How if I told you I've found the 3 wise men?
Known as Fu, Lu and Shou, these Deities represent the three most important manifestations of health, wealth and happiness in ancient Chinese. I'm not a Fung Shui person, when I first saw the 3 figurines sat abandoned inside a junk basket, I had a very little idea who they were although it was known to me that Chinese has many beliefs and deities from god of prosperity, happiness and wealth.
I released the three wise men one by one from inside the box where they were bound and on each figurine comes a piece of note describing each of them. The exquisitely hand-painted figurines were complimentary gifts from Carlsberg.
In the conventional version of the Christmas story, they were 3 wise men or magi according to the Bible. The legend of wise men was said to be from the east or orient believed to be astronomers, at Jesus' birth they were alerted by a stellar apparition search for the new-born king. They brought gift to honor him and found themselves trapped in plot by a demented monarch. In obedience to God's direction they returned home without stopping Jerusalem. Their gifts, and God's leading, saved the new-born Messiah.
I released the three wise men one by one from inside the box where they were bound and on each figurine comes a piece of note describing each of them. The exquisitely hand-painted figurines were complimentary gifts from Carlsberg.
In the conventional version of the Christmas story, they were 3 wise men or magi according to the Bible. The legend of wise men was said to be from the east or orient believed to be astronomers, at Jesus' birth they were alerted by a stellar apparition search for the new-born king. They brought gift to honor him and found themselves trapped in plot by a demented monarch. In obedience to God's direction they returned home without stopping Jerusalem. Their gifts, and God's leading, saved the new-born Messiah.
Although one can come up with many other plausible theories. I find what interesting is, according to an article at least one of the Magi (the 3 wise men) is believed by the Chinese to be the head astronomer of the Han dynasty. His time at court and two-year disappearance from it shortly after Christ was born is taken by the Chinese as evidence. The "King Star" as the Chinese know is the Star of Bethlehem has been accepted by the Chinese as evidence of the event. Liu Shang (chief astrologer at the court of the Han rulers at the time of Christ's birth) is said to have been in attendance and this is how it is known to Chinese Christians today.
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