Shaosiming is both a beautiful, benevolent goddess who grants children and a god of death who causes young lives to perish. She is the terrifying nightmare of every parent, a goddess with two divine natures.
The Shaosiming festival is one of the highest-ranking sacrificial ceremonies in the land of Chu. It is also the most suspenseful, because no one knows which face Shaosiming will show when she descends.
If Shaosiming descends in her life-giving aspect, it will be a magnificent festival. Autumn orchids and wisteria will bloom across the land, greenery will cover the earth, and fragrant scents will fill the halls. It will seem as if all the vitality and spiritual energy of the world gathers around Shaosiming. After the festival, the tribe and state that held the rites will welcome the births of many new children and thrive.
But if Shaosiming descends in her death-dealing aspect, endless sorrow will await the tribe. Black vines and blood-red flowers will surround the breathtaking Shaosiming, blooming in an instant, then withering just as quickly and turning to ash that falls among countless households. In the days that follow, many children will die young, and Shaosiming will gather their spirits to her side.
Both the most compassionate goddess who grants children and the most merciless goddess of untimely death, Shaosiming's favor is impossible to predict. In Chu, she inspires even greater reverence than Donghuang Taiyi and Dasiming...
Theme: Adapted from Qu Yuan's "The Nine Songs: Shaosiming"
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