<b>Little Nezha Fights Great Dragon Kings</b>
Chinese <b>animation</b> "Nezha Nao Hai (1979)", about heroic child <b>God from Taoism and Chinese/Japanese Buddhism</b>
BBC's <b>English dub</b> (with a Japanese voice cast I think) on Youtube over 7 parts - very beautiful and moving film:
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iZ-fz8Xk...re=related
2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-kXIpur0...re=related
3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43WJsiH9a...re=related
4. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=du_VU4lCX...re=related
5. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8THpvyba3...re=related
6. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-tCf42jI...re=related
7. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZP90dauA...re=related
If you haven't seen it, it's highly recommended:
Very profound film with deep insights - perfect for all ages. Kids also universally love it, making this exceptionally suitable for any Hindus/Natural Traditionalists with children. Note that while at one point the wonderful little Nezha is unfortunately forced to take its own life in order to save his country and other children, it is reborn more powerful and fights off the baddies. All ends well. Children don't mind this sort of thing, my sis and I never did when we were little.
The animation is very fluid: movements are very graceful. And the little multi-armed and multi-headed Nezha's fighting the dragons at the end is very cool no matter what your age.
What wacky currently says about this God:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nezha_deity
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Nezha (deity)</b>
Nezha or Na Zha (Chinese: åªå; pinyin: NézhÄ; Japanese: Nataku or Nata) is a deity, the enfant terrible trickster, originally of Chinese mythology, though in the West he is perhaps more well known from Japanese anime. His official <b>Taoist deity</b> name is Zhongtan Yuanshuai (ä¸å£å 帥) or Nezha Qiansui (åªååæ²).
<b>Life</b>
Nezha is often depicted flying in the sky with a wheel of fire under each foot, a golden hoop, the "cosmic ring", around his shoulder and a spear in his hands. Sometimes he is given multiple arms. Nezha is usually depicted as a youth and rarely as an adult.
As the third son of a military commander called Li Jing, a military leader in Chentangguan Fortress, his birth was peculiar. When his mother Lady Yin got pregnant, she waited for three years and six months to deliver the boy, but unfortunately a ball of flesh was born. His father got so angry that he split it with a sword, which caused Nezha to jump out and grow fully, even though his mind and temperament were that of a child.
After he killed Li Gen, a <b>yaksha</b>, and Ao Bing, the third son of East Sea Dragon King Ao Guang, Nezha flayed and disemboweled himself in order to save his parents that were taken hostage by Ao Guang, but was brought back to life by his master, <b>Taiyi Zhenren, a Taoist immortal sage</b> who used lotus blossoms to reconstruct a body for his soul to inhabit.[1]
Nezha's two elder brothers are also powerful warriors. The eldest is Jinzha (éå), who is a disciple of Manjusri <b>Bodhisattva</b>, and the second eldest is Muzha (æ¨å), a disciple of Samantabhadra <b>Bodhisattva</b>.
<b>Some</b> traced his origins to the <b>Vedic</b> god Nalakuvara, and legend goes that he was born in the Shang dynasty<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->A photo of what's apparently a Nezha vigraham from someone's puja room:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Nezhafamilyaltar.jpg
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Appearance in ancient Chinese mythology and literature</b>
Nezha has frequently appeared in Chinese Mythology and ancient Chinese Literature such as the Fengshen Yanyi (or <i>Investiture of the Gods</i>), although the story of <i>Nezha conquering the sea</i> is the most famous among Chinese households. In <i>Journey to the West</i>, Nezha was a general under the leadership of his father Li Jing. He entered into combat against Sun Wukong when the latter rebelled against the Jade Emperor, ruler of Heaven, but Nezha was beaten by Sun Wukong and had to retreat.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->I think "Journey to the West" is the story of the Monkey King travelling west to India (Buddhism-related). IIRC, Sun Wukong is the Monkey King about whom there are Chinese animations as well (such as "Uproar in Heaven" and entire animated series).
Chinese <b>animation</b> "Nezha Nao Hai (1979)", about heroic child <b>God from Taoism and Chinese/Japanese Buddhism</b>
BBC's <b>English dub</b> (with a Japanese voice cast I think) on Youtube over 7 parts - very beautiful and moving film:
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iZ-fz8Xk...re=related
2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-kXIpur0...re=related
3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43WJsiH9a...re=related
4. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=du_VU4lCX...re=related
5. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8THpvyba3...re=related
6. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-tCf42jI...re=related
7. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZP90dauA...re=related
If you haven't seen it, it's highly recommended:
Very profound film with deep insights - perfect for all ages. Kids also universally love it, making this exceptionally suitable for any Hindus/Natural Traditionalists with children. Note that while at one point the wonderful little Nezha is unfortunately forced to take its own life in order to save his country and other children, it is reborn more powerful and fights off the baddies. All ends well. Children don't mind this sort of thing, my sis and I never did when we were little.
The animation is very fluid: movements are very graceful. And the little multi-armed and multi-headed Nezha's fighting the dragons at the end is very cool no matter what your age.
What wacky currently says about this God:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nezha_deity
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Nezha (deity)</b>
Nezha or Na Zha (Chinese: åªå; pinyin: NézhÄ; Japanese: Nataku or Nata) is a deity, the enfant terrible trickster, originally of Chinese mythology, though in the West he is perhaps more well known from Japanese anime. His official <b>Taoist deity</b> name is Zhongtan Yuanshuai (ä¸å£å 帥) or Nezha Qiansui (åªååæ²).
<b>Life</b>
Nezha is often depicted flying in the sky with a wheel of fire under each foot, a golden hoop, the "cosmic ring", around his shoulder and a spear in his hands. Sometimes he is given multiple arms. Nezha is usually depicted as a youth and rarely as an adult.
As the third son of a military commander called Li Jing, a military leader in Chentangguan Fortress, his birth was peculiar. When his mother Lady Yin got pregnant, she waited for three years and six months to deliver the boy, but unfortunately a ball of flesh was born. His father got so angry that he split it with a sword, which caused Nezha to jump out and grow fully, even though his mind and temperament were that of a child.
After he killed Li Gen, a <b>yaksha</b>, and Ao Bing, the third son of East Sea Dragon King Ao Guang, Nezha flayed and disemboweled himself in order to save his parents that were taken hostage by Ao Guang, but was brought back to life by his master, <b>Taiyi Zhenren, a Taoist immortal sage</b> who used lotus blossoms to reconstruct a body for his soul to inhabit.[1]
Nezha's two elder brothers are also powerful warriors. The eldest is Jinzha (éå), who is a disciple of Manjusri <b>Bodhisattva</b>, and the second eldest is Muzha (æ¨å), a disciple of Samantabhadra <b>Bodhisattva</b>.
<b>Some</b> traced his origins to the <b>Vedic</b> god Nalakuvara, and legend goes that he was born in the Shang dynasty<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->A photo of what's apparently a Nezha vigraham from someone's puja room:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Nezhafamilyaltar.jpg
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Appearance in ancient Chinese mythology and literature</b>
Nezha has frequently appeared in Chinese Mythology and ancient Chinese Literature such as the Fengshen Yanyi (or <i>Investiture of the Gods</i>), although the story of <i>Nezha conquering the sea</i> is the most famous among Chinese households. In <i>Journey to the West</i>, Nezha was a general under the leadership of his father Li Jing. He entered into combat against Sun Wukong when the latter rebelled against the Jade Emperor, ruler of Heaven, but Nezha was beaten by Sun Wukong and had to retreat.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->I think "Journey to the West" is the story of the Monkey King travelling west to India (Buddhism-related). IIRC, Sun Wukong is the Monkey King about whom there are Chinese animations as well (such as "Uproar in Heaven" and entire animated series).