Which Nine Heavens does the Nine Heavens refer to?

Answer 1

The first layer of heaven was the Star Mansion, where the twenty-eight Lunar Mansions lived. The second level was the Thunderbolt Palace, where the various Thunder Gods lived. The third level was the Jade Pool Fairyland, where the Queen Mother of the West lived, and there were immortal peaches. The fourth level was the Heavenly River Plains, where the Heavenly Horse lived. The fifth level was where the Weaver Girl lived. The sixth level was the Cloud Tower Palace, where the higher-ranking immortals in the Heavenly Court lived, such as the Four Heavenly Masters and the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King. The seventh level was Mount Meru, where the Four Great Vajra lived. The Eighth Heaven was the Tushita Palace, the residence of the Grand Supreme Elderly Lord. It was also believed to be the intersection where Sakyamuni descended to the human world before becoming Buddha. Maitreya Buddha and Guanyin Bodhisattva also lived there. The Ninth Heaven was the Taoyang Hall.

There was also another saying that the first was Zhongtian, the second was Xiantian, the third was Congtian, the fourth was Gengtian, the fifth was Haotian, the sixth was Kuotian, the seventh was Xiantian, the eighth was Shentian, and the ninth was Chengtian.

In Taoist culture, the first layer was the moon, the second layer of stars (Mercury), the third layer of Taibai (Venus), the fourth layer of the sun, the fifth layer of the firefly (Mars), the seventh layer of stars (Saturn), the eighth layer of the twenty-eight constellations, and the ninth layer of the sky had no stars. When the eighth layer of the sky rotated, it made a circle every day.