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Shanghai Town God’s Temple Legend
Posted by lisa in City God Temple, shanghai on February 2nd, 2010
Shanghai Town God’s Temple has a long history of Shanghai school of Taoism is one of the main Taoist. Old Town God’s Temple worships the three Buddha, namely, protecting the city of God Qin Yubo, Huo Guang, Chen into. The legend on their varying versions of a lot. He commented that the Qin Yubo, an argument is Yuanmomingchu, who has been called the “resourcefulness of the disability” in Shanghai, in order to avoid chaos, resign back was still a small town in Shanghai. After the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the emperor asked him several times coming out before agreeing to Ruchao. Qin Yubo is a former government veteran, but also skilled in morals, well received by the emperor reuse. The emperor after his death to him as Shanghai’s “City God of gods.”
There are versions that, Qin Yubo is Yuanmomingchu Hebei big celebrity, he lived in Shanghai. Legend he was a dutiful son, because his mother has not seen the throne room lamented, it was built specifically as a throne room building. After one informant, the emperor sent to investigate, he spent the whole night into a Hall of Jinshan Temple, survived a disaster. Qing south, the original ready to massacre. Action Eve, Qing generals dreamed of Qin Yubo, Qin warned him against murder This dared start with. By Qin Yubo “apparitions” and save the people of Shanghai, it was regarded as a god of Chenghuang Temple.