Yu Shi
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "about". Yu Shi (traditional Chinese: Script error: No such module "Lang".; simplified Chinese: Script error: No such module "Lang".; pinyin: Script error: No such module "lang".; lit. 'Master of Rain') is a Chinese spirit or god of rain, also known as or conflated with Red Pine (Chisong, Script error: No such module "Lang"., or Chisongzi – Master Red Pine),[1] among other names.[a] Translations of Yu Shi into English include "Lord of Rain" and "Leader of Rain".
As Yu Shi
Yu Shi in Chinese folk religion and Chinese mythology generally appears in association with Feng Bo, the god of the wind; and Lei Gong, the god of thunder.[5] There are both current religious activities and historical mythical stories associated with Yu Shi. Various references in poetry and popular culture also exist, for example in the Chu ci poems "Tian Wen"[2][3] and "Yuan You".[6] His consort is Yu Shiqie (Template:Zh).[7]
As Chisongzi
According to certain versions, a certain Chisongzi (Chinese: Script error: No such module "Lang".; pinyin: Script error: No such module "lang".; Wade–Giles: Script error: No such module "lang".; lit. 'Master Red Pine') during the reign of Shennong ended a severe drought by sprinkling water from an earthen bowl and was rewarded by being made the Lord of Rain with a dwelling on the mythical Kunlun Mountain.[8]
In another form, Chi Songzi is depicted as a chrysalis of a silkworm who has a concubine whose face is black, holds a snake in each hand, and has a red snake coming out of one ear and a green snake coming out of the other.[9]
Historical myths
Yu Shi (together with Feng Bo) is said to have aided Chiyou in his struggle against the Yellow Emperor during the Battle of Zhuolu, but was defeated by the intervention of the drought goddess Ba.[10]
Current
Yu Shi is worshiped by Han Chinese, Maonan people, and other people in modern southwest China as an important rain god with ritual prayer ceremonies performed to entreat for rain.[11]
See also
- Meng Haoran
- Shangyang (rainbird), a mythical one-legged bird
- Wong Tai Sin
- Yinglong
Notes
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- ^ For examples, Píng (Script error: No such module "Lang".),[2] Píngyì (Script error: No such module "Lang".),[3] Píngyì (Script error: No such module "Lang".) "Screen Shade", Háopíng (Script error: No such module "Lang".) "Howling Ping", Xuánmíng (Script error: No such module "Lang".) "Dark Dim"[4]
References
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- ^ Soushen Ji vol. 1-10 p. 9 of 203 quote: Script error: No such module "Lang". translation: "Master Red Pine was Rain-Leader during the Divine Farmer's time"
- ^ a b Elegies of Chu "Questions to Heaven" quote: Script error: No such module "Lang". translation based on Mair (1994): "The pluvial sprite cries out for rain to start falling; How does he bring it about? "
- ^ a b Wang Yi, Elegies of Chu - Syntactic and Semantic Analysis (Script error: No such module "Lang".) vol. 3 Heavenly Questions quote: Script error: No such module "Lang".
- ^ Soushen Ji vol. 1-10 p. 77 of 203. quote: Script error: No such module "Lang".
- ^ Yang, 242
- ^ Elegies of Chu, "Far Roaming" quote: Script error: No such module "Lang"." translation: "On the left, the Rain Master is employed to serve me on my path; on the right, the Thunder Duke is hired as my bodyguard."
- ^ Classic of Mountains and Seas, "Beyond the Seas - East"; quote: Script error: No such module "Lang". translation: "The Rain Master's Concubine is to the north of [the Fusang tree (Script error: No such module "Lang".) and the Hot-Water Dale (Script error: No such module "Lang".)]; her body is black, each of her two hands holds a snake; on her left ear is a green snake, and on her right ear a red snake. Another says that to the north of the ten suns there is a black-bodied, human-faced person whose each [hand] holds a turtle."
- ^ Christie, 75
- ^ Christie, 75
- ^ Yang, 242
- ^ Yang, 243
References
- Christie, Anthony (1968). Chinese Mythology. Feltham: Hamlyn Publishing. Template:ISBN.
- Yang, Lihui, et al. (2005). Handbook of Chinese Mythology. New York: Oxford University Press. Template:ISBN
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