It is said that in ancient times, Nuwa made people out of yellow mud, and the sun, the moon and the stars did their jobs, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment. Later, * * * workers and Zhu Anxu competed for the throne. * * * After the workers lost their jobs, they ran into Buzhoushan in a rage, causing Tianzhu to break, flooding and people in dire straits.
Nu Wa couldn't bear to let her people fall into catastrophe, so she decided to mend the sky by refining stones. So Nu Wa traveled all over the world and all over Qian Shan, and finally chose Tiantai Mountain, a sea fairy mountain outside the East China Sea. Because only Tiantai Mountain produces five-color soil for practicing stones, Nu Wa chose Tiantai Mountain to refine the stones used in heaven.
Nu Wa piled huge stones on the top of Tiantai Mountain as a stove, using colored soil as raw materials and borrowing the fire of the sun god. It took nine days in Kuya to forge 365,065,438+0 colorful boulders. After nine days in Kuya, it was repaired with 36,500 colored stones. After use, there is one piece left, which remains at the top of Tang Zhong Valley in Tiantai Mountain.
After mending the sky, there were no supporting pillars, so Nu Wa had to cut off the four feet carrying the feet of God Aojiao in Tiantai Mountain to support the four pillars. In order to prevent Tiantai Mountain from sinking to the bottom of the sea, Nu Wa moved Tiantai Mountain to Langya on the coast of the East China Sea.
After The goddess patching the sky, people sang and danced in Tiantai Mountain to celebrate the success of mending the sky, and many Laihe temples were established on earth. Let people go to worship, the incense is very strong.
The Historical Position of Nu Wa
Nu Wa is the human ancestor and the mother of the Chinese nation. Nuwa culture has a long history, extensive and profound, and rich in content. It is an excellent traditional culture of prehistoric civilization and Chinese nation, and also an important research object of prehistoric civilization in China.
Ancient pre-Qin documents such as Shi Shuan Pian, Chu Ci, Li Ji, Shan Hai Jing and Huai Nan Zi, and historical materials such as Hanshu, Custom Yi Tong, Emperor Century, Du Yizhi, Lu Shi, Yi Shi and historical records since Qin and Han Dynasties. It occupies an important position in the whole ancient culture series. It is an important part of the history of human development and folklore research, and its value:
First, it has outstanding historical and cultural research value and is an important historical material for inheriting Chinese civilization and national spirit.
Second, it plays an important role in realizing national integration, enhancing national cohesion and building a harmonious society.
Third, it plays an important role in enhancing entrepreneurship, enriching the treasure house of Chinese culture and promoting cultural exchanges.
Fourthly, it embodies the unique folk customs and folk cultural phenomena, which has far-reaching historical significance for life etiquette, human survival and cultural inheritance.