Longmu
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thumb|Statue of Longmu in Tam Kung|Tam Kung Temple, [[Shau Kei Wan, Hong Kong.]] thumb|Longmu Temple of Yuecheng in Deqing County, Guangdong|Deqing County. thumb|right|Lung Mo Temple on Peng Chau, an island of [[Hong Kong.]] In Chinese mythology, Longmu (), transliterated as Lung Mo in Cantonese, was a Chinese woman who was deified as a goddess after raising five infant dragons. Longmu and her dragons developed a strong bond and have thus become examples of filial devotion and parental love, important virtues in Chinese culture.
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thumb|Statue of Longmu in Tam Kung|Tam Kung Temple, [[Shau Kei Wan, Hong Kong.]] thumb|Longmu Temple of Yuecheng in Deqing County, Guangdong|Deqing County. thumb|right|Lung Mo Temple on Peng Chau, an island of [[Hong Kong.]] In Chinese mythology, Longmu (), transliterated as Lung Mo in Cantonese, was a Chinese woman who was deified as a goddess after raising five infant dragons. Longmu and her dragons developed a strong bond and have thus become examples of filial devotion and parental love, important virtues in Chinese culture.
==Legend== Longmu's historic name was Wen Shi (). She was born in 290 BC (during the Qin dynasty) in Guangdong province, near the Xi River (). Her family's ancestral home was in the Teng County () in Guangxi province. She was the second of three daughters of Wen Tianrui () and Liang Shi ().
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