Legend has it that E Huang and Nv Ying, who are smart and beautiful, are two daughters of Yao Di, an ancient tribal leader. Also known as "Huang Ying". In his later years, Emperor Yao wanted to find a satisfactory heir. He saw that Shun was an outstanding talent, so he passed the throne to Shun and married He. After E Huang was created, Nv Ying was created as a princess. Shun betrayed Yao's trust and let Yu control the flood, so that the people lived a stable life. E Huang and Nv Ying also helped Shun do good things for the people. In his later years, there was a war in Jiuyi Mountain, and Shun wanted to go to Jiuyi Mountain to find out. Shun told him about it, and the two ladies saw that Shun was old and weak, and they both contended to go with him. Considering the high mountains, dense forests and winding roads, Shun quietly left with only a few followers. E Huang and Nv Ying know that Shun has left, so they set off immediately. Catching up with the Yangtze River and encountering a strong wind, a fisherman sent them to Dongting Mountain. Later, when they learned that Shun Di had died and was buried at the foot of Jiuyi Mountain, they held the bamboo and cried in the direction of Jiuyi Mountain every day, dyeing the bamboo here with tears. Later, they died in Xiangshui and became the gods of Xiangshui. Han and Liu said in Biography of Female Youyu: "Youyu is the second daughter of Emperor Yao, who is growing up, and her second daughter is Ying." "Shan Hai Jing" said: "In the Dongting, there lived two emperors and daughters. They often swam in the source of the river, and there were always storms in and out." Jin Zhanghua's "Natural History and History Supplement" says: "Shun collapses, two concubines cry, and bamboo wipes away tears." Today, there are "spot bamboos" and "fragrant bamboos" in the south of the Yangtze River, which is the same reason.
The beautiful and moving images of E Huang and Nv Ying have always been the creative themes that attract poets and painters. China's greatest poet Qu Yuan's "Nine Songs" and "The Lady of Nine Songs" are the first immortal poems to praise mistresses.