Wednesday, October 14, 2015

The Royal Robe for a Local Deity "Yuen Tin Sheung Dai" 藍田玄天上帝的龍袍




I went sketching at the birthday celebration of the deity "Yuen Tin Sheung Dai" in Lam Tin this evening.  What I like most was the royal robe for the deity which had a flying dragon on it.  The sparking spots surrounding the dragon resembled stars in the sky.   

得知玄天上帝寶誕係附近,便前往速寫。玄天上帝件龍袍上有龍,龍身有雲同星包圍,像徵天上翔龍。玄天上帝全名真係長,全名係北極鎮天真武玄天上帝玉虛師相金闕化身蕩魔永鎮終劫濟苦天尊。來頭好勁,但對此神靈真不太了解,查查先知玄天上帝即係北帝。


維基百科係咁寫:



玄天上帝,本名玄武大帝,宋真宗大中祥符五年,為避諱聖祖趙玄朗之名而改稱為真武。全稱北極鎮天真武玄天上帝玉虛師相金闕化身蕩魔永鎮終劫濟苦天尊,通稱北極玄天上帝。常被簡稱為北帝、真武大帝或玄天上帝。其又有玄武神、真武神、元武神、玄武大帝、開天大帝、北極大帝、北極佑聖真君、北極蕩魔天尊等稱;俗稱上帝公、上帝爺公、上帝爺或帝爺公。
其象徵北極星與四象中的玄武,為統理北方之道教大神,北方在五行之中屬水,能統領所有水族與水上事物(故兼海神),因北方在五色中屬於黑色,又稱黑帝。
玄天上帝亦是明朝鎮邦護國之神、降妖伏魔之神、戰神,明朝公家建了許多玄天上帝廟,並由官方祭祀。北帝據說擁有消災解困,治水禦火,護持武運及延年益壽的神力,故頗受擁戴。


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