Child-Granting and Eyesight Restoration:The Belief in Queen Shuming at Shuchengyan of the Dazu Rock Carvings and Its Evolution

QIAN Guangsheng

Studies In Dazu Rock Carvings ›› 2025 ›› Issue (3) : 31-38.

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Studies In Dazu Rock Carvings ›› 2025 ›› Issue (3) : 31-38. DOI: 10.26953/j.cnki.2097-4698.2025.03.03
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Child-Granting and Eyesight Restoration:The Belief in Queen Shuming at Shuchengyan of the Dazu Rock Carvings and Its Evolution

  • QIAN Guangsheng
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Through the analysis of the statue of Queen Shuming in the Dazu Rock Carvings, this paper argues that a folk belief in Queen Shuming had formed during this period, which was primarily centered on granting children and healing eye diseases. Since the Ming and Qing dynasties, the cult of Shuming within the Dongyue belief system has further evolved, with child-granting and eyesight restoration becoming one of the main contents of the Dongyue goddess belief.

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Dazu Rock Carvings / Queen Shuming / Dongyue belief

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QIAN Guangsheng. Child-Granting and Eyesight Restoration:The Belief in Queen Shuming at Shuchengyan of the Dazu Rock Carvings and Its Evolution[J]. Studies In Dazu Rock Carvings. 2025(3): 31-38 https://doi.org/10.26953/j.cnki.2097-4698.2025.03.03
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