According to records, these 36 Nannies will actually the 36 Maids in the Palace, which later being eaten up by the Snake Demon (which subdued by Madam Lin Shui) while the Snake Demon transformed herself as the Empress of Duke Min Wang Yan Bing (閩王王延彬).
After Madam Lin Shui subdued the Snake Demons, she summoned the souls of these 36 Maids out to ask for the location of where the Snake Demon buried their bones. Immediately after Madam Lin Shui know the exact location, she went to retrieve their bones and with her Spiritual Ability, Madam Lin Shui turned the bone back to human form and by enhancing the souls back into the bodies, the 36 Maids got back to life.
Soon after the Maids got back to life, the 36 Maids made vows to follow Madam Lin Shui in subduing of demons and warding off of negative entities. From then, they were given the titles of the 36 Spiritual Nannies or 36 Madams of Lin Shui Palace.
So who are they?
Heres the individual name of the 36 Spiritual Nannies:
1st Nanny: Fu Jian Province, Gu Tian Area Madam Chen
第一夫人福建州府古田縣陳大娘
2nd Nanny: Yan Ping Fu Shun Area Madam Huang
第二夫人延平撫順昌憲黃鶯娘
3rd Nanny: Fu Ning City, Ning De Area Madam Fang
第三夫人福寧府寧德縣方四娘
4th Nanny: Xing Hua City, Zhi Tian Area Madam Liu
第四夫人興化府黹田縣柳蟬娘
5th Nanny: Jian Ning City Jian Ou Area Madam Lu
第五夫人建寧府建歐縣陸嬌娘
6th Nanny: Fu Zhou City, Chang Le Area Madam Song
第六夫人福州府長樂縣宋愛娘
7th Nanny: Quan Zhou City, Jin Jiang Area Madam Lin
第七夫人泉州府晉江縣林珠娘
8th Nanny: Zhang Zhou City, Zhang Pu Area Madam Li
第八夫人漳州府漳浦縣李枝娘
9th Nanny: Ding Zhou City, Lian Cheng Area Madam Yang
第九夫人汀州府連城縣揚瑞娘
10th Nanny: Shao Wu City, Tai Ning Area Madam Dong
第十夫人邵武府泰寧縣董山娘
11th Nanny: Fu Zhou City, Lian Jiang Area Madam He
第十一夫人福州府連將縣何鶯娘
12th Nanny: Zhang Zhou City, Ping Area Madam Peng
第十二夫人漳州府平縣彭英娘
13th Nanny: Jian Ning City, Jian Yang Area Madam Luo
第十三夫人建寧府建陽縣羅玉娘
14th Nanny: Quan Zhou City, Nan An Area Madam Wu
第十四夫人泉州府南安縣吳月娘
15th Nanny: Fu Zhou City, Luo Yuan Area Madam Zheng
第十五夫人福州府羅源縣鄭桂娘
16th Nanny: Fu Ning City, Fu Ding Area Madam Zhang
第十六夫人福寧府福鼎縣張春娘
17th Nanny: Jian Ning City, Pu Cheng Area Madam Wang
第十七夫人建寧府浦城縣王七娘
18th Nanny: Fu Zhou City, Hou Gong Area Madam Ni
第十八夫人福州府候宮縣倪鳳娘
19th Nanny: Ding Zhou City, Chang Ding Area Madam Bao
第十九夫人汀州府長汀縣包雲娘
20th Nanny: Fu Zhou City, Min Area Madam Sun
第廿夫人福州府閩縣孫大娘
21st Nanny: Fu Ning City, Ning De Area Madam Zhao
第廿一夫人福寧府寧德縣趙娥娘
22nd Nanny: Xing Hua City, Xian You Area Madam Zhou
第廿二夫人興化府仙遊縣周五娘
23rd Nanny: Fu Zhou City, Lian Jiang Area Madam Cheng
第廿三夫人福州府連江縣程二娘
24th Nanny: Fu Zhou City, Min Area Madam Ye
弟廿四夫人福州府閩縣葉柳娘
25th Nanny: Yong Chun City, Ning Hua Area Madam Tie
第廿五夫人永春府寧化縣鐵春娘
26th Nanny: Fu Zhou City, Yong Fu Area Madam Yun
第廿六夫人福州府永福縣雲燕娘
27th Nanny: Quan Zhou City, Hui An Area Madam Nie
第廿七夫人泉州府惠安縣聶六娘
28th Nanny: Shao Wu City, Guang Ze Area Madam Liu
第廿八夫人邵武府光澤縣劉嬌娘
29th Nanny: Fu Zhou City, Hou Guan Area Madam Weng
第廿九夫人福州府侯官縣翁金娘
30th Nanny: Jian Ning City, Zheng He Area Madam Pan
第卅夫人建寧府政和縣潘翠娘
31st Nanny: Fu Zhou City, Min Qing Area Madam Ling
第卅一夫人福州府閩清縣凌艷娘
32nd Nanny: Quan Zhou City, Tong An Area Madam Deng
第卅二夫人泉州府同安縣鄧三娘
33rd Nanny: Fu Zhou City, Min Qing Area Madam Zhu
第卅三夫人福州府閩清縣朱巧娘
34th Nanny: Yan Ping City, Yan Ping Area Madam Jin
第卅四夫人延平府延平縣金秀娘
35th Nanny: Quan Zhou City, An Xi Area Madam Lan
第卅五夫人泉州府安溪縣籃梅娘
36th Nanny: Fu Ning City, Xia Pu Area Madam Hu
第卅六夫人福寧府霞浦縣胡大娘
2 nice pictures of the Nannies are being added (nanny_new_01.jpg - nanny_new_02.jpg)
ReplyDeleteShi Fu....how about "Madam Lin Shui Li Fu Ren" and "Madam Lin Shui Lin Shui Fu Ren" through the previous Bao Gao............are they also the assistant of Madam Lin Shui Chen Jing Gu Chen Jin Guo???? pls advise.
ReplyDeleteLike what I posted in their section, they are sworn sisters, whom later got enlightenment together to assist Madam Chen Jing Gu in looking issues of kids and infants.
ReplyDeleteI seen their statues at havelock road tian gong tua zu sheng niang niang altar..
ReplyDeleteYup, that is not the complete set, too bad in Singapore, you cant really find a good and complete set.
ReplyDeleteShi Fu...how does this 36 Nannies compared with 臨水宮十夫人 which 陳靖姑 is one of the them??? pls advise
ReplyDeleteFrom the write up above, you will find the answer.
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