Description

Within the enduring tapestry of Chinese culture and Taoist mythology, the Queen Mother of the West (Xi Wangmu) emerges as an enigmatic and sovereign presence. Revered colloquially as the Queen Mother (Wangmu Niangniang), she is also venerated under epithets such as the Western Matriarch (Xi Lao), the Golden Mother (Jinmu), and the Primordial Sovereign of the Golden Mother (Jinmu Yuanjun). Her full divine appellations resonate with cosmological grandeur: Primordial Sovereign of the Golden Mother of Nine Numinous Spirits and Supreme Truth upon the Jade Tortoise Platform (Baiyu Guitai Jiuling Taizhen Jinmu Yuanjun), Western Queen Mother of Nine Phoenixes and Supreme Truth upon the Jade Tortoise Platform (Baiyu Guitai Jiufeng Taizhen Xi Wangmu), and Primordial Sovereign of the Golden Mother of Nine Radiant Spirits upon the Tortoise Platform (Tailing Jiuguang Guitai Jinmu Yuanjun).