Where did Hetu and Luoshu come from? What is the function

Hetu Luoshu is a famous legend about ancient Chinese civilization. Six or seven thousand years ago, a dragon and horse leaped out of the Yellow River, carrying a map of the river on their backs; a divine turtle emerged from the Luoshui River, carrying a map of the river on its back. Fuxi drew the Bagua based on the Hetu Luoshu. After that, Dayu controlled the floods, He Bo presented the river map, and Mi Fei presented Luo Shu, so that Dayu finally defeated the flood. As for the ancient Chinese astronomical achievements and advanced mathematical achievements that modern people can see from the Hetuluoshu, they are the subject of research by experts. We know that ancient Chinese gods are representatives of culture, so the statues of Fuxi and Nuwa often hold rules and regulations in their hands. Concubine Hebo Mi holds the Hetu Luoshu in her hand, which probably represents their lofty status in ancient times.

Hetu Luoshu

By Yellow River Carp published on 2006-3-21 9:12:32

Heluo is the Yellow River and Luo River. The Heluo zone is centered on Luoyang and includes Zhengzhou, Xinzheng, Xinmi, Yuxian, Dengfeng, Xingyang, Gongyi, Ruzhou, Yichuan, Yiyang, Songxian, Mengjin, Xin'an, Mianchi, Jiyuan, Wenxian and other areas. It is the place where Chinese civilization was first formed, and it is also the place where productivity was most developed in ancient Chinese society. Therefore, there is a saying in history that "Heluo culture is the source of Chinese civilization." When talking about Heluo culture, we must talk about "Hetu Luoshu".

According to legend, Fuxi, who ranked first among the "Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors", once saw a dragon and horse carrying a picture out of the river, which was called a river picture; At the end of the ninth year, Dayu used it to make nine domains, which he called Luoshu. Later, people used "He Chu Tu" and "Luo Chu Shu" to express the auspiciousness of the peaceful era.

In Mengjin County, Henan Province, there is the Dragon and Horse Negative Picture Temple. It was built in the fourth year of Yonghe, Emperor Mu of the Jin Dynasty. It was built to commemorate Fuxi's surrender of the dragon and horse, draw the Eight Diagrams based on the river map, and create Chinese civilization. There is a main hall built during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty. There are 24 stone tablets inlaid on the east and west gables of the room. There are tablets written by Cheng Hao, Cheng Yi, Zhu Xi, Shao Yong, Zhang Zai, Zhou Dunyi, Zhang Han in the Song Dynasty, and Wang Duo in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. On the left side of the original mountain gate, there is a giant monument in regular script with "the place where the dragon and horse bear the picture". In 1993, based on the original Fuxi Hall, the Shanmen, Bell and Drum Tower, Bagua Flower Bed, East and West Thirty-Six Palaces, Wenwang Hall, Hetu Altar, Luoshu Altar, etc. were restored. In the ruins of Youli City in the north of Tangyin City, there are two steles, one is a portrait of He Chutu and the other is a portrait of Luo Chushu.

"Hetu Luoshu" is the earliest historical document of the Chinese nation according to legend, and it is the highest achievement of the spiritual thinking of our ancestors. Of course, from the materialist point of view of modern science, the legend about Hetuluoshu can only be a myth. There is a view in contemporary historians that the Bagua map painted by Fuxi was when he was in Luorui, where the Yiluo River in today's Gongyi City flows into the Yellow River - the Holy Land, where he saw the clear Luo River flow into the chaotic and turbulent waters. In the Yellow River, due to the impact force, a vortex was formed at the mouth of the river. The half vortex close to the Yellow River has a little clear water from the Luo River, and the half vortex close to the Luo River has a little muddy water from the Yellow River. Fuxi drew accordingly. , the Bagua diagram, which has a profound influence on Chinese civilization, was produced. The place name Shendi probably got its name because Fuxi drew the Eight Diagrams here. And "Luo published books" is actually because the ancient capital of the Nine Dynasties was on the bank of the Luo River, with a history of more than 1,000 years. Ban Gu's "Hanshu", Xu Shen's "Shuowen Jiezi", Chen Shou's "Three Kingdoms", Zhang Hua's "Natural History", Sima Guang's "Zizhi Tongjian" and other famous historical works, as well as Laozi's Taoism and Cheng Hao and Cheng Yi theories were all born in Luoyang, so "Luo published books" became a natural Something happened.