Does Nu Wa really exist?

The mythical Nu Wa:

The Goddess of Creation in China's ancient mythology. Legend has it that she and Fuxi are brother and sister. She married Fuxi and gave birth to human beings. Later, Nu Wa forbade brother and sister to marry, which reflected the progress from consanguineous marriage to extrafamilial marriage in China's primitive times. It is also said that Nu Wa took loess as a model and created human beings and human society. There is also a legend in "Goddess of mending the sky", that is, a catastrophic disaster happened in nature, the sky collapsed, and raptors and beasts came out to harm the people. Nu Wa smelted five-color stones to fill the sky and slay the beasts. It is also said that Nu Wa made a musical instrument called Sheng Chun, so people regard Nu Wa as the goddess of music. Custom Yi Tong records that she established a marriage system for human beings, enabling young men and women to intermarry and reproduce, so she is called the goddess of marriage. There are many legends about Nuwa, which have been passed down to this day and have far-reaching influence. Up to now, Miao and Dong people in Yunnan, China still worship Nuwa as the ancestor of their own nation.

Also known as Nu Wa, Nu Wa Niangniang, Feng surnamed, born in, called Feng Richi (or for sacrifice). Is the goddess in China's historical myths and legends. Is the great mother of the Chinese nation, who kindly created us and bravely took care of us from natural disasters. It is the creator god and ancestor god widely worshipped by people for a long time. She has magical power and can create at least seventy things every day.

There is no record of the birthplace of Nuwa clan in the literature, but according to the relationship between Fuxi and Nuwa, the hometown of Nuwa should also be within the scope of ancient times. When talking about Hulu River, a tributary of Weihe River, Li Daoyuan's Notes on Water Classics specifically mentioned the ancient Loi Wo Temple there. On the Hulu River in Qin 'anlong Town, not far from Dadiwan, there are Nuwa Cave and Laiwo Temple dedicated to Nuwa. Longcheng is also known as "the hometown of Wa emperors". Nu Wa also takes Feng as her surname. Up to now, there are Fengtai, Feng Ying, Fengwei Village and other places, all related to the surname of Nuwa.

Nu Wa in reality:

Nu Wa is a real historical figure, who mainly lives in the Loess Plateau. Her tomb is located in Donghou Village, Zhao Cheng Town, Hongtong County, Shanxi Province. The tomb of Nuwa may have existed for more than three or four thousand years. Like the Mausoleum of the Yellow Emperor, it is also the temple of the ancient emperors in China. Every year around the tenth day of the third lunar month, a seven-day large-scale temple fair and sacrificial activities are held.

The beginning and end of rule: 7707-7653 BC.

Date of birth and death: 7759- 7653 BC.

Birthplace: Fengzhou (now Fengxian County, Baoji City, Shaanxi Province).

Li Du: Fengcheng (northwest of Jiyuan City, Henan Province).

Year number: the first year of the Empress (B Wei, 7706 BC).

Nu Wa, the daughter of a great chief of Fuxi Fengxing tribe, was born in Fengzhou in the year of Renyin (7759 BC). When she was 16 years old, Fuxi proposed to her with a pair of exquisite fox skins as a dowry, and they became husband and wife. Since then, they have lived in Fengzhou and have had four sons, the first is Xi Zhong, the second is Uncle Xihong, the third is He Zhong, and the fourth is Uncle Hehe.

In the first year of Luofeng (7724 BC), Fuxi proclaimed himself emperor in Yuzhong, and Nu Wa stayed in Fengzhou.

In the summer of the sixth year of Luofeng (before 77 19), a flood occurred in Fengzhou. At that time, Fuxi and Nu Wa both lived in Fengzhou, and they organized their people to escape to the foot of Taibai Mountain in Qinling by gourd boat. Later, they rebuilt their homes with the help of Taibai people.

In the 12th year of luo feng (before 77 13), she and some people from Fuxi moved to the King of Wu in the Central Plains (about 90km northwest of Jiyuan City, Henan Province) and opened up new territory there.

In the fifteenth year of Luofeng (77 10), Fuxi sealed Nuwa in Ruyang (now Ruyang County, Luoyang City, Henan Province) and took charge of Zhongzhou.

In the eighteenth year of Luofeng (before 7707), Fuxi died, and Nu Wa was elected emperor by the clan alliance, with Ruyang as its capital and the title of emperor. The year before B (before 7706) was the first year of the queen. Nu Wa is 53 years old this year.

After Nu Wa ascended the throne, she made some adjustments to some ruling officials.

On the seal, the Central Clan lives in Qinshui Valley, in Qinyang (now southwest of Jiaozuo City, Henan Province).

After the seal, the emperor Xiangbai lived in the palace and White Elephant (now southeast of Jiyuan City, Henan Province).

Gong was appointed as an official, lived in Taihang Mountain and was in charge of water conservancy.

Zhu was appointed as a historian and lived in Xiangcheng (now southwest of Xuchang City, Henan Province), specializing in writing books.

Hao Ren was a calendar official, living in Shuiminggao (now northeast of Songxian County, Luoyang City, Henan Province), majoring in calendars.

Lu Li was appointed to live in the wasteland of Xihua and Li Guang (now Xiayi County, Henan Province) and was responsible for water conservancy construction.

Leo Lee was appointed to be in charge of agricultural production in Lishan (now Lintong District, Shaanxi Province), Changge (now changge city, Xuchang City, Henan Province) and Taikang (now Taikang County, Zhoukou City, Henan Province).

Jinti was appointed to be in charge of customs in Taibai Town, Tongbai (now Tongbai County, Nanyang City, Henan Province).

Wu Ming was appointed to be in charge of Fu Jian in Dongming (now Dongming County, Heze City, Shandong Province).

He was ordered to be in charge of the disaster in Goushan (now southeast of Xingping City, Shaanxi Province).

JiTong, Zhong You, Yang Hou Shi and Su Sha were appointed eunuchs. Ji lived in Wu Wang (now west of Jiyuan City, Henan Province) and was in charge of the table. Zhong Qi lived in Yingfan (now Rizhao City, Shandong Province) and was in charge of land and sea. Yang Hou Shi lives in Yanggu (now south of Liaocheng, Shandong Province) and is in charge of rivers and lakes; Su Sha lived in Dongping (now west of Tai 'an) and was in charge of sea salt.

Living in Xi Zhong, Guan Chun, Mu Zhengren lives in Qingqiu (now Qingxian County, Cangzhou City, Henan Province). Xia Guanxi's uncle lived in Chenliu (now southeast of Kaifeng County, Kaifeng City, Henan Province) to put out the fire. Qiu Guan and Zhong Wei Zheng Jin lived in Taibai Mountain in Qinling Mountains (now southeast of Taibai County, Baoji City, Shaanxi Province); Winter official uncle Shuizheng lives in Guimeng Mountain (now east of Pingyi County, Linyi City, Shandong Province).

In addition, Lushi Yu Hong Lushui (now Lushi County, Sanmenxia City, Henan Province) was honored; Luanding Kunwu (now northwest of Changzhi City, Shanxi Province); The big family is in Juzi (now xinzheng city, Henan); There is a dynasty in Chaocheng (now Chaoyi Town, Dali County, Weinan City, Shaanxi Province); Wu Huai was born in Peicheng (now suiping county, Zhumadian City, Henan Province).

In the second year of the Empress (Shen Bing, 7705 BC), the * * * Gong family refused to take orders from Nu Wa and wanted to stand on its own feet as emperor. Nu Wa was angry and ordered Zhu Rong to lead the southern tribes to the Northern Expedition. This is the earliest large-scale group war in the ancient history of China.

The end of the war between the two sides was that Gong failed, led his troops to flee to the west, and attacked the holy land (now Yuzhong County, Lanzhou City, Gansu Province) in a rage. * * Gong led his troops to attack the top of the mountain, cut down the wood, broke the eight-rope rule, set the watch in the southeast, broke the watch rope, and lost eight dimensions, which symbolized that the worship center of kingship was seriously damaged. Nu Wa also ordered Lian clan and Zhurong clan to jointly attack Gong clan and drive Gong clan to the north of Qilian Mountain.

Due to the destruction of the Tianqi table tree, astronomical observation and weather change prediction can not be carried out normally; As a result, the flood came this summer, people were swallowed up by the sudden flood without consciousness, and many ethnic groups were buried by the flood.

At that time, Nu Wa and others lived in the highlands and survived. She immediately organized people to cut down trees, tied a simple raft, and went into the water to meet the trapped people. They fought for three days and nights and rescued hundreds of young men and women. These rescued young people kowtowed to her and called her the virgin.

The history of Nu Wa leading the people to fight floods was later widely circulated among the people, and was gradually deified and interpreted into fairy tales.