What is the date of birth of Emperor Wenchang?

1. The emperor was born on the third day of the second lunar month, so the third day of the second lunar month will be regarded as the Christmas of Emperor Wenchang.

Historical legends

1. Wenchang Emperor, whose real name is Zhang Yazi, was born in Yuejun (now Yuexi County, Liangshan Prefecture, Sichuan Province) in the Tang Dynasty and later moved to Qiqu Mountain (Zitong County, Sichuan Province). Because of his deep belief in Taoism, people admired his moral character after his death, so he built a temple in Qiqu Mountain, named "Qingxu Guan", and engraved "Zitongjun" on the tablet, which became a temple. When Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty and Emperor Xuanzong fled to Sichuan, they used this belief to make Zitong God the left prime minister and King Jishun.

2. Renzong Yanyou lasted for three years until Yuan Dynasty (13 16), and was named "Fuyuan Hua Kai Wenchang Lu Si Hongren Emperor", referred to as "Wenchang Emperor" for short. The word Wenchang appeared in this title in all previous dynasties, which was combined with wenchang star belief. Since then, Zidi has become the god of articles and knowledge, and is responsible for the affairs of Wenchang House. Due to the strong admiration of the emperor in Tang Dynasty, Zitong changed from a local god to a national god, and gradually merged with Wenchang God.

3. Seeing that this belief can be used, Taoist priests in the Song and Yuan Dynasties called Wenchang Emperor and respected him as the god of life and death. It was a way for ancient scholars to enter the imperial examination, so Wenchang Palace was established all over the world. After the Ming Dynasty, every school dedicated some buildings to Emperor Wenchang. In the Qing Dynasty, on the birthday of Emperor Wenchang on the third day of February in the lunar calendar, the court sent people to worship at Wenchang Temple in Beijing. Although Wenchang is the god of Taoism, it has a strong Confucian color.

4. In the Southern Song Dynasty, a Taoist wrote Yin-related Articles in the name of Emperor Wenchang, which is a good book to persuade the world to do good and accumulate virtue in the name of Emperor Wenchang. This book was very popular in the past and had a great influence. This is one of the three books to persuade the good and the truth, and the other two books are Induction on the Mount Tai and Guandi Shi Jue and Zhen Jing.

5. Wen Changdi, who is in charge of the fate of the exam and dominates the fame and fortune of scholars, is more popular with scholars than Confucius. At the same time, he is also the god of lettering, bookstores, stationery stores, storytelling and paper copying, so the booksellers' association used to be called "Wenchang Guild Hall".

February of the lunar calendar;

The first day: Christmas in Zhang Tianshi, Wang Guang and Gou Chen, the first hall of Qin Dynasty, went to work.

The next day: Fude Shen Zheng (the land god), Qian Qiu (the front teeth), Jiang Ziya, and Jigong Bodhisattva.

The third day: Christmas of Wenchang Emperor

Day 6: Donghua Emperor (Dong) Christmas Day

Day 8: Three Halls, Emperor Song and Emperor Zhang

Day 10: ancestor of Yongquan?

Fifteen: Grandfather Lao Jun, Xuan Nv's ninth birthday, Yue Wumu's (Yue Fei's) birthday, Taiqing's birthday.

Sixteen: Zhang Kai Wang Sheng (Chen Yuanguang, born on February 16th, 657, the second year of Tang Xianqing). Shennong's birthday

Seventeen: White Prince (Leitian)

Eighteen: Four Temples and Five Official Kings

Nineteen: the birth of Guanyin Bodhisattva

Twenty-one: Samantabhadra Bodhisattva

24: Du

Twenty-five: Tian Xuan's father Ming Chengzu

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Historical Legends of wenchang star