A barren mother, also known as infinite mother, infinite heavenly mother, infinite saint, mysterious master, clear God, is sometimes called old mother in scripture. There have been many folk religions since Ming and Qing dynasties, including Luo religion, western Mahayana religion, and? Qi Zushan Mahayana, Zhai,,? The Supreme God, such as Tian Li, is born with Tao, and Tao is consistent with heaven.

The emergence of childless mothers has created a series of childless mothers who worship religion in later generations. Hundreds of folk secret religions in Ming and Qing Dynasties, most of them worship childless mothers directly or indirectly as the highest gods.

The barren god is not only the creator, but also the creator of the universe and mankind, the master of all living things and the ancestor of mankind. At the same time, she is also the savior, saving the descendants who are trapped in the sea of suffering, sending ancient Buddha, Sakyamuni Buddha and Maitreya Buddha to save the world, or saving all beings personally; You can also judge people's reincarnation, crossing over, or being exiled to hell after death.

Many religions in later generations have such a theory that there is no reincarnation of mother as a leader, such as Mahayana Lu Niu. In modern times, the religion of Luo religion system was no longer popular. However, influenced by the belief of Luo religion, people cast childless mothers on the golden mothers of Taoist Yaochi, named them "mothers", and attributed their childless abilities to the golden mothers of Yaochi. In addition, the doctrine of Neo-Confucianism says that Guanyin Bodhisattva is the embodiment of childless mother.

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The pure water bottle of 65438+ congenital Taoist temple also represents a childless mother.

2. The folk belief is that there is a statue of infinite mother, a white-haired old woman holding a statue of fairy wand.