“The Queen Mother of the West (Xiwangmu 西王母), who was popular in Han Empire & recorded as a goddess from the West, in the Classic of Mountains and Seas (山海经). This text, as a compilation of mythic geography and beasts, may have existed since as early as the 4th Cent. BC.”
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“The most complete performance is that the Queen Mother sits in the middle of the dragon and tiger seat surrounded by clouds; the winged nine-tailed fox, which symbolizes auspiciousness, stands on the side, and underneath is the jade rabbit holding the ganoderma; under the queen mother is a toad (the legendary incarnation of Chang’e ) Dancing, next to the three-legged bird looking for food for the Queen Mother; the one standing on the left side of the brick is the “Daxing Uncle” who is guarding the Queen Mother. In front of him there is a blessing person holding a wat and kneeling down; the other characters are probably the king. Mother’s waiter.
In addition to the Queen Mother of the West, there are auxiliary gods such as “Sun and Moon”, “Four Spirits”, “Fuxi and Nuwa” in Heaven, and “fairies” also live.”
From an article, Chen Dacong, “The Picture Scroll of Idealized Life in the Afterlife-An Overview of Bashu Portrait Bricks and Stones in the Han Dynasty” (auto-translation by Google Translator).