{"id":6577,"date":"2019-11-19T10:38:45","date_gmt":"2019-11-19T10:38:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/chinese-culture\/the-jinjiang-river-goddesses-of-three-sisters\/"},"modified":"2019-11-19T10:38:45","modified_gmt":"2019-11-19T10:38:45","slug":"the-jinjiang-river-goddesses-of-three-sisters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/the-jinjiang-river-goddesses-of-three-sisters\/","title":{"rendered":"The Jinjiang River Goddesses of Three Sisters"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div style=\"padding:4px;\"><span>  <\/p>\n<p>Legend has it that the three daughters of the Dragon  King of the Jinjiang River were touring around the Canshan Mountains  and Erhai Lake, when they found that people living at the foot of the  Lianhua Mountain in Fengyi County were suffering severe drought. The  eldest sister then asked her younger sisters to go back to the Dragon  King&#8217;s palace, leaving herself alone to tackle the water problem for  local people.<\/p>\n<p>She disguised as an old lady and examined the drought co<em><\/em>nditions in  the fields and villages, wher there were no water for growing rice  seedlings and even not enough drinking water for humans and animals  alike. The villagers had seeds of barnyard grass for meal. Then she  brought out a bucket-thick column of spring water by magic at the foot  of the Lianhua Mountain, enabling the villagers to grow rice seedlings.  And there was no water shortage ever since. To express their gratitude  for the Dragon King&rsquo;s eldest daughter, people from the three villages of  Huaying, Puhe and Banzhuang built a patron goddess temple, wher her  image was enshrined. She was therefore respected as the patron goddess  and given the title of Jinjiang River Goddess.<\/p>\n<p>The second daughter of the Dragon King was exceptio<em><\/em>nally beautiful.  While she was at a March fair in Dali, she was harassed by a lustful  childe called &quot;Do<em><\/em>ngjia Luolong&quot; from Haidong, who was dazzled by her  beauty and inserted a fresh flower in her hair. Being disgraced in  public, the second sister, together with the third sister, went to  Haidong to punish Do<em><\/em>ngjia Luolong. On their way there, they passed by  Rock Mountain of Haidong, which was in severe drought conditions. The  second sister&#8217;s heart went out to the industrious and kind people in  misery, so she brought a heavy rain by magic, gushing clear spring water  from the mountainside. After that, the areas at the foot of the  mountain were permanently free from drought. After punishing the lustful  guy, the two sisters returned to Rock Mountain. Attracted by the  mountain&#8217;s gorgeous scenery, they decided to live by the Ciyun Creek in  the mountain. Learning a<em><\/em>bout this, people living in the villages at the  foot of the mountain built a patron goddess temple for the second  sister, who was respected as the patron goddess and given the title of  Ciyun Creek Goddess.<\/p>\n<p>After that, the second sister sent her younger sister to live in the  Green Dragon Mountain accompanied by Master Wuzhong, a trusted servant  of the second sister, so that the third sister wouldn&rsquo;t feel lonely.  When arrived in the Green Dragon Mountain, the third sister channeled  water and brought rain for local villagers. Like her two elder sisters,  she, too, was respected as the patron goddess and given the title of  Jinling Goddess. Later, when the Dragon King of the Jinjiang River came  to visit his three daughters, he was intoxicated by the beautiful  scenery in the Canshan Mountains and Erhai Lake and decided to settle  down at the foot of the Green Dragon Mountain to keep the slightly  lo<em><\/em>nely girls company.<\/p>\n<p>Every year, the patron goddess festival in ho<em><\/em>nor of the three Jinjing  River sisters starts at the 5th day of the first lunar mo<em><\/em>nth and ends  at the 25th. During the festival, various performances including Daben  ballad singing, lion dances and dragon dances are staged in the ten  villages wher the goddesses are worshipped. As the three sisters liked  spring outings, their statues are carried in a sedan chair in turn to  tour around all ten villages as part of the festival celebrations. When  the tours are complete, their statues are sent back to their respective  patron goddess temples.<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"chine-tie-zi-nei-rong-zhi-hou\" id=\"chine-81765754\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1889418300638825\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1889418300638825\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"7273022922\" \ndata-ad-layout-key=\"-gw-3+1f-3d+2z\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Legend has it that the three daughters of the Dragon  King of the Jinjiang River were touring around the Canshan Mountains  and Erhai Lake, when they found that people living at the foot of the  Lianhua Mountain in Fengyi County were suffering severe drought. The  eldest sister then asked her younger sisters to go back to the Dragon  King&#8217;s palace, leaving herself alone to tackle the water problem for  local people.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,2838],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chinese-culture","category-chinese-folktales"],"views":302,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6577\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}