The Journey to the West Nezha, a classical novel in Ming Dynasty, is a character in The Romance of Gods, a mythical hero with indomitable spirit, and a folk legend that jumps out of books.

Nezha did it again. The "Three Religions Seeking God" originated in the Yuan Dynasty.

According to legend, Nezha is the third son of King Li Jing of Tota and one of the disciples of Buddha Tathagata. He is the great god of the Three Tanhaihui in Tiangong. Nezha was born with the word "Na" in his left palm and "Yi" in his right palm, so he was named Nezha. When I was three years old, I went into the sea and made a big disaster. I walked down the Crystal Palace and caught the dragon cramping and scraping scales. King Tota was afraid that he would make a big scene when he grew up, and wanted to kill Nezha to avoid future trouble. But Nezha got angry, took a knife in his hand, cut the meat and gave it back to his mother, took out the bone and gave it back to his father. A wisp of soul went to the Buddhist paradise to tell the Buddha that the Tathagata took the lotus root as the bone and the lotus leaf as the muscle, and saved Nezha's life. Later, Nezha wanted to kill the heavenly king and avenge gouging out his heart. Fortunately, Tathagata told the truth, gave the Heavenly King Pagoda, and made Nezha take Buddha as his father, so that the enmity between father and son could be resolved. Although Nezha is young, he is well-connected. He has three heads and six arms, a hot wheels pedal, a golden gun in his hand, a ring of Gankun on his head, and six magic weapons, such as demon-cutting sword, demon-cutting knife, demon-binding rope, demon-reducing pestle and hydrangea, are changeable. Whenever King Tota went to war, Nezha was bound to go, sometimes as a pioneer, sometimes as a general, and surrendered to the 96 demons. He was recognized as a young hero in the world.

[Edit this paragraph] Myths and legends

Journey to the west and fairy tales.

Journey to the West is about the third son of Li Jing, king of pagoda. It looks like a teenager, but in fact it is miraculous. Participated in the crusade against the Monkey King and was defeated. "Romance of the Gods" said: One day Nezha went to the Jiuwan River in the East China Sea to take a bath, and the Dragon Palace in the East China Sea was shaken because he put the treasure "Gankun Circle" given by Taiyi in the water to play. The Dragon King hurried to patrol the sea and saw the hag. Nezha was annoyed and killed him. After the Dragon King, the third prince Ao Bing mobilized the dragon soldiers to fight with him, and was killed by Nezha. The dragon king must play the role of the jade emperor to capture his parents. Nezha gave him another beating in front of the Temple of Heaven. Later, in order to show that his behavior had nothing to do with his parents, he tore off the meat and returned it to his mother, and tore off the bone and returned it to his father. After his death, his teacher Taiyi revived Nezha's soul through lotus flowers. He also sent muskets and set foot on hot wheels. After helping Jiang Ziya prosper, he made great achievements.

Prince Nezha defeated the Dragon King.

The wife of Li Jing, the chief commander of Chentangguan, was pregnant for three years and six months and gave birth to meatballs. Suddenly, a boy jumped out of the light. Excavate was unhappy, but a Taoist named Taiyi came to congratulate him, named the child Nezha, accepted him as a disciple, and gave him two treasures on the spot: Gankun Circle and Huntianling. When Nezha was seven years old, the heavens and the earth split, and the Dragon King of the East China Sea kept dripping, and ordered the hag to go to the seaside to rob boys and girls. Brave Nezha killed Hag with Gankun Circle, and killed Ao Bing, the son of the Dragon King who came to reinforce. The Dragon King went to the Heavenly Palace to complain and was beaten half to death by Nezha on the way. So the Dragon King of the East China Sea invited the three brothers to discuss revenge.

The next day, the Dragon King of the Four Seas led the sailors to make waves and flooded Chentangguan. Only after Excavate handed over Nezha did he retreat. Nezha wanted to strike back, but he was stopped by Excavate and took Nezha's two magic weapons. Nezha committed suicide for the safety of the city people. Afterwards, Taiyi real people borrowed lotus flowers and fresh lotus roots to bring Nezha back to life. After the resurrection, Nezha, armed with muskets and riding hot wheels, made a scene in the Dragon Palace, defeated the Dragon King and killed the people.

[Edit this paragraph] Nezha in Taoism

In Taoism, he is said to be the commander-in-chief of the magic weapon, known as "Marshal Zhongtan" and "General Ling Wei". The Jade Emperor ordered Tianmen in Chi Yong Town.

The main points of worshipping Nezha are as follows:

1. Nezha is one of the gods. If there is a Bodhisattva, the Bodhisattva should be the center and Nezha is around.

2. If you worship Nezha, you can't worship King Tota together. Because it is said that the father and son are not in harmony, they can't worship the Dragon King together. There is also because of discord, it is said that the East China Sea and the Dragon King have become feuds.

[Edit this paragraph] Nezha in Buddhism

Nezha is a transliteration of Sanskrit Nalakuvara in Buddhist scriptures. According to legend, he is the son of Vishnu, the most famous king in the north of the four great kings, and one of the protectors of Buddhism. King Vishnu has five sons (it is said that each of the four heavenly kings has 9/kloc-0 sons). In addition to the third prince Nezha, the second emperor Jian is also well-connected. His mother is a goddess of good fortune, and his sister is also a goddess, belonging to a wealthy family in Buddhism.

[Edit this paragraph] The earliest record in Nezha.

According to scholars' research, Nezha's earliest writings about Ina appeared more in the Buddhist scriptures related to Vishnu in the Tang Dynasty and later. "Nezha" is a foreign phonetic name, which means it is not native to China. It turns out that Nezha is indeed an exotic product of God. He was originally a Buddhist god. Before the Tang Dynasty, there was no record of "Nezha" in China. In this way, the imported products of "Nezha" belong to the Tang Dynasty, and the image we know today was formed through the love of later literati.

Guang Zhi, a monk in the Tang Dynasty, translated the truth of Protecting the Northern Wesley King with the Army, calling Nezha the third son of Wesley King. There are other records about Nezha in the Buddhist scriptures of the Tang Dynasty, such as "Prince Nezha, holding a halberd in his hand, looking at all directions with evil" and "Nezha, holding a tower with the heavenly king" ... From the detailed records of these Buddhist scriptures, we can see something about him, such as his life experience and his role.

Due to the prosperity of Buddhist worship in the Tang Dynasty, the story of Wang Sanzi, a Buddhist sutra, spread widely and began to become a character in the notes novels of the Tang Dynasty. For example, the Xuanzong Dynasty of the Tang Dynasty recorded the stories of Lu Yu and Nezha, the Xuanlv monks, in Kaiyuan Chuanxinji. This should be the earliest story of Nezha recorded in the notes novels of the Tang Dynasty except Buddhist scriptures, but the inheritance is very obvious.

[Edit this paragraph] Magic Weapon

● Gankun circle-gold bracelet, it will change, but it can be big or small. The throwing attack is so powerful that every shot hits. Wear resistance, high hardness and trillion impact are not bad.

Seven-foot-long HongLing can automatically bind the enemy. Even if it is cut, it can be repaired automatically.

● hot wheels-Two-wheeled vehicles hide the potential of wind and fire, and can be used as vehicles under their feet. Heaven and earth, very fast.

● BRIC-made of pure gold, brick-shaped, thrown to attack the enemy.

Low-fire jujube-jujube, Nezha has the most powerful, powerful and lethal trick-three heads and six arms. (Originally, it was superhuman powers, but because Nezha's technique was not fully mature, the remaining two arms were not used, so there was only superhuman powers. )

Yin and Yang Sword-Two swords with different properties.

● Kowloon Shenhuogai-Taiyi teaches by a real person. Inside the hood, the flame is rising, and nine fire dragons are coiled. Release samadhi's true fire.

(Quoted from seventy-six chapters of the Romance of the Gods:) ... Nezha was overjoyed, holding the Gankun Circle in one hand, the mixed Tencel in the other, two fire-pointed guns in one hand and the golden brick in the other, but he still had three empty hands; The real person covered the Kowloon Shenhuo again, and took the sword of Yin and Yang. * * * became eight weapons ... ")

[Edit this paragraph] appears in TV series, comics and works.

● Legend of Nezha: 52 episodes of large-scale cartoons, produced by CCTV, premiered in June 2003 1 on CCTV Children's Channel. The main plot of the film is based on The Book of Gods, which shows the image of Nezha who is witty, brave and somewhat childish.

● Lotus Lantern: The mainland TV series Lotus Lantern, in which Zhang plays Nezha and helps Aquilaria save her mother, is also a positive image.

"Lotus Lantern" prequel: Mainland TV series, with Larena as Nezha.

Nezha, Lotus Boy: A Singaporean TV series with Cao Jun as Nezha, whose main plot is based on Love of the Gods.

● Journey to the West: In The Journey to the West's novels and The Journey to the West's TV series, apart from fighting with the Monkey King for the first time, Nezha appeared several times to help the Monkey King subdue demons.

● Worship the gods (list of gods and romance of gods): Nezha is an important general under Jiang Ziya in all versions of list of gods and romance of gods. Generally speaking, most of our legends about Nezha come from the list of gods.

● Postscript to Journey to the West: Nezha plays an important role in the film. He is the first to escape from the lawless prison and help the Monkey King overcome lawlessness and restore the order of heaven.

[Edit this paragraph] The only ancestral temple of Prince Nezha in China.

Nezha Palace is located at the waist of Cuiping Mountain in Yibin, 199 1 rebuilt, which is taken from the fairy tale in the classical novel "List of Gods", that is, after Nezha committed suicide, he entrusted his dream to his mother, Mrs. Yin, and built Nezha Palace in Cuiping Mountain. Nezha Palace is an antique building with mixed mud structure, covering an area of 1 1,000 square meters. The palace was built on a hill. Reasonable layout, simple modeling, carved beams and painted buildings, surrounded by verandahs, cornices and corners, and rare treasures. There are immortal archway, Prince Temple and Nezha cross-legged statue in the palace, which are lifelike. Above the cave gate, there is an exquisite pagoda relief given to Li Jing by the Taoist priest who lights the lamp. At the top of the palace, there is also a temple of Master Nezha with a statue of a real person. According to the cross-strait textual research, it is determined that Nezha Palace in Cuiping Mountain is the only ancestral temple of Nezha (the Third Prince) in China. Every year, compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan and overseas Chinese from Southeast Asia come here to seek roots and worship their ancestors in an endless stream. During the period of 1998, Nezha Palace was invited to visit Taiwan, and three golden bodies were set up for half a year, which highlighted the status of the ancestral temple.