Pictures of The Spiritual Nannies (護童保嬰婆姐/奶娘)

  The Spiritual Nannies aka Shi Er Po Jie (護童保嬰婆姐/奶娘) or Nai Niang (護童保嬰奶娘), the assistants of Zhu Sheng Niang Niang (註生娘娘) aka Mother Empress of Birth.

In some contexts, the number of Nannies can be from 12 and go up to 36 or 72, each given a task to perform.

In Chinese Culture (民間信仰), usually when a baby is born, the parent of the new born baby will have to visit Temple that is dedicated to Zhu Sheng Niang Niang to pay respect to her and also, to request Zhu Sheng Niang Niang to give her blessing to the baby, and of cos, sending the Spiritual Nannies to the home to take care of the baby.

Here's the names of the 12 Spiritual Nannies (十二婆姐名諱):

Overall In-charge Madam Chen 總管陳大娘
2nd Nanny Madam Huang 二宮黃鷥娘
3rd Nanny Madam Fang 三宮方四娘
4th Nanny Madam Liu 四宮柳蟬娘
5th Nanny Madam Lu 五宮陸九娘
6th Nanny Madam Song 六宮宋愛娘
7th Nanny Madam Lin 七宮林珠娘
8th Nanny Madam Li 八宮李枝娘
9th Nanny Madam Yang 九宮楊瑞娘
10th Nanny Madam Dong 十宮董仙娘
11th Nanny Madam He 十一宮何鶯娘
12th Nanny Madam Peng 十二宮彭英娘

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