China: Carving of Bi Xiao Niang Niang, depicting her role in the 16th Century Ming Dynasty novel Fengshen Yanyi ('Investiture of the Gods'). From Ping Sien Si Temple, Pasir Panjang Laut

Bi Xiao was a minor character in the classic Ming Dynasty novel 'Fengshen Yanyi'. Bi Xiao was one of the three Firmament Sisters, and sister to the famed general Zhao Gongming, who fought on the side of the Shang army against the Zhou army. The three sisters lived on Three Fairy Island as hermits, and joined their brother in the war. They were eventually killed by Yuanshi Tianzun himself, the Heavenly Primogenitor and Grand Master of Taoism.

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