There are indeed Nuwa in history. She is the daughter of a great chief of Fuxi Fengxing tribe. She was born in Fengzhou, which is now Fengxian County, Baoji City, Shaanxi Province. When Nu Wa 16 years old, she married Fuxi and raised four sons. Nu Wa died at the age of 53. She was elected as emperor, capital and Ruyang by the clan alliance.

In the second year of Nu Wa's reign, * * * Gong Shi refused to accept Nu Wa and wanted to stand on his own feet as emperor. Nu Wa ordered Zhu Rong to lead the southern tribes to carry out the Northern Expedition to * * * Gong Shi, which was the earliest large-scale group war in ancient China, and the end of the war between the two sides was the defeat of * * * Gong Shi.

Nu Wa's leaders fought against the flood:

When the flood came this summer, people were unconsciously swallowed up by the sudden flood, and many people were buried by the flood. Nu Wa immediately organized people to cut down trees, tied simple rafts and rescued people trapped in the water. They fought for three days and nights and rescued hundreds of young men and women.