China: Carving of Yun 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

Yun Xiao was a minor character from the classic Ming Dynasty novel 'Fengshen Yanyi'. She was one of the three Firmament Sisters, and sister to famed general Zhao Gongming. Like her two sisters, Yun Xiao was a hermit on Three Fairy Island, and entered the battle between the Shang and Zhou armies to fight alongside her brother. She was eventually killed by Yuanshi Tianzun, the Heavenly Primogenitor and founder of Grand Master of Chan Taoism.

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