Chapter 8 Chapter 6: Nüwa Controls the Water
The Taihao Chengji tribe encountered another rare earthquake, accompanied by continuous heavy rain.When the earthquake happened this time, Fuxi happened to go out to observe the sky and observe that the ground was not in Taihao, so Nuwa led the people of Taihao to escape another big disaster.Seeing the heaven protecting them many times, Nuwa came up with the idea of offering sacrifices to the heaven, which was approved by Fuxi.Nuwa then became the heaven worshiper of the Taihao tribe.
This summer, the sky was cloudy and the ground was hot and stuffy.Fuxi either went to the high platform to watch the water, or went to the distant mountains and mountains to explore the seclusion, and the things in the clan were handed over to Nuwa.Who would have thought that at noon one day, there would be another rumbling noise from the Qishan side, and the ground would shake up and down, and people could not stand on the ground and fell to the ground one after another.All kinds of livestock in the pen screamed loudly.The trees swayed back and forth like a strong wind, and some houses collapsed under such violent shaking. Many people were crushed under the houses. The Land of Taihao happened. At this time, Nuwa was holding the ladle that pregnant Si taught a female potter to make to hold water, and was also shaken by the sudden landslide and earthquake.She felt bad and hugged her daughter Lusi tightly, but in the end she couldn't stand and fell down.The good thing is that although the pregnant woman was swinging on her body and crying, she was never broken.When the shock subsided, I saw the women making pottery, all staggering and grinning.Clay pots were also scattered all over the floor, many of which were broken.Not far away, a pottery house had already collapsed, and a woman was wailing with half of her body crushed underneath.Nuwa hurriedly asked the crowd to shovel away the soil and branches, and rescued the woman. The woman's lower body was already dripping with blood.She moaned and groaned in unbearable pain.Nuwa unconsciously shouted loudly: "Fuxi, Fuxi..." But after shouting, Fuxi was nowhere to be seen, so she remembered that Fuxi was not by her side. At this time, someone came to Nuwa and said, "Matriarch, my house has been knocked down!" Another person came and said: "The livestock pen collapsed. Some cattle, sheep, pigs, deer and other livestock were smashed, and the rest ran away." Another reported: "The ditch outside the village collapsed, and someone fell into it." Someone reported: "One of the tribal longhouses collapsed, and many people died..." Hearing this, Nuwa's head looked like it was splitting open, and she said to herself, "Oh my God! What's wrong?" But thinking that Fuxi was not by her side, and she was the backbone of the Taihaohua tribe, she had no choice but to cheer up. Spirit said loudly: "Clan people, don't panic, the sky is falling and I'm here! A few years ago, Qishan also had a volcanic collapse. Although it's not like a volcano this time, it's also an earthquake. Volcanoes are fine. Earthquakes, all are natural disasters, beyond the reach of human beings, crying, shouting, yelling, making trouble, etc. are useless. All clansmen should work together to rescue those dying and hurting clansmen first, and then rebuild our homeland. !” The clansmen thought it was reasonable, so they hurried away in groups of three or two. But the god of heaven is not beautiful, Nuwa just calmed down, a loud thunder and lightning flashed across the sky, and several heavy raindrops hit Nuwa's body.Nuwa looked up at the sky, but saw black clouds rolling back and forth, very low from the top of her head, and a trace of water vapor rushed into her nostrils.Nüwa thought to herself: Oops!He quickened his pace and ran towards the patriarch's longhouse.Before she had gone far, a large and dense rain line rushed towards her, and in an instant, her head and whole body were soaked through.Although the little pregnant girl was covered in animal skins, she was also hit by the raindrops, and there was another cry.Fortunately, the longhouse is not far from the place where Nuwa made pottery. Finally, Nuwa rushed to the longhouse and shouted: "Mother!" The house collapsed! Nuwa felt dizzy for a while, almost fell down.It was the cries of the pregnant woman who woke her up.Seeing that a house was still standing next to her, she ran in with her pregnant wife.
It rained from time to time until it was dark.Many clansmen and guards came to the longhouse again.Accompanied by the continuous sound of "crashing" rain outside the house, the report of the tribe woke up Nuwa from the state of grief of losing her mother: "Matriarch, some people have died!" "Matriarch, another house has collapsed." "The patriarch, the ground is full of water now, what if the rain continues like this?" The little pregnant woman in Nuwa's arms shuddered suddenly, and Nuwa quickly asked: "Fire! Fire! Guard, hurry up!" Go get fire!" The clansmen and guards then remembered the fire that kept the clansman safe and alive.Some shouted "Fire Team", some shouted "Fireworker", and some searched in the longhouse.It's a pity that the fire in the house was originally in the house of Nuwa's mother Hua Xu, and the house fell and the rain had already extinguished the fire.The clansmen who went out to look for fire also reported that all kinds of fire, including the fire in the pottery cellar, were invaded by rain.Nu Wa let out a long sigh, and used her body temperature to warm Mau Si. After another downpour, it was pitch black inside and outside the house. For the first time, the clansmen felt that the night without fire was so terrible.Amidst the sound of sighing and sobbing, some members of the clan whispered: "Most houses in the clan have collapsed, but this longhouse has not collapsed. Could it be that there are gods protecting our clan?" Someone echoed.Nüwa said: "With the protection of the gods, there will be no disaster like this. I don't know if you remember that when the patriarch built this house in the past, he buried the tree stump for fear that the child would be attacked by cold and warm or be attacked by beasts. It is three steps deep from the ground. It is made of loess mud mixed with reeds, soft grass, and rocks. The foundation is more than one step wider than other house foundations. It cannot move and is airtight. It is a pity that mother..." After speaking, she began to cry again . A member of the tribe said: "It turns out that the builder also said so. It is still the wise patriarch Fuxi!" While speaking, the ground trembled again, people shook involuntarily, and some people cried out in surprise.Nüwa said: "Don't panic, people of the clan, go out of the house one by one, don't crowd!" But the shock didn't last long, and it stopped after a while.Nuwa said: "It seems that this is a small earthquake, maybe there will be more tonight, everyone don't sleep, let's gather here and wait for the dawn slowly!" It rained all night.In fear and anxiety, the people of all tribes finally ushered in the dawn.Nuwa entrusted Xiaolusi to a female tribe, and inspected the house carefully under the light rain. Seeing that there was no crack in the house, she sighed and told the tribe: "This house can continue to stay, you don't have to. Afraid." Everyone showed surprise. Nuwa and her clan inspected the situation of the disaster in the clan, only to realize that less than half of the survivors survived, and most of the houses except this longhouse had collapsed. Nuwa gathered her clansmen inside and outside the long house, and there was no room in the house, so she gave all the animal skins in the house to the people outside to keep out the wind and rain.Some tribesmen prayed to the heavens, but the rain continued, and it became heavier and heavier.The water on the ground has flooded the feet and calves.The tribesmen trembled as they watched the water under their feet getting higher and higher. Nüwa suddenly said: "Clan people, listen to me. In the past, when the patriarch Fuxi first built Taihao Village, he once told me that the village was built here. One said that the terrain here is relatively high and the ground is flat, so it is easy to build. house; second, the river is close, so it is convenient for fishing and food; third, there is a hill to the west, which can block the water from the sky. It seems that this is the right way to say it today. We also know this hill, which is shaped like a gourd and wide on both sides The middle is narrow. Now the water is getting more and more urgent. I am afraid that the narrow part of the middle will open up and submerge our village. We can’t wait to die here. Everyone should work together with me to widen the narrow part with soil, weeds, and stones. And make it stronger to prevent accidents." The clansmen nodded one after another. Nuwa put the pregnant concubine on her back first, and went out of the long house to brave the rain. Although there were some people who were unwilling, it can be seen that the other clansmen followed after Nuwa, so they had no choice but to follow. When we reached the top of the hill, the rumbling sound of the flood and waves filled our ears.Look at the flood under the hill, rolling eastward.The water hit the rock hill, the waves splashed several people high, and the water has submerged half of the hill.A clansman checked the terrain and said: "No matter how big the water is, I don't think it can cover this mountain. I don't think it needs to be blocked." Nu Wa said sharply: "No. If the rain is still falling, the water will accumulate. If there is another heavy rain, the water will flow up the mountain. We can't look at the current water situation, but think about all possible situations!" Another person said: "Didn't the village collapsed during the earthquake? Once the water overflows, I will choose another place to build." Nuwa said loudly: "Go away if you don't do it, what are you talking about?" After saying that, she started to lift the stone first.The tribe stopped talking, or moved stones, piled up mud, or built blocks and grass. After a whole day, amidst the busyness of the Taihao clansmen, there are as many as two people widening the narrow part of the hill, and as many as one person increasing the height.The recess is almost filled.The clansman was hungry and tired, and sweated a lot.Sweat and light rain melted together and dripped on the way the people came and went.Seeing this, Nuwa smiled and said, "Okay, if there is another heavy rain at night, I can stay at the longhouse and feel at ease!" Sure enough, just as Nu Wa expected, the heavy rain poured down at night, more urgent and violent than during the day.People in the longhouse listened to the sound of rain until dawn.The sound of the waves in the direction of the hill became louder and louder.Nu Wa sent a guard to visit, but the guard hurried back after leaving, "It's terrible, the river is almost over the top of the mountain." When Nuwa heard this, she told everyone to follow her.The tribe went to the hill with her and looked in.I saw that the flood had reached the rocky soil filled by the people.Nuwa said: "I can't stay here anymore, I'll go up to the top of the mountain soon!" The crowd followed Nuwa and rushed to a higher place.When they reached the top of the mountain, they looked back at the hill, the village of Taihao and the longhouse, all of which were already submerged in mist and rain.A clan member said: "Fortunately, I heard the words of the female patriarch, I left early! Otherwise there would be no one in Taihao!" Nuwa led the Taihao people to stay on the top of the mountain for two days. Finally, after suffering from wind, rain, cold and hunger, they hoped that the rain would subside and the sky would clear up. Nuwa led the people down from the mountain, first came to the valley of the hill, and saw that the trace of the flood was almost level with the hill.They came to Taihao Village again, and saw that the Taihao longhouse was still there, standing upright despite the wind and rain. Although the original houses and lanes still remained, there were many rocks everywhere, and many small trees and lawns were uprooted.This formerly prosperous family has become ruins.In the midst of grief, a group of people suddenly shouted: "Matriarch, I found a row of footprints in the mud puddle not far from the longhouse where you live." Nuwa was shocked and said: "The heavy rain has just passed, how could there be footprints? It's so difficult... Fuxi... Fuxi..." She shouted and looked around.When the clansmen heard this, they also shouted "Patriarch". That row of footprints was left by Taihao patriarch Fuxi.When the sky of Taihao was raining heavily, Fuxi was on Kunlun Mountain, the source of the Yellow River.Kunlun Mountain is a relatively high peak of the mountains near and far, and the clouds can only reach halfway up the mountain.Looking down from the top of the mountain on a sunny day, there are endless hills.Looking down from the top of the mountain on a cloudy day, it is all black and white clouds.Fuxi was on the top of Kunlun Mountain, and saw cloudy clouds in the distance towards Taihao, continuous thunder and lightning, and felt bad, so he bid farewell to Kunlun and hurried to Taihao tribe.Although he walked extremely fast, it took several days and nights to reach the bank of the Weishui River.At this time, the floodwaters of the Wei River had grown wide and high, and the waves roared continuously to the sky, and it was impossible to see anything clearly from one bank to the other.But Fuxi still found his own mount - a big white turtle, rode on the white turtle across the river, and walked a short distance before arriving at Taihao.At this time the sky was already clear, but he did not find a single figure in Taihao.All I could see was the scene of remnants of stones, scattered trees, and collapsed houses.He found the longhouse where he and Nuwa usually lived, but he didn't see his wife Nuwa, his child Lisi, his mother Huaxu and the guards.He yelled several times but there was no response, and tears flowed down his eyes.But think about it, if the clansmen are really unfortunate, they should live to see people, and the dead should see the corpses, but why is there no one?Fuxi searched all over the clan, and finally saw a clansman's thigh in a collapsed house. The leg was originally under the house, but after being washed by the rain, it was exposed outside.Fuxi finally couldn't help crying and howling. While Fuxi was crying, suddenly he heard someone calling him.He stopped suddenly and listened carefully, and sure enough someone was calling him.He was overjoyed, and ran out quickly, almost bumping into Nu Wa.In the cries of "Fuxi" and "Nuwa", the two finally embraced each other. Nuwa said to Fuxi: "Hurry up, go to mother's house, she may have died in the house." "What?" Fuxi quickly ran to the house where his mother used to live, and saw that the house where his mother lived had already collapsed. He yelled a few times but could not hear her answer.He saw a lot of soil, branches, and weeds scattered there, so he desperately used his hands to pick and pull.The rest of the tribe also came up to help him.After a while, Fuxi saw his mother's hands, feet and head buried deep in the soil.Fuxi, Nuwa and the clansmen all cried out.But no matter how they shouted, it was useless, Hua Xu had already died in the earthquake for a long time. Fuxi looked at Nuwa angrily and said, "Where were you when the earthquake happened? Why didn't you care about your mother?" Nuwa and some other tribesmen told Fuxi about the earthquake and flood. After Fuxi heard Nuwa and her tribe's experience about the earthquake and how Nuwa led the tribe to fight floods and fill up the hills, he fell to his knees in front of Nuwa with a "plop".Nuwa was taken aback.Fuxi said: "This gift is not for me personally, but for the entire Taihao Hua tribe. As the patriarch, I, Fuxi, cannot lead the tribe to fight against earthquakes and floods. But you can personally lead the tribe to fight against the flood when the tribe is in danger. Carrying disasters. It is especially valuable. When a catastrophe is imminent, do not panic or be afraid. Find the source of the flood, resist the flood in the sky, mend the recesses of the hills, and save Taihao from the abyss. Otherwise, the flood will break through the mountain pass, and the mountain torrent will be worse than poisonous snakes and beasts , will destroy the Taihao Chinese tribe once! When I was on Kunlun Mountain, what I was most afraid of was the mountain pass to the west of Taihao. Unexpectedly, my wife was able to fill it up in the rain at the critical moment. It is a miracle on earth! " Nuwa helped Fuxi up and said: "I didn't expect so much, don't you brag! Besides, I didn't take good care of my mother..." Fuxi said: "Your kindness to Taihao is the grace of heaven. In the past, there was light from the sky to guide the way, so I have the Taihao tribe today, but the sky also has loopholes, there are landslides, earthquakes, floods, and disasters. Miss me Human beings, living in nature, have to fight against the evils of the universe, big insects and beasts. But we don’t have sharp horns on our heads, and we don’t have thorns on our bodies. How can we survive and develop ourselves? The people of the Waling tribe blocked the flood from the sky, which is to make up for the leak of the sky. This act of great wisdom and courage tells mankind that the sky can also be defeated by humans! Although my mother is dead, she knows that you have done so many things for the people, and you will definitely I will be proud of you. We will build a memorial place for her in the place my mother longs for in the future, so that her old man’s dead soul will live forever in the world, and watch how her children will grow human beings.” Nüwa said: "But now my Taihao house is almost destroyed by the earthquake. All the clansmen can only live in the long house." Fuxi said: "What is damaged can be rebuilt. We will do better!" Nuwa said: "The house can be rebuilt, but what about the fire? The fire of the people has been completely extinguished again!" Fuxi said: "You don't have to worry about fire anymore. The old Sui people have told me how to make fire by drilling wood, and I have also experimented with a new method, which is to make fire by hitting stones against each other and rubbing stones." After Fuxi finished speaking, he led several tribesmen out, got some dried weeds, put them on some stones, and found some white flints to rub against, after a while, the weeds gave birth to fire. Come, the tribe rejoices.Nu Wa heard and saw with her own eyes that fire can regenerate, so she was relieved. After this incident, the legend of Nuwa leading the people to fight the flood spread in Taihao, and she gradually became a kind of myth and legend, and became another god besides Fuxi.In short, Nuwa's status in the hearts of Taihao people is almost the same as that of Fuxi.Fuxi, in particular, admired Nuwa's abilities more and more, and believed more and more.He said to Nüwa: "After this natural disaster, we human beings survived again. Your credit is not small. However, we did not avoid this natural disaster. I am afraid there will be skyscrapers, ground cracks and floods." Disastrous things happen, for the sake of mankind, we should have made plans earlier!" Nuwa said: "I have thought about it a lot. After we came out of the Jiangshui cave in Qishan, the sky had heavy rain and floods, but we were lucky enough to escape that natural disaster. The earth is shaking and the mountains are shaking, although we humans have lost a lot, even our mother has passed away, but the heaven still left us with life, isn't this the heaven protecting us?" Fuxi said: "Yes, in the dark, we are always protected by the heavens!" Nuwa said: "No, the sky protects us so much, we have to do something to the sky. Fuxi, I thought, why don't we come to sacrifice to the sky!" "Sacrifice, how to sacrifice?" Fuxi asked strangely. But Nuwa said: "Even if we want to bow down to the sky, we also have to offer a gift to the sky. We roasted those deer, sheep, pigs and other livestock and offered them to the sky." Fuxi said: "That's right, since the heavens protect our Taihao tribe so much, let's sacrifice to the heavens. Nuwa, you should be responsible for the sacrifices!" Nüwa said: "Okay, I will definitely do this important thing well, so that the heavens will continue to protect us." So, Nuwa led the tribe to kill a sheep, a pig and a deer, and roasted them with fire.On a sunny day, she gathered all the Taihao people together, bowed down to the sky, and offered those deer, sheep, pigs and other animals. Fuxi also participated in Nuwa's sacrificial ceremony.After the sacrifice was over, Nuwa and Fuxi went back, and Fuxi said: "Sacrifice may be useful, but we human beings already have thinking, so we can't completely rely on the blessing of heaven, and we human beings can find ways to avoid those natural disasters. " Nuwa asked: "Then tell me, how can we avoid these helpless natural disasters?" Fuxi said: "There is no way, I believe there must be. The sky and the earth cannot be as small as we have seen. These days, I have traveled to many places, and I have been to many mountains. Looking around, every direction is endless. Since the world is so big, natural disasters do not happen everywhere, so I think, as long as we develop the population on the one hand, and evacuate the population to different places on the other hand , even if a disaster comes, it is impossible to affect all human beings, only in this way can human beings survive!" After hearing this, Nuwa thought for a while and said, "Fuxi, you are right! Only when we human beings increase, can the spread out be larger. Only when human beings occupy more places and are destroyed by disasters, can the space be larger. It may be less! It seems that in addition to offering sacrifices, we have to do it according to the method you said." Therefore, the two discussed that the affairs in Chengji Taihao should be managed by Nuwa, and the outward expansion should be done by Fuxi.Fuxi selected some strong and shrewd men from the Taihao tribe, and named them Zhu Xiang, Haoying, Dating, Hundun, Yinkang, and Li Lu, and asked them to follow Fuxi to expand outward.As for Nuwa, according to Fuxi's statement, one is to encourage people to have more children in Chengji, and the other is to rebuild Taihao's homeland.This time Nuwa spent a lot of thought and effort. She had to build each house according to the construction method of the long house, and decided to build a larger house called Taihao Palace for the gathering of the clan.Naturally, her ideas were praised by Fuxi.Fuxi also said that he found a higher and more steep mountain in the south of Qishan, which he called Huashan.To commemorate his mother Huaxu, he planned to build a temple called Yuanjun Temple at the foot of Huashan Mountain.Naturally, this was also approved by Nu Wa.
This summer, the sky was cloudy and the ground was hot and stuffy.Fuxi either went to the high platform to watch the water, or went to the distant mountains and mountains to explore the seclusion, and the things in the clan were handed over to Nuwa.Who would have thought that at noon one day, there would be another rumbling noise from the Qishan side, and the ground would shake up and down, and people could not stand on the ground and fell to the ground one after another.All kinds of livestock in the pen screamed loudly.The trees swayed back and forth like a strong wind, and some houses collapsed under such violent shaking. Many people were crushed under the houses. The Land of Taihao happened. At this time, Nuwa was holding the ladle that pregnant Si taught a female potter to make to hold water, and was also shaken by the sudden landslide and earthquake.She felt bad and hugged her daughter Lusi tightly, but in the end she couldn't stand and fell down.The good thing is that although the pregnant woman was swinging on her body and crying, she was never broken.When the shock subsided, I saw the women making pottery, all staggering and grinning.Clay pots were also scattered all over the floor, many of which were broken.Not far away, a pottery house had already collapsed, and a woman was wailing with half of her body crushed underneath.Nuwa hurriedly asked the crowd to shovel away the soil and branches, and rescued the woman. The woman's lower body was already dripping with blood.She moaned and groaned in unbearable pain.Nuwa unconsciously shouted loudly: "Fuxi, Fuxi..." But after shouting, Fuxi was nowhere to be seen, so she remembered that Fuxi was not by her side. At this time, someone came to Nuwa and said, "Matriarch, my house has been knocked down!" Another person came and said: "The livestock pen collapsed. Some cattle, sheep, pigs, deer and other livestock were smashed, and the rest ran away." Another reported: "The ditch outside the village collapsed, and someone fell into it." Someone reported: "One of the tribal longhouses collapsed, and many people died..." Hearing this, Nuwa's head looked like it was splitting open, and she said to herself, "Oh my God! What's wrong?" But thinking that Fuxi was not by her side, and she was the backbone of the Taihaohua tribe, she had no choice but to cheer up. Spirit said loudly: "Clan people, don't panic, the sky is falling and I'm here! A few years ago, Qishan also had a volcanic collapse. Although it's not like a volcano this time, it's also an earthquake. Volcanoes are fine. Earthquakes, all are natural disasters, beyond the reach of human beings, crying, shouting, yelling, making trouble, etc. are useless. All clansmen should work together to rescue those dying and hurting clansmen first, and then rebuild our homeland. !” The clansmen thought it was reasonable, so they hurried away in groups of three or two. But the god of heaven is not beautiful, Nuwa just calmed down, a loud thunder and lightning flashed across the sky, and several heavy raindrops hit Nuwa's body.Nuwa looked up at the sky, but saw black clouds rolling back and forth, very low from the top of her head, and a trace of water vapor rushed into her nostrils.Nüwa thought to herself: Oops!He quickened his pace and ran towards the patriarch's longhouse.Before she had gone far, a large and dense rain line rushed towards her, and in an instant, her head and whole body were soaked through.Although the little pregnant girl was covered in animal skins, she was also hit by the raindrops, and there was another cry.Fortunately, the longhouse is not far from the place where Nuwa made pottery. Finally, Nuwa rushed to the longhouse and shouted: "Mother!" The house collapsed! Nuwa felt dizzy for a while, almost fell down.It was the cries of the pregnant woman who woke her up.Seeing that a house was still standing next to her, she ran in with her pregnant wife.
It rained from time to time until it was dark.Many clansmen and guards came to the longhouse again.Accompanied by the continuous sound of "crashing" rain outside the house, the report of the tribe woke up Nuwa from the state of grief of losing her mother: "Matriarch, some people have died!" "Matriarch, another house has collapsed." "The patriarch, the ground is full of water now, what if the rain continues like this?" The little pregnant woman in Nuwa's arms shuddered suddenly, and Nuwa quickly asked: "Fire! Fire! Guard, hurry up!" Go get fire!" The clansmen and guards then remembered the fire that kept the clansman safe and alive.Some shouted "Fire Team", some shouted "Fireworker", and some searched in the longhouse.It's a pity that the fire in the house was originally in the house of Nuwa's mother Hua Xu, and the house fell and the rain had already extinguished the fire.The clansmen who went out to look for fire also reported that all kinds of fire, including the fire in the pottery cellar, were invaded by rain.Nu Wa let out a long sigh, and used her body temperature to warm Mau Si. After another downpour, it was pitch black inside and outside the house. For the first time, the clansmen felt that the night without fire was so terrible.Amidst the sound of sighing and sobbing, some members of the clan whispered: "Most houses in the clan have collapsed, but this longhouse has not collapsed. Could it be that there are gods protecting our clan?" Someone echoed.Nüwa said: "With the protection of the gods, there will be no disaster like this. I don't know if you remember that when the patriarch built this house in the past, he buried the tree stump for fear that the child would be attacked by cold and warm or be attacked by beasts. It is three steps deep from the ground. It is made of loess mud mixed with reeds, soft grass, and rocks. The foundation is more than one step wider than other house foundations. It cannot move and is airtight. It is a pity that mother..." After speaking, she began to cry again . A member of the tribe said: "It turns out that the builder also said so. It is still the wise patriarch Fuxi!" While speaking, the ground trembled again, people shook involuntarily, and some people cried out in surprise.Nüwa said: "Don't panic, people of the clan, go out of the house one by one, don't crowd!" But the shock didn't last long, and it stopped after a while.Nuwa said: "It seems that this is a small earthquake, maybe there will be more tonight, everyone don't sleep, let's gather here and wait for the dawn slowly!" It rained all night.In fear and anxiety, the people of all tribes finally ushered in the dawn.Nuwa entrusted Xiaolusi to a female tribe, and inspected the house carefully under the light rain. Seeing that there was no crack in the house, she sighed and told the tribe: "This house can continue to stay, you don't have to. Afraid." Everyone showed surprise. Nuwa and her clan inspected the situation of the disaster in the clan, only to realize that less than half of the survivors survived, and most of the houses except this longhouse had collapsed. Nuwa gathered her clansmen inside and outside the long house, and there was no room in the house, so she gave all the animal skins in the house to the people outside to keep out the wind and rain.Some tribesmen prayed to the heavens, but the rain continued, and it became heavier and heavier.The water on the ground has flooded the feet and calves.The tribesmen trembled as they watched the water under their feet getting higher and higher. Nüwa suddenly said: "Clan people, listen to me. In the past, when the patriarch Fuxi first built Taihao Village, he once told me that the village was built here. One said that the terrain here is relatively high and the ground is flat, so it is easy to build. house; second, the river is close, so it is convenient for fishing and food; third, there is a hill to the west, which can block the water from the sky. It seems that this is the right way to say it today. We also know this hill, which is shaped like a gourd and wide on both sides The middle is narrow. Now the water is getting more and more urgent. I am afraid that the narrow part of the middle will open up and submerge our village. We can’t wait to die here. Everyone should work together with me to widen the narrow part with soil, weeds, and stones. And make it stronger to prevent accidents." The clansmen nodded one after another. Nuwa put the pregnant concubine on her back first, and went out of the long house to brave the rain. Although there were some people who were unwilling, it can be seen that the other clansmen followed after Nuwa, so they had no choice but to follow. When we reached the top of the hill, the rumbling sound of the flood and waves filled our ears.Look at the flood under the hill, rolling eastward.The water hit the rock hill, the waves splashed several people high, and the water has submerged half of the hill.A clansman checked the terrain and said: "No matter how big the water is, I don't think it can cover this mountain. I don't think it needs to be blocked." Nu Wa said sharply: "No. If the rain is still falling, the water will accumulate. If there is another heavy rain, the water will flow up the mountain. We can't look at the current water situation, but think about all possible situations!" Another person said: "Didn't the village collapsed during the earthquake? Once the water overflows, I will choose another place to build." Nuwa said loudly: "Go away if you don't do it, what are you talking about?" After saying that, she started to lift the stone first.The tribe stopped talking, or moved stones, piled up mud, or built blocks and grass. After a whole day, amidst the busyness of the Taihao clansmen, there are as many as two people widening the narrow part of the hill, and as many as one person increasing the height.The recess is almost filled.The clansman was hungry and tired, and sweated a lot.Sweat and light rain melted together and dripped on the way the people came and went.Seeing this, Nuwa smiled and said, "Okay, if there is another heavy rain at night, I can stay at the longhouse and feel at ease!" Sure enough, just as Nu Wa expected, the heavy rain poured down at night, more urgent and violent than during the day.People in the longhouse listened to the sound of rain until dawn.The sound of the waves in the direction of the hill became louder and louder.Nu Wa sent a guard to visit, but the guard hurried back after leaving, "It's terrible, the river is almost over the top of the mountain." When Nuwa heard this, she told everyone to follow her.The tribe went to the hill with her and looked in.I saw that the flood had reached the rocky soil filled by the people.Nuwa said: "I can't stay here anymore, I'll go up to the top of the mountain soon!" The crowd followed Nuwa and rushed to a higher place.When they reached the top of the mountain, they looked back at the hill, the village of Taihao and the longhouse, all of which were already submerged in mist and rain.A clan member said: "Fortunately, I heard the words of the female patriarch, I left early! Otherwise there would be no one in Taihao!" Nuwa led the Taihao people to stay on the top of the mountain for two days. Finally, after suffering from wind, rain, cold and hunger, they hoped that the rain would subside and the sky would clear up. Nuwa led the people down from the mountain, first came to the valley of the hill, and saw that the trace of the flood was almost level with the hill.They came to Taihao Village again, and saw that the Taihao longhouse was still there, standing upright despite the wind and rain. Although the original houses and lanes still remained, there were many rocks everywhere, and many small trees and lawns were uprooted.This formerly prosperous family has become ruins.In the midst of grief, a group of people suddenly shouted: "Matriarch, I found a row of footprints in the mud puddle not far from the longhouse where you live." Nuwa was shocked and said: "The heavy rain has just passed, how could there be footprints? It's so difficult... Fuxi... Fuxi..." She shouted and looked around.When the clansmen heard this, they also shouted "Patriarch". That row of footprints was left by Taihao patriarch Fuxi.When the sky of Taihao was raining heavily, Fuxi was on Kunlun Mountain, the source of the Yellow River.Kunlun Mountain is a relatively high peak of the mountains near and far, and the clouds can only reach halfway up the mountain.Looking down from the top of the mountain on a sunny day, there are endless hills.Looking down from the top of the mountain on a cloudy day, it is all black and white clouds.Fuxi was on the top of Kunlun Mountain, and saw cloudy clouds in the distance towards Taihao, continuous thunder and lightning, and felt bad, so he bid farewell to Kunlun and hurried to Taihao tribe.Although he walked extremely fast, it took several days and nights to reach the bank of the Weishui River.At this time, the floodwaters of the Wei River had grown wide and high, and the waves roared continuously to the sky, and it was impossible to see anything clearly from one bank to the other.But Fuxi still found his own mount - a big white turtle, rode on the white turtle across the river, and walked a short distance before arriving at Taihao.At this time the sky was already clear, but he did not find a single figure in Taihao.All I could see was the scene of remnants of stones, scattered trees, and collapsed houses.He found the longhouse where he and Nuwa usually lived, but he didn't see his wife Nuwa, his child Lisi, his mother Huaxu and the guards.He yelled several times but there was no response, and tears flowed down his eyes.But think about it, if the clansmen are really unfortunate, they should live to see people, and the dead should see the corpses, but why is there no one?Fuxi searched all over the clan, and finally saw a clansman's thigh in a collapsed house. The leg was originally under the house, but after being washed by the rain, it was exposed outside.Fuxi finally couldn't help crying and howling. While Fuxi was crying, suddenly he heard someone calling him.He stopped suddenly and listened carefully, and sure enough someone was calling him.He was overjoyed, and ran out quickly, almost bumping into Nu Wa.In the cries of "Fuxi" and "Nuwa", the two finally embraced each other. Nuwa said to Fuxi: "Hurry up, go to mother's house, she may have died in the house." "What?" Fuxi quickly ran to the house where his mother used to live, and saw that the house where his mother lived had already collapsed. He yelled a few times but could not hear her answer.He saw a lot of soil, branches, and weeds scattered there, so he desperately used his hands to pick and pull.The rest of the tribe also came up to help him.After a while, Fuxi saw his mother's hands, feet and head buried deep in the soil.Fuxi, Nuwa and the clansmen all cried out.But no matter how they shouted, it was useless, Hua Xu had already died in the earthquake for a long time. Fuxi looked at Nuwa angrily and said, "Where were you when the earthquake happened? Why didn't you care about your mother?" Nuwa and some other tribesmen told Fuxi about the earthquake and flood. After Fuxi heard Nuwa and her tribe's experience about the earthquake and how Nuwa led the tribe to fight floods and fill up the hills, he fell to his knees in front of Nuwa with a "plop".Nuwa was taken aback.Fuxi said: "This gift is not for me personally, but for the entire Taihao Hua tribe. As the patriarch, I, Fuxi, cannot lead the tribe to fight against earthquakes and floods. But you can personally lead the tribe to fight against the flood when the tribe is in danger. Carrying disasters. It is especially valuable. When a catastrophe is imminent, do not panic or be afraid. Find the source of the flood, resist the flood in the sky, mend the recesses of the hills, and save Taihao from the abyss. Otherwise, the flood will break through the mountain pass, and the mountain torrent will be worse than poisonous snakes and beasts , will destroy the Taihao Chinese tribe once! When I was on Kunlun Mountain, what I was most afraid of was the mountain pass to the west of Taihao. Unexpectedly, my wife was able to fill it up in the rain at the critical moment. It is a miracle on earth! " Nuwa helped Fuxi up and said: "I didn't expect so much, don't you brag! Besides, I didn't take good care of my mother..." Fuxi said: "Your kindness to Taihao is the grace of heaven. In the past, there was light from the sky to guide the way, so I have the Taihao tribe today, but the sky also has loopholes, there are landslides, earthquakes, floods, and disasters. Miss me Human beings, living in nature, have to fight against the evils of the universe, big insects and beasts. But we don’t have sharp horns on our heads, and we don’t have thorns on our bodies. How can we survive and develop ourselves? The people of the Waling tribe blocked the flood from the sky, which is to make up for the leak of the sky. This act of great wisdom and courage tells mankind that the sky can also be defeated by humans! Although my mother is dead, she knows that you have done so many things for the people, and you will definitely I will be proud of you. We will build a memorial place for her in the place my mother longs for in the future, so that her old man’s dead soul will live forever in the world, and watch how her children will grow human beings.” Nüwa said: "But now my Taihao house is almost destroyed by the earthquake. All the clansmen can only live in the long house." Fuxi said: "What is damaged can be rebuilt. We will do better!" Nuwa said: "The house can be rebuilt, but what about the fire? The fire of the people has been completely extinguished again!" Fuxi said: "You don't have to worry about fire anymore. The old Sui people have told me how to make fire by drilling wood, and I have also experimented with a new method, which is to make fire by hitting stones against each other and rubbing stones." After Fuxi finished speaking, he led several tribesmen out, got some dried weeds, put them on some stones, and found some white flints to rub against, after a while, the weeds gave birth to fire. Come, the tribe rejoices.Nu Wa heard and saw with her own eyes that fire can regenerate, so she was relieved. After this incident, the legend of Nuwa leading the people to fight the flood spread in Taihao, and she gradually became a kind of myth and legend, and became another god besides Fuxi.In short, Nuwa's status in the hearts of Taihao people is almost the same as that of Fuxi.Fuxi, in particular, admired Nuwa's abilities more and more, and believed more and more.He said to Nüwa: "After this natural disaster, we human beings survived again. Your credit is not small. However, we did not avoid this natural disaster. I am afraid there will be skyscrapers, ground cracks and floods." Disastrous things happen, for the sake of mankind, we should have made plans earlier!" Nuwa said: "I have thought about it a lot. After we came out of the Jiangshui cave in Qishan, the sky had heavy rain and floods, but we were lucky enough to escape that natural disaster. The earth is shaking and the mountains are shaking, although we humans have lost a lot, even our mother has passed away, but the heaven still left us with life, isn't this the heaven protecting us?" Fuxi said: "Yes, in the dark, we are always protected by the heavens!" Nuwa said: "No, the sky protects us so much, we have to do something to the sky. Fuxi, I thought, why don't we come to sacrifice to the sky!" "Sacrifice, how to sacrifice?" Fuxi asked strangely. But Nuwa said: "Even if we want to bow down to the sky, we also have to offer a gift to the sky. We roasted those deer, sheep, pigs and other livestock and offered them to the sky." Fuxi said: "That's right, since the heavens protect our Taihao tribe so much, let's sacrifice to the heavens. Nuwa, you should be responsible for the sacrifices!" Nüwa said: "Okay, I will definitely do this important thing well, so that the heavens will continue to protect us." So, Nuwa led the tribe to kill a sheep, a pig and a deer, and roasted them with fire.On a sunny day, she gathered all the Taihao people together, bowed down to the sky, and offered those deer, sheep, pigs and other animals. Fuxi also participated in Nuwa's sacrificial ceremony.After the sacrifice was over, Nuwa and Fuxi went back, and Fuxi said: "Sacrifice may be useful, but we human beings already have thinking, so we can't completely rely on the blessing of heaven, and we human beings can find ways to avoid those natural disasters. " Nuwa asked: "Then tell me, how can we avoid these helpless natural disasters?" Fuxi said: "There is no way, I believe there must be. The sky and the earth cannot be as small as we have seen. These days, I have traveled to many places, and I have been to many mountains. Looking around, every direction is endless. Since the world is so big, natural disasters do not happen everywhere, so I think, as long as we develop the population on the one hand, and evacuate the population to different places on the other hand , even if a disaster comes, it is impossible to affect all human beings, only in this way can human beings survive!" After hearing this, Nuwa thought for a while and said, "Fuxi, you are right! Only when we human beings increase, can the spread out be larger. Only when human beings occupy more places and are destroyed by disasters, can the space be larger. It may be less! It seems that in addition to offering sacrifices, we have to do it according to the method you said." Therefore, the two discussed that the affairs in Chengji Taihao should be managed by Nuwa, and the outward expansion should be done by Fuxi.Fuxi selected some strong and shrewd men from the Taihao tribe, and named them Zhu Xiang, Haoying, Dating, Hundun, Yinkang, and Li Lu, and asked them to follow Fuxi to expand outward.As for Nuwa, according to Fuxi's statement, one is to encourage people to have more children in Chengji, and the other is to rebuild Taihao's homeland.This time Nuwa spent a lot of thought and effort. She had to build each house according to the construction method of the long house, and decided to build a larger house called Taihao Palace for the gathering of the clan.Naturally, her ideas were praised by Fuxi.Fuxi also said that he found a higher and more steep mountain in the south of Qishan, which he called Huashan.To commemorate his mother Huaxu, he planned to build a temple called Yuanjun Temple at the foot of Huashan Mountain.Naturally, this was also approved by Nu Wa.