a group of people from southwest China.
The temple is also honoured by the Golden Flower Lady, who is honoured by a statue in Peng Chau and a banner in Mui Wo. The Twelve Wet Nurses are another important deity in Hong Kong. These sexy goddesses are usually depicted in brightly colored tunics and are usually found with little boys sucking on their breasts.
The Seven Sisters festival is held on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month. This year, the festival will fall on August 4, 2022. Many young couples from Wan Chai attend the festival and make offerings of flowers and incense. They ask for a successful relationship. While the festival is held in a temple, the destination is a natural site that has a phallic shape.
Zhi Nu
Chinese seven sisters deity Zhi Nu was once said to live in heaven. She was responsible for knitting and weaving the clouds of heaven. Zhi Nu was allowed to come down to Earth to take a bath and fell in love with a cowherd named Niu Lang. They remained close and had two children.
Legends say that Zhi Nu was once separated from her husband, but he returned. During the time that they were apart, the deity would weep in hope that the husband would return. When Niu Lang came back to earth, the deity allowed them to reunite.
According to Chinese mythology, Zhinu is the seventh daughter of the greatest Goddess, Yu-huang. She left heaven for earth life. Her relationship with Niulang was secret and she had a child with him. However, Zhinu and Niulang eventually divorced each other when the Goddess learned of their relationship. As a result, the Goddess separated them by putting a silver river between them.
Chinese culture also has many traditions related to Zhi Nu. Many young girls and women make offerings to the deity during the Double Seventh Festival, which is believed to bring love. They also make offerings to Zhi Nu, a famous weaver, in hopes of inheriting her needlecraft skills.
Niulang
Niulang is a Chinese deity and is a popular figure in Chinese mythology. In a Chinese folk tale, she is identified as the star Altair in the constellation Aquila. Her story dates back over two thousand years. Niulang was a cowherd who lived with his elderly brother and sister-in-law. His sister-in-law disliked him, and she forced him to leave her home. She brought with her an old cow, a former god. The cow guided Niulang to a lake where fairies bathed. There, she was helped by the fairies and met Zhinu, the most beautiful and skilled seamstress.
Niulang is also known as the Goddess of Heaven. She lived in the sky with her sisters, and she was once a cow herder. The seven sisters were once a part of the sky, but they decided to live on earth. Niulang’s buffalo told him about the fairy sisters. After Niulang’s buffalo talked to the fairies, the seven sisters decided to come to earth to bathe. Niulang then stole one of the fairies’ clothes. The sisters elected their youngest sister Zhinv to retrieve the clothes. The younger sister agreed, but after seeing Niulang naked, she asked her to marry him.
The festival of the Seven Sisters is celebrated on the sixth day of the seventh lunar month, and lasts for one or two nights. The rituals vary depending on where they are celebrated, but they generally include setting up an altar and burning incense. The spinsters also pray to Altair and Vega, which are associated with Zhinu.
Silver River
The legend of the Chinese seven sisters deity Silver River dates back to the third century BC. It tells how the seventh daughter of the Emperor of Heaven fell in love with a cowherd and married him. She was not very good at her duties as a farmer and the Jade Emperor forced her to abandon her farming profession. The Jade Emperor exiled her to opposite banks of the Silver River, where she could only meet her husband once a year. On the night of Qixi, birds from far away flock to the area, and a bridge made of feathers is formed between them. The family is said to be reunited for one night in this feathered bridge.
Magpie Bridge
A Chinese folktale tells of the story of the Chinese deity Magpie Bridge, which brings lovers back together once a year. The myth is based on the legend of two celestial beings called Zhinu and Niulang, who were banished to opposite sides of the Silver River (mainland’s Milky Way). The lovers were so separated that they could never be together, but on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, a flock of magpies gathered in Hong Kong and formed a bridge over the Milky Way, allowing them to reunite for one day.
The Magpie Bridge connects two worlds, the Earth and Heaven. It connects the Heavenly Court and Earth, and is believed to have been built by magpies. This bridge is also the site of the meeting between the Cowherd and Weaving Girl, who meet once a year on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month.
The mythology behind Magpie Bridge is also based on an ancient Chinese story of a bridge shaped like a flock of magpies. Zhi Nu had fallen in love with a Cattle Herder, but a jealous Niu Lang saw her naked and refused to let her go. The Goddess of Heaven then allowed her to return to her heavenly home. The Magpie Bridge became a popular play and a symbol of conjugal happiness in Chinese operas.
The myth behind the Chinese Seven Sisters Festival is an old love story. It dates back to the Zhou Dynasty. Niulang, a cattle herder, and Zhinu, a weaver girl, were reunited on the Magpie Bridge in heaven once a year. In return for her help, the goddess of heaven sent ten thousand magpies to build a bridge over the Milky Way. This bridge allowed the lovers to meet again.
Maia
Maia is the eldest of the seven sisters and is most known for her beauty. She is also known for her solitary existence, living in caves. In Latin, Maia means “mother,” “nurse” or “Great One”. She is also the goddess of Spring and the fifth month is named after her. She once had a star that shone brighter than the other sisters’ stars. However, this star is now blazing below the star of her sister Alcyone, symbolizing sibling rivalry.
Maia is a very important deity in the world. She was a mother of an Olympian god and was very revered throughout the ancient world. The Romans also recognized her as a major mother goddess. This makes Maia an especially important deity when it comes to fertility and motherhood.
Maia was the mother of Zeus’ trickster son, Hermes. The trickster was so good that Zeus elevated him to important status on Mount Olympus. Hermes’s jealousy threatened Arcas, but she was able to provide her with a safe foster home.
The Greeks also revered her as a mother and the goddess of nursing. She was also the mother of Mercury, the god of the seas. During the time of the Greeks, Maia was the mother goddess of the seven sisters and was also the patron of nursing mothers. Maia was also the eldest sister of the seven sisters and the most beautiful of them. Her beauty also made her the patron goddess of nursing mothers.
