Nu Wa, also known as Nu Wa family, also known as Nu Wa Huang and Nu Wa family, commonly known as Nu Wa Niangniang. He was originally an ancient clan leader in the legendary era of China, and later became the ancestor of human beings in China mythology. According to the documents of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the head of Nu Wa is a snake (dragon). According to legend, Nu Wa's achievements are contending for creating people, refining stones to make up the sky, killing the black dragon to help Jizhou, breaking the giant poles, accumulating reed ash to stop floods, inventing Sheng Quan and creating marriage. The sky is like an umbrella, and Nu Wa is good at mending the sky, so Nu Wa has also become a professional god worshipped by umbrella embroiderers in China. Nu Wa's belief culture is located in Houcun, Zhaocheng Town, Hongdong County, Linfen City, Shanxi Province. It is a national temple that has been worshipped and sacrificed by emperors for thousands of years, and can also be seen in other places in Shanxi Province. Later, Nu Wa became a god in folk beliefs and was worshipped as the ancestor of human beings and the god of marriage.
According to Taoist records, Nu Wa, an ancient goddess, was once an emperor. It is one of the ancient gods, and became a god in the belief of later generations, and many people worship it in Taoism and Taoism.
There are different opinions about the origin of Nu Wa in folk beliefs, such as "Nine Days Xuan Nv Theory", "Mother-daughter God Theory" and "Mother Lishan Theory". These views have no relevant textual research in historical classics and Taoist collections.
Nuwa is an ancient clan. Shuo Wen Jie Zi interprets the word "Wa" as the title of Nuwa, and uses "Hua" to explain the word "Wa", which shows that the etymology and name of Nuwa are related to the function of "Hua Yu".
Legend has it that Nuwa and Fuxi are both wind surnames.
According to the annotation in the Book of Rites, Zheng Kangcheng said: "Nu Wa is the successor of Huang San Fuxi." Nu Wa is a member of Huang San. Sima Zhen also thinks that Nu Wa is one of Huang San in Historical Records and Biography of Huang San. However, the Three Emperors and Five Emperors have always had different opinions, such as Biography of Shangshu and Century of the Emperor, all of which excluded Nu Wa from Huang San.
The mother of Nuwa and Fuxi is Hua Xushi. Ancient books often mention that Hua Xushi was born in Fuxi, Ji Cheng, because he stepped on a big footprint in Leize. Guo Xu in ancient China was located in Hua Xu Town, Lantian County, near Xi City, Shaanxi Province. There are also some related place names such as Hua Xu Valley, Nuwa Valley, and Stone Training Platform.