statue of Goddess Chen Jinggu with Lin Jiuniang and Li Sannai in LuyuanTemple (爐源寺 羅東) of Luodong Taiwan[1]
Traditional Chinese
臨水夫人
Simplified Chinese
临水夫人
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Lín Shuǐ Fū Rén
Bopomofo
ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄈㄨ ㄖㄣˊ
Wu
Romanization
lin sr fu nyin
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ
Lîm chúi hu-jîn
Tâi-lô
Lîm tsuí hu-jîn
Eastern Min
Fuzhou BUC
Lìng cūi hŭ-ìng
Chen Jinggu (simplified Chinese: 陈靖姑; traditional Chinese: 陳靖姑; pinyin: Chén Jìnggū) is a Chinese protective goddess of women, children, and pregnancy, and is believed by her worshippers to be a former Taoist priestess.[2][3][4] She is also known as Lady Linshui (臨水夫人 Linshui furen).[5]
Chen Jinggu is a deity worshipped in Fujian, Taiwan, South China, and across East and Southeast Asia. The legend of Chen Jinggu originated in Fuzhou prefecture. She was also a Taoist priestess of the Lushan School (閭山派). She was virtuous and was worshipped as a goddess after her death. She was acquainted in mediumship or spirit channeling.[6]
Taiwan has more than 130 temples dedicated to Chen, and Fujian has many ancestral temples dedicated to her as well. Today, she is revered as a Taoist and Confucian deity.[6]
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