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In Taoist painting and sculpture, she is a goddess of birth and childcare is in charge of pregnancy, delivery of infant, protection of mother and child. She holds a book and a brush reflecting the Chinese practise of recording new born child in the family lineage records. Many temples have a shrine
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There are different stories and legends of different Chinese goddesses of fertility in different parts of China. Zhusheng Niangniang is a goddess figure derived from three goddesses recorded in the Ming dynasty novel
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herself in drawings, or alternatively as an attendant of Guan Yin; Guan Yin herself is also often referred to as "Guan Yin Who Brings Children". She is depicted as an empress figure, much like
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dedicated to her in one of the side halls and she may sometimes appear together with other goddess of fertility.
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fertility goddess. She has been identified with many historical figures. She is often depicted as
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Kinsley, David R. (1989). "Kuan-Yin, the Chinese Goddess of Mercy".
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The Goddesses' Mirror: Visions of the Divine from East and West
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Zhusheng Niangniang
Songzi Niangniang (送子娘娘) altar in Singapore.

Bangka Lungshan Temple
Taipei
Taiwan
Taoist
Guan Yin
Xi Wangmu
Mazu
Bixia Yuanjun
Investiture of the Gods
Zhao Gongming
Zhao Yunxiao
Zhao Qiongxiao
Zhao Bixiao
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