Monday 10 September 2007

Pictures of Dong Yue Da Di (天齊仁聖東嶽大帝)





Dong Yue Da Di (東嶽大帝) aka Lord Emperor of Mt Tai, in chinese, we also addressed him as Dong Yue Da Di (東岳大帝) or Tai Shen Shen (泰山神), Official Title for Dong Yu Da Di is Tai Shan Tian Qi Ren Sheng Da Di (泰山天齊仁聖大帝).

According to his position as the Eastern Mountain Lord of the total of the 5 Main Mountains (五岳) and with the element of East (東方), he was being appointed as one of the High Ranking Deities that were able to set/arrange for one's Life and Death 注生死 (and this is why he's being closely associated with the Deities of the Hade).

In some contexts, he's consider as the "Main Boss" of all the Hade Deities (陰司神祇) besides Feng Du Da Di (酆都大帝) - till today, a lot of people still cant differentiate Dong Yu and Feng Du.

The Origin of Dong Yu Da Di (東嶽大帝由來)

In Chinese Deities System, there's 2 saying on Dong Yu's origin, here they are:

1) He's the descedant of Lord Pan Gu (盤古大帝) - the one who open-up Heaven and Earth, named as Jin Hong Shi 金虹氏 (Brother of Dong Hua Di Jun 東華帝君).

2) He was Wu Cheng Wang Huang Fei Hu (武成王黃飛虎) - a General in Shang Dynasty (商朝大將), after he passed-away, he was being appointed as Dong Yu Da Di to look after the issues that were related to all movements of the Mountains, Hills and the Life and Death issues of all Living Beings.

For High Res Pics, please proceed to this link: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/taoism_deity_singapore_2007/photos/album/564427632/pic/list

44 comments:

  1. 東嶽大帝寶誥
    Dong Yu Da Di Bao Gao (Praise Mantra)
      
    志心皈命禮
    Zhi Xin Gui Ming Li

    赫赫玄英之祖 
    He He Xuan Ying Zhi Zu

    金輪少海之宗 
    Jin Lun Shao Hai Zhi Zong

    彌仙母夢日光生 
    Mi Xian Mu Meng Ri Guang Sheng

    紫府聖人東華弟 
    Zi Fu Sheng Ren Dong Hua Di

    昔建功於長白 
    Xi Jian Gong Yu Chang Bai

    始受封於羲皇 
    Shi Shou Feng Yu Xi Huang

    初號泰華真人 
    Chu Hao Tai Hua Zhen Ren

    漢明泰山元帥 
    Han Ming Tai Shan Yuan Shuai

    唐會崇恩聖帝 
    Tang Hui Chong En Sheng Di

    聖朝敕字上主 
    Sheng Chao Chi Zi Shang Zhu

    位鎮坤維 功參乾造
    Wei Zhen Kun Wei, Gong Can Qian Zao 

    仁以德仁 
    Ren Yi De Ren

    回陽手於掌上 
    Hui Yang Shou Yu Zhang Shang

    聖心益聖 
    Sheng Xin Yi Sheng

    麗日月於天中 
    Li Ri Yue Yu Tian Zhong

    五嶽稱讚於東方 
    Wu Yu Cheng Zan Yu Dong Fang

    三界獨尊於中界 
    San Jie Du Zun Yu Zhong Jie

    仰奉行於大道 
    Yang Feng Xing Yu Da Dao

    俯糾察於陰司 
    Fu Jiu Cha Yu Yin Si

    掌人間善惡之權 
    Zhang Ren Jian Shan E Zhi Quan

    字天下死生之柄 
    Zi Tian Xia Xian Si Zhi Bing

    懲姦惡而獄分三十六主 
    Chen Jian E Er Yu Fen San Shi Liu Zhu

    司吉凶而案判七十二曹 
    Si Ji Xiong Er An Pan Qi Shi Er Cao

    行善者注生天堂 
    Xing Shan Zhe Zhu Sheng Tian Tang

    沉迷者尋聲救度 
    Chen Mi Zhe Xun Sheng Jiu Du

    示慈尊垂慈之相 
    Shi Ci Zun Chui Ci Zhi Xiang

    開眾生生化之門 
    Kai Zhong Sheng Sheng Hua Zhi Men

    福與天齊 功高無量 
    Fu Yu Tian Qi, Gong Gao Wu Liang

    大悲大願 大聖大慈 
    Da Bei Da Yuan, Da Sheng Da Ci

    中界至尊 
    Zhong Jie Zhi Zun

    東嶽聖帝
    Dong Yu Sheng Di

    慈光救苦
    Ci Guang Jiu Ku

    威權自在天尊
    Wei Quan Zi Zai Tian Zun

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  2. wats the diff between dong yue da di and feng du da di ?? in rituals i onli see the tablet of feng du da di but didnt saw dong yue da di ..

    where does dong yue da di so called "home/house" ?? in the nether world ?? i heard some saying that though he 掌管 the netherworld things but in fact he is a heavenly diety ??

    btw .. u did mention to me that 十太保 the protectors of dong yue da di why never saw their statues b4 ?? and isnt 嶽 pronounce as yue ?? =)

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  3. Dong Yu Da Di, a Heavenly Deity that is being appointed the task of looking after the Life and Death issues.

    Eventhough he's being appointed as the In-charge of all the Life and Death of the Living Beings, this doesnt mean that he belongs to the Nether World, this is one of the serious mistake that alot of people made nowadays.

    Whereas Feng Du Da Di is consider as one of the Nether World Deities, etc.

    Dong Yu Da Di has never stay in the Nether World, but staying around in the Zhong Jie (which is consider as the Mortal World) to do inspection on all issues happened in this Realm.

    Shi Tai Bao, yes, they are given the title Dong Yu Shi Tai Bao, but actually they have more tasks to perform and look into then just staying at Dong Yu Da Di's department.

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    As for the addressing, in the past, we address him as Dong Yue, but later folks change the title to Dong Yu.

    To be more accurate, both titles can be used.

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  4. oh okok ...

    well i thought it was yu @ first but after checkin etc .. den realise its yue .. without the "shan" on top its indeed yu but wit the "shan"on top it i think it is suppose to pronounce as yue .. haha some ppl taught me ..

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  5. 2) He was Wu Cheng Wang Huang Fei Hu (武成王黃飛虎) - a General in Shang Dynasty (商朝大將), after he passed-away, he was being appointed as Dong Yu Da Di to look after the issues that were related to all movements of the Mountains, Hills and the Life and Death issues of all Living Beings.

    Hi bro jave, can give more history or detail of Wu Cheng Wang Huang Fei Hu, Thanks.



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  6. Hahahaha, whether with or without the Shan on top is still pronouce as Yu, Yue is the one that we used as surname for people, such as Yue Fei - the Song Dynasty Loyal General.

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  7. Dear Bro,

    Huang Fei Hu, a General of Shang Dynasty (a History Character, but some claim that he only appeared in Feng Shen Bang), performing his task under the Evil King Zou Wang to fight against the Army Troope of Zhou Wen Wang Ji Chang and Jiang Tai Gong.

    After Zou Wang snatched Fei Hu's wife to the Palace and do nasty things to her, Huang Fei Hu was so disappointed and decided to left the Shang Court and take refuge under Jiang Tai Gong.

    After winning the battle of defeating Zou Wang, Fei Hu was bestowed with the title of Dong Yu Da Di - to look after the issues of Mountains and Hills and also, the Life and Death issues, whereas his 4 nephews (sons of Dong Hua Di Jun) being bestowed as Nan Yu, Xi Yu, Bei Yu and Zhong Yu Da Di (from Feng Shen Bang).

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  8. According to Taoist Scripture "Dong Yu Da Sheng Bao Can" 《東嶽大生寶懺》, actually Dong Yu Da Di has 5 Sons, here are the Official Title of the 5 sons/Dong Yu Princes (these titles are being recite during the invitation of all the Deities):

    東嶽上殿至聖威雄炳靈仁惠王
    Dong Yu Shang Dian Zhi Sheng Wei Xiong Bing Ling Ren Hui Wang

    東嶽太子聖嗣祐靈侯
    Dong Yu Tai Zu Sheng Si You Ling Hou

    東嶽太子惠靈侯
    Dong Yu Tai Zi Hui Ling Hou

    東嶽太子靜鑑尊師
    Dong Yu Da Zi Jing Qian Zun Shi

    東嶽太子宣靈侯
    Dong Yu Tai Zi Xuan Ling Hou

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  9. use the chinese dictionary (traditional word) and check and when type "yue" den this word appear lei ..(???????)

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  10. You cant find this character anymore, cos it's a old character, only Taiwan still using it, in Spore, we only used the normal Yu as in Jail.

    Actually, to be more accurate, we shall used the one with the Shan character on Top, that represents Mountain rather than the one used as Jail.

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  11. ??? i saw a lot temples and tuas using it .. like tang ga beo 东嶽庙。。tua wil be dong yue hu shan dian if i not wrong ..

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  12. 东嶽庙 -> this is correct one, as for Yue (岳), also can, both are acceptable.

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  13. ya .. (岳) comes fr the word 嶽..

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  14. Huang Fei Hu, a General of Shang Dynasty (a History Character, but some claim that he only appeared in Feng Shen Bang), performing his task under the Evil King Zou Wang to fight against the Army Troope of Zhou Wen Wang Ji Chang and Jiang Tai Gong.

    After Zou Wang snatched Fei Hu's wife to the Palace and do nasty things to her, Huang Fei Hu was so disappointed and decided to left the Shang Court and take refuge under Jiang Tai Gong.

    After winning the battle of defeating Zou Wang, Fei Hu was bestowed with the title of Dong Yu Da Di - to look after the issues of Mountains and Hills and also, the Life and Death issues, whereas his 4 nephews (sons of Dong Hua Di Jun) being bestowed as Nan Yu, Xi Yu, Bei Yu and Zhong Yu Da Di (from Feng Shen Bang).

    Thx for the explanation , bro.

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  15. I've seen the Wu Yu Da Di (Dong Yu, Nan Yu, Xi Yu, Bei Yu And Zhong Yu Da Di) in Five colored form. Dong Yu Da Di being green, Nan Yu- red, Xi Yu - Flesh colored, Bei Yu- black and Zhong Yu- gold colored. In this situation usually with regards to other deities in five color system the gold one is usually in the middle but since Dong Yu Da Di here is the leader he is in the middle. Is this Correct?

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  16. No, as for the color system, actually the folks uses the Five Directional Color System to inplant into the Deities System, so allow them to recognise them easily - Green represent Dong/East, etc...

    In some temples, yes, they will place Dong Yu in the middle to show his high-position, but some dont follow that, they will tend to place the Zhong in the center (according to the Direction Dong Nan Zhong Xi Bei or the other way).

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  17. I see thank you very much for the info. Since its the feast day of Bei Yu Da Di tomorrow can I ask what is his primary function/s? Is it the same as Dong Yu Da Di? Thanks in advance. :-)

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  18. Bei Yu Da Di got different tasks from Dong Yu.

    Dong Yu can said to be the overall in-charge of all the other Yu, as for Bei Yu, he's given a task of doing the inspections on the movements and all issues that are related to rivers, streams, canals, etc.

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  19. Welcome welcome, remember to go pay respect to him tml hor :P

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  20. Yup I'll burn lots of paper gold tomorrow! Is he vegetarian or can we also offer meat? Bro, how can we go pay respect to him other than offering incense and paper gold?

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  21. Hahahahahaha.. if offering papers to him, then no point paying respect to him.

    For his ranking, offering papers is extra, as long as you have the sincere heart, a piece of paper does make a lot.

    Bring three types of fruits (according to your choice), buy some tea leaves and traditional cookies - jian hup, possible, bring a bottle of white rice wine and some simple papers will do (no need a lot, a stack can liao).

    upon reaching the temple, wash the fruits, place them neatly on the plates, open up the tea leaves and jian hup, place them on the altar, wine can no need to pour, as long as you offer it to him.

    Light 3 joss-sticks (size to ur wish), pay respect to Heaven 1st and then sincerely make ur kneeling infront of the altar, address him by his official title - Bei Yu Da Di, in-order to sound more respectful, you can add a Gong at the end.

    Say why you here and the occasion, after that, make ur request, stand-up, place the joss sticks into the urn by putting the center, follow by right then left.

    Back to the spot where you kneel down, kneel down to make ur respect again, stand-up and make a simple bow and step 3-steps back before leaving the spot.

    After 15mins, you can keep all the offerings and offer ur papers.

    PS: now a lot of temples dont allow meat stuffs, so no need, if you at home, then as your wish la.

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  22. Yup sincerity is the major part of any offerings and respect. Thanks a lot. :-)

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  23. Welcome welcome, as long as he got ur request, you will be blessed.

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  24. New pics added (dongyu_new_01.jpg & F09)

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  25. New pics added (dongyue_new_2008_01.jpg - dongyue_new_2008_04.jpg)

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  26. New pics added (dongyue_new09072008_01.jpg - dongyue_new09072008_03.jpg)

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  27. One of the story is that he was 武成王黃飛虎. I heard of this name in 封神榜 as a person who saved Na Zha when he was young. Is this correct?

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  28. Huang Fei Hu is a real Historical Character in Shang Dynasty. He is a loyal Officer but due to the Evil King Zhou, he was being framed.

    In Singapore, you can honour him at Zhen Ren Gong aka Zhen Long Gong located at Redhill Close.

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  29. New pics added (dongyue_new17062009_01.jpg - dongyue_new17062009_08.jpg)

    Pic 08 is a Picture of Dong Yue Da Di honoured by the Japanese.

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  30. Just visited havelock tee gong tua and happen to see dong yu dai di statue at the right side chamber.
    Nowadays they started to list out all the names of respective gods.

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  31. New pics added (dongyue_new14112010_01.jpg - dongyue_new14112010_05.jpg)

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  32. Is his temple consider as ying temple in singapore?Cos dong yu da di is consider as boss of hell gods in some beliefs..
    From my understanding, he is a heavenly god..correct me if i am wrong.

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  33. Yup, he is considered as Heavenly Deity not belongs to Nether World.

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  34. New Pics added (dongyue_new05012011_01.jpg - dongyue_new05012011_03.jpg)

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  35. Sifu, how can we differentiate Feng Du from Ti Kong? I just went visited the Yu Huang Shang Ti section of your website, and the two Deities look like twins^^.

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  36. Haha, yup, its hard to differentiate unless the painting or statues are made accordingly to the Position/Ranking. And usually from the difference of the Position/Ranking is by looking at the Chair. For Tee Kong, the chair will come with Nine Dragons, whereas Feng Du comes with Five Dragons, same goes to Dong Yue, but Dong Yue usually made with a Gold Face for easy identity.

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  37. Saw 武成王黃飛虎 at havelock road teegong tua and they named it 東岳大帝.

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  38. Yup, this came from the Myth of Feng Shen Bang.

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  39. Hi Sifu, Is Dong Yue Ta Ti same as Yen Luo Wang (King of Hell)?

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  40. No no, Dong Yue is considered as the Boss of Yan Luo.

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