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"The Earth Mother" originated in China. On the ninth day of the first lunar month in the ninth year of the Guangxu reign, at the Earth Mother Temple in Chenggu County, Hanzhong Prefecture, Shaanxi, phoenix planchette texts were transmitted. The Earth Mother's incense was also gradually passed on, introduced by the Liang family of Xinan Village in this township; the chanting of the Earth Mother True Scripture has never ceased. The Most Venerable Earth Mother is the deity who governs the great earth, mountains, and rivers, one of the Four August Ones of Daoism, standing alongside the Jade Emperor who rules the celestial realm. Since ancient times there has been the saying, "Heaven is yang, Earth is yin; Heaven is the Father, Earth is the Mother," and the reverence for Heaven and closeness to Earth among the ancients all stemmed from humanity's veneration of the land and nature.