The Origin of the Adoration about White Tiger of Tujia Nationality

Si-wangmu is one of the greatest immortals in the Chinese mythos. Prof. Wen-yiduo nominated her as “the only female ancestor of Chinese nationality”. As to her archetype, there have been many parlances from the Han dynasty. On the one hand, the article's intention is to clarify the difference between “Dai” and “Sheng” on basis of linguistics and disprove the conventional use about “Sheng”, which was advanced by Guopu. On the other hand, the article's aim is to demonstrate that Baren tribe, which is the ancestor of Tujia nationality, came of the old Qiangrong tribe and the white tiger archetype of Tujia nationality is Si-wangmu.