Taiyi Zhenren

He was invoked at funerals and other rituals to send the dead to the Eastern Heavenly Pure land Chang Le, where he lives, and also during the Ghost Festival to save suffering souls from Diyu (hell).

Taiyi Zhenren, believed to be a historical figure named Yang Su, was born in Shuitou, Nan'an County.

He was a renowned physician and Taoist during the late Tang dynasty, well-versed in the techniques of Qihuang (岐黄), a form of traditional Chinese medicine.

[2] According to Fengshen Yanyi, Taiyi Zhenren is the renowned teacher of Nezha, the celestial being destined to bring peace back to the Zhou dynasty.

Taiyi Zhenren is stationed atop Mount Champion and instructed Nezha to stay at Old Pond Pass – the place he had been born.

After having no choice but to be rid of Shiji Niangniang, he would start off by disabling the silk scarf which she stole from Nezha, and then trap her within his Nine-dragon-fire-net.

In the Ming dynasty novel Journey to the West, the powerful demon known as the Grand Saint of Nine Spirits (九靈元聖) is actually the Nine-Headed Lion that Taiyi Jiuku Tianzun rides on.

The boy in charge of looking after the lion once secretly drank a special potion and fell asleep for three days in Heaven (equivalent to three years in the human world).

The Taiyi Cave Scenic Area is located in Jiangjiadong Village, 5 kilometers south of the hot springs at 106 Chang'an Avenue, Xian'an District, Xianning City, Hubei Province.

[8] Leshan Zixia Palace, the ancestral temple of the Western Daoist tradition in China, is located at 717 Bishan Road, 130 kilometers southwest of Chengdu City, Sichuan Province.