Nuwa cave

For thousands of years, myths and legends about Nuwa's "mending heaven by refining stones" and "brother and sister getting married" have been widely spread and well-known. For beautiful and moving stories and legends, people are only limited to appreciate, intoxicated or ponder, comment, and no one to seriously investigate and seriously think about the causes and context of these legends and stories. "Myths and legends are the shadow of history". The "Kunlun Mountain" in the story of Nuwa and Fubei's "brother and sister getting married" actually refers to the Taihang Mountain Area in Shanxi Province caused by the extension of the "Kunlun Mountain" in Northwest China.

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Nuwa cave

Nuwa cave, formerly known as nvyao cave, was changed to its current name due to tourism development. Regardless of the reason for the name change, but I think if it's called Banshee cave, who dares to go in? Fortunately, there is a certain ornamental value here.

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Nvyao cave is a natural limestone cave formed 500-400 million years ago on the cliff. The Banshee cave is 20 meters from the bottom of the cliff. According to the data, the water at the entrance of nvyao cave flows out all the year round. In rainy season, the water from the cave spouts out like a column and falls down from the 20 meter high cliff to the hillside 20 meters away. The sound of the waves is like thunder and the momentum is spectacular. During drought, the water flows down the exposed rock wall and into the deep pool at the bottom of the cliff. We didn't see such a beautiful scenery when we came here. It's a pity! According to local folklore, there were banshees in the cave in ancient times, so it was named Banshee cave. There was no water in nvyao cave, which was connected with Zituan cave. The Banshee living in the cave is very beautiful. She likes to go out of the cave and take in men passing by. She takes them into the cave and sucks up the essence of them. She tortures people to death. In 1002 (the fifth year of Xianping in the Song Dynasty), Yang LIULANG led his army through here. Shuiyueguanyin asked him to be loyal to the country and eliminate harm for the people. The next day, Yang LIULANG fought against the banshee, but the Banshee couldn't beat Yang yanzhao, so she had to go back to the cave. Yang Yanzhao was afraid that she would come out again to harm others, so he put his gun in the hole. From then on, the Banshee did not dare to come out to harm others. She was so angry that she cried. Her tears flowed into the cave and turned into spring water flowing out of the cave.

Taihang Mountain and Nu Wa

For thousands of years, myths and legends about Nuwa's "mending heaven by refining stones" and "brother and sister getting married" have been widely spread and well-known. For beautiful and moving stories and legends, people are only limited to appreciate, intoxicated or ponder, comment, and no one to seriously investigate and seriously think about the causes and context of these legends and stories. "Myths and legends are the shadow of history". The "Kunlun Mountain" in the story of Nuwa and Fubei's "brother and sister getting married" actually refers to the Taihang Mountain Area in Shanxi Province caused by the extension of the "Kunlun Mountain" in Northwest China.

However, little known is that Taihang Mountain is also known as "Taixing mountain" and "Wuxing mountain". In ancient times, there were also nicknames of "Nuwa mountain" and "huangmu mountain". Compared with the numerous male "sons of heaven" in ancient Chinese feudal society for thousands of years, Nu Wa enjoyed a unique and unique honor. According to Luo Mi's Lu Shi in the Southern Song Dynasty, "Nuwa is also called huangmu. Note: on the first day of Taihang, the "huangmu mountain" was also called "Nuwa mountain." In addition, Cui Boyi's preface to Gan Shan Fu said: Taihang is a "emperor's mother" and a "Nu Wa". According to "Zezhou Fu Zhi" Volume VI "mountains and rivers": "Yangcheng County · Mangshan: 40 Li southeast of the county.". It is said that Han Guangwu pursued Wang Mang here. It is commonly known as Wangmang mountain Tian said: "the west of Qinshui in shuijingzhu is Wangwu mountain, so this mountain is Wangwu.". According to Cui Boyi's Ode to Gan Shan, one day "the emperor's mother.". Yunnuwa is here to make up the sky. Note: today (Henan) Jiyuan has "Nuwa mountain", one day "Nushan", which is called "huangmu mountain" in ancient times, and the boundaries are contiguous. "

According to the above records, it can be seen that the important reason why Taihang Mountain was named after "Nuwa mountain" is that in the ancient times, eight or nine thousand years ago, after suffering from serious floods and strong earthquakes, human children carried out long-term and large-scale disaster relief activities in Taihang mountain area, saving the precious lives of countless Chinese people. In ancient times, Shanxi had "barren soil, honest people, thrifty and good manners". Without the sacrifice, the Buddha is still. According to the ancient book of rites, the people in Taihang mountain area not only built temples and palaces for sacrifice in the places where Nvwa lived, but also lived The "Taixing mountain" where she lived and lived has been renamed "Nuwa mountain" and "huangmu mountain", which shows the respect and high standard that Nuwa enjoys here. According to Liezi Tangwen: "in the past, Nu Wa smelted five colored stones to make up for her (Tian) que, and the broken Ao was enough to set up four poles. Later, Gonggong fought with Zhuan Xu for the title of emperor. He was angry and touched the mountain of not Zhou. He broke the pillar of heaven and defended the Jedi. Therefore, if the sky inclines to the northwest, the sun, the moon and the stars will disappear; if the earth is dissatisfied with the southeast, the rivers will disappear. " This record says that "the sky inclines to the northwest, and the ground sinks to the Southeast" can be seen in many places of Taihang Mountain in the southeast of Shanxi Province. The fault texture of many mountain ranges is inclined and lowered with high in the northwest and low in the southeast. This kind of geological structure can only be formed by the collision of the earth's continental plates in ancient times, resulting in the edge fracture and uplift. From this point, we can see that the "ancient Chinese myths and legends" are mixed with the Chinese ancestors' long-term memory of ancient human disaster history.

Located between Huguan county and Lingchuan County, the wahuangling mountain to the south of Taihang Grand Canyon is a very important site of Nuwa activity. The mountain is towering and majestic. It stretches from west to East for tens of kilometers. The car galloped along the ridge of the forest road, as if galloping in the sky, heart swaying, as if God. There is a wahuang temple in the middle of the mountain. There is a stone tablet engraved on the west wall of the original main hall, which records the ancient history of the temple. Unfortunately, because the surface of the tablet was once brushed with lime water powder, the writing of the tablet was so diffuse that it could not be made into rubbings for research. In the author's opinion, both the wahuangling and the wahuangmiao are the places where Nvwa traveled when she was touring Taihang Mountain; the name of the wahuangling is directly related to Taihang Mountain's alias "Nuwa mountain" and "huangmu mountain".

According to local records, Nuwa remains are distributed in Tangwang mountain, suobao village, Shexian County, Hebei Province, Beigang village, shecheng Town, henandian, Chengguan Town, Yuntou mountain, Zhangjiazhuang Town, Lin County, Henan Province, and Lingshan, Qi County, which belong to the edge of Taihang Mountain. Among them, Shexian Nuwa palace is built according to the mountain situation of Tang Wangshan, with carved beams and painted buildings, magnificent pavilions, clouds and towering situation. It is the most beautiful and brilliant memorial building among the existing Nuwa relics in China. According to records, it was founded before the Northern Qi Dynasty in the northern and Southern Dynasties, and has very important historical and cultural value. The temple of emperor wa in Lingshan, Qi County, Henan Province, is an ancient and rebuilt building which is connected with the story of "King Zhou of Shang played with Nu Wa" in the romance of gods. Its historical origin can even be traced back to the Shang and Zhou dynasties, and its significance and value are also very important. According to the distribution and naming of the above relics, both the wa palace in Shexian county and the wa temple in Qi county belong to the places where Nu Wa traveled and stayed during her tour of Taihang Mountain.

Why is the important stage for Nu Wa's survival and activities in northern Shanxi, rather than any other place in ancient China? This is first related to the geography, nature, climate, environment and other conditions of Shanxi in the Loess Plateau in the middle reaches of the Yellow River: because Shanxi has "mountain and river protection", it has the necessary security, closeness, secrecy, defensive and vitality to ensure ancient human's living and survival According to archaeological findings, Fenglingdu site in Ruicheng, Shanxi Province has a Paleolithic Xihoudu site more than 1 million years ago and hehe site 6.7 million years ago, Xiangfen County, Shanxi Province has a Dingcun site between 230000 and 50000 years ago, and Qinshui County, Shanxi Province has a Mesolithic site The Xiachuan site is more than 10000 years ago, and the Shizitan site is about 10000 years ago in Jixian County, Shanxi Province These long-standing and continuous archaeological discoveries provide vivid and powerful cultural background and historical evidence for the emergence of Nuwa culture in Shanxi Province.

The important fact that there are a large number of Nuwa relics in Shanxi Province of the Loess Plateau also provides strong evidence for the scientific judgment that Shanxi Province in the middle reaches of the Yellow River has been the cradle of Chinese history and culture since ancient times: compared with modern human beings, ancient human beings have very low ability to understand, understand, respond to and defend the laws of nature In addition to beasts, the search and selection of food sources, production tools and defense tools necessary for human survival, as well as the intense heat and severe cold year after year and cycle by cycle, all make them too busy and anxious to deal with. Shanxi region of the Loess Plateau and the southeast plain of North China, which is endless, vast, nowhere to hide, passive for food, unbearable summer heat and nowhere to hide in winter Compared with other regions, they have many advantages, such as mountains, hills, basins, plains, rivers and lakes, mild climate, luxuriant trees, fishing and hunting, multi-source food, convenient living and multi defensive measures. Naturally, they have become the first choice of the Chinese nation for bottom-up activities and the birthplace of the Chinese nation's history and culture.

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