Yunxiao Niangniang
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Yunxiao Xianzi (Chinese: 云霄仙子; lit. 'the Cloud Firmament Celestial Maiden'), also known as Zhao Yunxiao, is a character in the classic 16th-century Chinese novel Fengshen Yanyi. She is worshipped as a goddess of childbirth in Chinese folk religion.[1] She is the oldest of the Sanxiao Shengmu (Holy mothers of three skies, 三霄聖母) or Sanxiao Niangniang (Ladies of three stars, 三霄娘娘).[2][3][4]