Vietnam

  • Princess Liễu Hạnh

    Princess Liễu Hạnh is one of The Four Immortals worshiped by the people of Vietnam’s Red River Delta Region.  In the Taoist faith, she is the thirteen daughter of the Jade Emperor.  The Jade Emperor is also known as Yuanshi Tianzun, one of the Three Pure Ones, the three primordial emanations of the Tao.  According to their faith, she has been incarnated on earth multiple times.   The first incarnation was as the daughter of a righteous man Le Thai Cong.  He had been knocked unconscious while his wife was pregnant and had a vision of a Liễu Hạnh dropping the Jade Emperor’s favorite jade cup and smashing it into…