Wu Zetian's hometown was in Wenshui, Binzhou, which is today's Wenshui, Shanxi Province.

Wu Zetian was the second daughter of the founding minister of the Tang Dynasty, Samurai Kuan, and her mother was Yang, who came from the royal family of the Sui Dynasty. Wu Zetian's ancestral home was in Wenshui County, in the province of Bingzhou, which is today's Beixu Village in Wenshui County, Shanxi Province.

Wu Zetian was called to the harem as a courtesan during the reign of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, when she was only 14 years old, and was sent to the Sanye Temple as a nun because she was a woman with the family name of Wu after the death of Emperor Taizong.

Zetian hair after shaving, but also rules and regulations for four or five years of the life of the green chime red fish, Gaozong ascended to the throne, once to sense of the temple incense, love at first sight, in the five years of the Yong Hui imperial edict into the harem, sealed as Zhaoyi, and then the next year for the queen.

After the death of Emperor Gaozong, Wu Zetian became the Empress Dowager of Emperor Zhongzong and Emperor Ruizong of the Tang Dynasty. In 690, Wu Zetian made herself emperor and renamed the country Zhou.

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According to the New Book of the Tang Dynasty - Yuan Tianzang Biography, when Wu Zetian was a young boy, her father, Samurai Jiaozi (武士婻), was the first person in the Tang dynasty to be granted the title of Zhou. , her father, Samurai Kung Fu, took office as the governor of Lizhou. A local master of face reading called Yuan Tiangang once read her face.

Yuan Tiangang once passed by Wu Zetian's house and met Mrs. Yang. Yuan Tiangang immediately said, "Madam, you are born with extraordinary bones, and you will have a noble son at home.

After hearing this, Mrs. Yang immediately invited Yuan Tiangang to her home, wanting him to see which child was a noble son, and according to the custom of the time, she looked at the son first.

Wu Yuanqing and Wu Yuanshuang were then pulled out, and Yuan Tianzang looked at them and said, "These two Langjuns are good-looking, and will be the sons of a family protector in the future. Then the eldest daughter was called out.

Yuan Tianzang took another look and said, this little lady is also good, will certainly be a noble lady, but it is a pity that her husband, after her great fortune, her husband is not good.

And then, the nurse carried Wu Zetian out. The first time I saw her, she was still very young and was wearing a boy's clothes. Yuan Tianzang took one look at the child and his face suddenly changed.

Mrs. Yang and the samurai both sensed this and immediately asked, "Mr. Yuan, what do you think of this child of ours?" Yuan Tianzang shook his head and said, "It doesn't look good, you need to get her down on the ground and walk a couple of steps.

Wu Zetian then walked two steps, flashing a pair of big eyes looking at Yuan Tiangang. Yuan Tianzang said, "Oh, no, this groom was born with dragon eyes and phoenix neck, this is the appearance of great fortune, how can he be a boy, if it is a girl, must be the lord of the world ah".

Eventually, Wu Zetian entered the palace as a queen and with the Tang Emperor Gaozong called the two saints, and then established the Zhou Wu Wang dynasty known as the only female emperor in Chinese history.

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