Yunhua
deity sky Chinese single tradition · 3
Yunhua is the Jade Emperor's sister and the mother of Erlang Shen. She is mentioned in the Ming-era semi-mythical novel Journey to the West.
↻ synthesized from 3 sources
When
- First attested
- 1368 CE
- Attested period
- 1368 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Appears in Ming-era novel Journey to the West.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Yuding Zhenren, Erlang, Li Erlang, Huayue Sanniang, Emperor Xiyue, Yang Jian, Golden Boy, Xiaotian Quan, Yaoji
- parent of
- Erlang Shen, Yang Jian
- sibling of
- Jade Emperor, Tianhua, Jinhua
- child of
- Queen Mother of the West
- served by
- Erbasu, Jiuyaoxing
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (3)
Source passages
“In later stories, Erlang is the deification of Yang Jian, son of the goddess Yunhua, and nephew of the legendary Jade Emperor. This portrayal as Yang Jian is most common in popular media.”
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“Huayue Sanniang is often mistakenly conflated as the sister of Erlang Shen and the daughter of Yunhua.”
#29615 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Yunhua is often mistakenly conflated with the Wushan goddess Yaoji, despite the fact that Yaoji has no connection to Yang Jian. None of the relevant ancient texts mention Yang Jian's birth mother's name as Yaoji.”
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