Nuwa, according to the unearthed cultural relics, ruins and painted pottery patterns, provides information about prehistoric humans’ struggle against floods and life imprints of fertility worship. Its historical and cultural roots lie in the concept of female worship in primitive matrilineal societies. genetics.
The titles also include Wa Huang, Ling Wa, Di Wa, Feng Huang, Nu Yin, Empress, Empress, Nu Xi, Goddess, Yin Emperor, Yin Emperor, Emperor Daughter, etc. In the historical records, the Nuwa clan, The surname Feng (or Feng, Nv) is the mother of the earth in ancient legends.
It is said that her name is Feng Lixi (or Feng Lixi). She is an ancient goddess who has great help for all things in Chinese historical myths and legends. According to legend, she is the mother of the Chinese people. She kindly created life and bravely protected living beings from natural disasters. She is the God of Creation and Mother God who is widely and long worshiped by the people. She has vast supernatural powers and can transform all things into being, and can create at least seventy things every day.
It is said that Nuwa used loess to imitate herself and created human beings. There is also a legend that Nuwa mended the sky, that is, a great disaster occurred in nature. The sky fell and the earth collapsed, and birds and beasts came out to harm the people. Nuwa smelted five-color stones to mend the sky, killed the beasts and birds, and rebuilt the four poles. The pillar of heaven makes the sky and the earth flat.
In addition, it is said that Nuwa made some musical instruments called shenghuang, harp and xun, so people worshiped Nuwa as the goddess of music. According to records, she established the marriage system for humans, allowing young people of both sexes to marry each other and reproduce offspring. Therefore, she was also passed down as the goddess of marriage. Extended information
In the myth of Nuwa, from the initial transformation of Nuwa into a god to the transformation of all things to the creation of humans and mending the sky, this series of achievements all unfolded in the state of opposition between heaven and earth. . Before Nuwa, there was no sky, no land, no one. Since the birth of Nuwa, she first transformed into gods. The emergence of gods led to the birth of heaven. Then Nuwa transformed into all things. Following the emergence of all things, the earth also appeared. At this time, heaven and earth were peaceful.
It can be seen from the records of Nuwa in Qin and Han classics such as "The Classic of Mountains and Seas", "Chu Ci", "Shuowen Jiezi", etc. that Nuwa herself transformed into all things and gods, and related to the creation myths of all nations in the world. This is consistent with the idea that the body organs transformed into all things (like the gods) after the death of the medieval gods. Since the later Pangu myths and other creation myths of ethnic minorities also contained the content of the body transforming into all things and gods, this affirmation also adds a certain degree of reliability. Comparing Nuwa with ancient creation myths recorded by various countries, this description actually indicates the beginning of creation, before anything else existed, and the only material God used to create was his own body.
Scholars have studied ancient books such as "The Classic of Mountains and Seas", "Huainanzi", "Chu Ci", "Customs", "Shui Jing Zhu", "Duyi Zhi", and "Taiping Yulan" The study concluded that the most outstanding achievements of Nuwa, one of the mythical and legendary figures, are "making a human out of clay", "refining stones to mend the sky", "making sheng reeds" and "arranging marriages to unite couples", etc. . But one thing is often overlooked by people, that is, Nuwa is the creator of all things in the world as reflected in folk myths and legends.
Reference material Baidu Encyclopedia-Nuwa