To the west of the Tianshan Mountains and to the north of the Bohai Sea is the land of thousands of springs. "Records of the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty" says that this place has "fertile water and moist soil, and sparse forests. In the late spring moon, there are assorted flowers like silk. There are thousands of springs and pools, so it is named after it." Every time the Turkic Khan came to escape the summer heat, he would see thousands of deer sipping among them, but he would not kill them, and the group of deer would live out their lives.
She said: "When I was born, the Yao light shone through the moon. My mother-in-law said it was a good omen for a good harvest, so I named it A Yao."