The King of the Three Mountains originated in the Chaoshan region of Guangdong Province and is one of the oldest and most influential deities.
Its belief is very prosperous in the land of Jiexi, as the patron saint of Jieyang, the king of Sanshan and his wife have the highest position in the hearts of Chaoshan people.
According to records, the King of the Three Mountains was originally three high mountains in Jieyang County, which were called Jinshan, Mingshan, and Dushan.
The three kings of the three mountain kings each have their own day of the birth of a god. King Dushan Huiwei Hongying Feng was March 16;King Jinshan assisted the government of Ming Suning on February 28;King Minh Son Thanh Hoa Shengde Bao is March 24. On the birthday of the Three Mountains King, the Chaozhou people in Fujian, Taiwan Province and Southeast Asia enter the temple to worship the Three Mountains King.
The king of the three mountains, there are many folk legends, and there are many apparitions, all of which are to assist the local area to eliminate harmful diseases, resolve floods and droughts and the disaster of swords and soldiers.
According to legend, at the end of the Song Dynasty, Emperor Song Gong was plundered by the north, Wen Tianxiang supported Emperor Song Duan in Fuzhou to ascend the throne, at this time the Yuan Dynasty army pressed the border, DJI Zhang Shijie was ordered by the emperor to lead troops to Chaozhou to resist the enemy, went to the territory of Jieyang, was ambushed, surrounded by the army, the situation was very critical, suddenly the weather changed greatly, the wind and thunder increased, only to see three soldiers and horses rushed out from the mountains on three sides, led by three generals, rushed to the Yuan army, killed the Yuan army to lose their armor, and fled in the wilderness, relieving the danger of being besieged for Zhang Shijie.
Zhang Shijie was about to take someone to thank him, but he saw that the three soldiers and horses retreated in an instant, and disappeared after the wind and thunder, only to see three mountains, one with green trees, one with white stones, and one with brown and red soil, so he sealed the three mountains as the king of the three mountains.
And set up a temple to worship, the statue of the god, a green face, a white face, a brown face, this is the god of the three mountains.
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