Xuanyuan
1. The name of the legendary ancient emperor Huangdi. Legend has it that his surname is Gongsun and he lives on the hill of Xuanyuan, so he is named Xuanyuan. He once defeated Emperor Yan at Banquan and Chi You at Zhuolu. The princes respected him as the Son of Heaven. Later generations regard him as the ancestor of the Chinese nation.
According to legend, the Yellow Emperor’s birthday is on the third day of March, and worship is held in Zhengzhou at this time every year.
The ancestor of the Yellow Emperor was the Xiong family. Because people with the Xiong family respected earth virtues and the earth was yellow, his mother attached a treasure to him and named him Huangdi. And because he grew up in Jishui and lived in the hills of Xuanyuan, he took Ji as his surname and Xuanyuan as his nickname, so later generations also called Huangdi Xuanyuan.
It is said that at the beginning of Chinese civilization, the Yellow Emperor began to build cars, and was therefore called the Xuanyuan clan. The word Xuanyuan refers to the car.
In the era of myths and legends and the historical facts of ancient myths and legends, the turtle, as one of the four major spiritual creatures in ancient China (the other three major spiritual creatures are dragon, phoenix and lin), has penetrated into the culture of the farming nation. among related water cultures. The first emperor of China, the Yellow Emperor, was named Xuanyuan. The word Xuanyuan means Litian, which means the deified turtle.
In ancient mythology, Huangdi was a great god who appeared later after Yandi. Legend has it that he has four faces and can spy on all directions. He is the central emperor who rules over the entire universe. Among the people, there are also various legends about the inventions made by him and his ministers. Some books say that Huangdi invented the car, so people gave him Xuanyuan's name.
2. Refers to the Chinese nation.
3. Refers to the wheel.
4. Constellation name. In the North of Stars. ***Seventeen stars, winding like a dragon, hence the name. The fourteenth star is a first-class star. Because it is next to the Five Emperors' throne, it is the main female image. Later, it often refers to the queen.
5. Run.
6. The legendary country name.
7. Compound surname. There is a collection of Xuanyuan in Tang Dynasty. See Volume 928 of "Quan Tangwen".