Oct 10, 2006 18:37
Believe it or not.. there is a chinese deity that governs homosexual relationships! faints.. his name is 兔兒神.
Tu Er Shen (兔兒神) is a Chinese deity who manages the love and sex between men. His name literally means "rabbit deity".
According to Zi Bu Yu (子不語), a book written by Yuan Mei (袁枚, a Qing dynasty writer), Tu Er Shen was a man called Hu Tian Bao (胡天保). Hu loved an officer and was killed by him. After Hu died, he become a deity of homosexuality.
(Below is an abstract of his origin)
中國無神不有,
gay神是兔兒神
清朝初年,有位年輕的御史,奉命巡按福建。當地衙門一個名叫胡天保的胥吏,見他長得俊美,不禁深深著迷,每遇升堂,便目不轉睛地盯著他直瞧。少年巡按察覺後,雖感到奇怪,終究不解其故,而胡天保也不敢將愛慕之情說出來。不久,少年巡按前往別的省分視察,胡天保藉故跟隨,並趁對方上廁所之際,躲在廁所邊偷窺。少年巡按發現後,忍不住找他來問話。他先是抵死不說,及至被戴上手鐐腳銬,這才有些害怕,吞吞吐吐地答道:「小的實是對大人的美貌魂牽夢縈……所以明知彼此身分地位懸殊,不可能會有結果,但還是難以忘懷,不覺就做出無禮的事情來……」少年巡按聞言,認為遭到了極大的侮辱,當場怒不可遏,命皂隸將他拖出去活活打死。
此事過了一個月,胡天保托夢給某鄉親說:「我以非禮之心,冒犯了貴人,被打死也是活該,不過畢竟是一片愛心、一時痴想,與一般兇手不同。陰間鬼吏有嘲笑我的、揶揄我的,但卻沒對我大發脾氣的。如今陰司同情我的遭遇,封我為『兔兒神』,專管人間兩男相悅之事,你們可替我立廟招香火。」
當時福建有情投意合的兩男子互結為契兄契弟的風俗,因此當該鄉親將胡天保的話傳開後,大夥紛紛出資建廟,凡前往祝禱許願者,也無不有求必應。
--取材自《子不語‧卷十九‧兔兒神》
(This is another gay-friendly deity). Legends have said that if u secretly whisper the guy that u like in his ears, he may help u fulfil yr wishes! Coincidentally.. this deity is found in the Cheng Huang Temple.. at TRAS STREET... i think he is the bodyguard of the Cheng Huang Deity, standing beside him.
另外還有一位跟gay有關的神,就是皂隸(官府的差爺)
就是城隍廟裡會拜的那種,傳說若是有喜歡那位公子?在皂隸的耳朵
告訴祂後,祂會幫你傳達心意,傳說是因為鬼吏同情gay的緣故,
所以會幫助一下同志情侶...
我也要拜這種神XD muahahaha