Abstract: She County,Hebei Province is the core area of Nuwa belief in the Taihang Mountains of southern Hebei.Nuwa temples are widespread.They are often built on the top of mountains or at the highest point of mountain villages,and called the “Top”or “Grandma Top”.The Nuwa temples in She County are centered around the Wahuang Temple in Zhonghuangshan,and are distributed in a strip shape from west to east.The closer they are to the Wahuang Temple,the denser their distributions are;while the farther they are,the more sparse they are.The worship of Nuwa in the Taihang Mountains of southern Hebei had an early origin.At the end of the Tang and early Song Dynasties,the belief in Nuwa had already reached a certain scale.By the Ming and Qing Dynasties,under the multiple effects of regional cultural traditions,the high alignment between the protection of Nuwa and the demands of believers,and national policies,the belief in Nuwa reached its peak.From the perspective of the inscriptions on the tablets,there were also certain changes in the content of Nuwas belief during this period.The original deity of “cultural hero”who patched the sky gradually lost,and its “first grandmother” deity became dominant.In this transformation,Nuwas identity as an independent goddess who gave birth and protected her children became increasingly clear.

Key words: Nuwa belief, Taihang Mountains of southern Hebei, temples, inscription, the Ming and Qing Dynasties