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Shangdi (Chinese: 上帝; pinyin: Shàngdì; Wade–Giles: Shang Ti), also called simply Di (Chinese: 帝; pinyin: Dì), is the name of the Chinese Highest Deity...

the words "Dark (or Mysterious) Heavenly Highest Deity" (玄天上帝 Xuántiān Shàngdì) appeared before him. The woman in labor was a manifestation of the goddess...

Wǔfāng Shàngdì). It is also one of the Four Symbols of the Chinese constellations, which are the astral representations of the Wufang Shangdi. The Azure...

The Wǔfāng Shàngdì (五方上帝 "Five Regions' Highest Deities" or "Highest Deities of the Five Regions"), or simply Wǔdì (五帝 "Five Deities") or Wǔshén (五神 "Five...

Shangdi Subdistrict (Chinese: 上地街道; pinyin: Shàngdì Jiēdào) is a subdistrict situated in the northeast of Haidian District, Beijing, China. It shares...

Huángtiān Shàngdì); others are "Great Deity the Heavenly King" (天皇大帝 Tiānhuáng Dàdì) and "Supreme Deity of the Vast Heaven" (昊天上帝 Hàotiān Shàngdì). God is...

Shangdi station (Chinese: 上地站; pinyin: Shàngdì zhàn) is a station on Line 13 of the Beijing Subway. The station has 2 at-grade side platforms. There is...

Society (simplified Chinese: 拜上帝会; traditional Chinese: 拜上帝會; pinyin: Bài Shàngdì Huì) was a religious movement founded and led by Hong Xiuquan which drew...

A mother goddess is a major goddess characterized as a mother or progenitor, either as an embodiment of motherhood and fertility or fulfilling the cosmological...

Emperor Shang of Han (Chinese: 漢殤帝; pinyin: Hàn Shāngdì; Wade–Giles: Han Shang-ti; late October or early November 105 – 21 September 106) was an infant...

temples and monasteries associated with the Lord of the North, Xuantian Shangdi. The Wudang Mountains are renowned for the practice of tai chi and Taoism...

such as: Huáng Tiān Shàngdì (皇天上帝; Huáng, "Emperor" + Tiān + Shàngdì) or Xuán Tiān Shàngdì (玄天上帝; Xuán, "Deep" + Tiān + Shàngdì) Shàngtiān (Shàng + Tiān...

of Shangdi in China. In Ancient Chinese society, nobles of all levels constructed altars for Heaven. At first, only nobles could worship Shangdi but...

worship of Confucius, the seventy-two disciples, Mencius, Zhu Xi, and Shangdi. Religious Confucianism has had state sponsorship since the Han dynasty...

(17th―11th century BCE), the Chinese referred to their highest god as Shangdi or Di (帝, 'Lord'). During the following Zhou dynasty, Tian became synonymous...

most sacred gods in the Shang pantheon. The highest of the Shang gods was Shàngdì ̣上帝, or simply Dì 帝. In many oracle bone inscriptions, Dì is described...

Han, worship of Taiyi was an official belief, ranked above the Wufang Shangdi and worshipped by the Emperor himself. Taiyi is regarded as the god of...

places her infant son Han Shangdi on the Chinese throne. First and the only year of yanping era. September 21 – Han Shangdi dies after a 7-month reign...

which Hong presented as a restoration of the ancient Chinese faith in Shangdi. His associate Feng Yunshan then founded the God Worshipping Society to...

dynasty (1766 BCE) until the modern period centered on the worship of Shangdi (literally "Above Sovereign", generally translated as "God") or Heaven...