There are so many ancient Chinese myths, can those magical stories be connected?

Chinese mythology. The myths and stories of various genres in the system are incompatible, which is the most important reason why the traditional Chinese magnificent myths have not yet formed a complete system of self-proclaimed logic. We all know that the various myths that have been passed down in China since ancient times can be said to be incomparably magnificent and haunting;

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The story of Nuwa's creation of man from the soil, and the story of the three emperors and five emperors who were born to manage humanity is still talked about by the public. Moreover, one of the most significant features of ancient Chinese mythology is that the pattern is huge and the weather is myriad. So, can so many versions of mythology be linked together to form a "mythical universe" that belongs to us?

The simple answer is that the various versions within Chinese mythology are not self-consistent. First of all, from a macro perspective, Chinese mythology is divided into three versions:

The first is religious mythology, the second is folk allusions, and the third is popular gods and demons. Of course, the background settings of these three versions are very different. For example, there is a lot of convergence between folk allusions and gods and demons, but religion is incompatible with them.

Moreover, the religion of Buddhism within the mythology.

Mythology and Taoism.

Can myths be discussed in the same framework? Taoism believes that Taishang Laojun's meaning of "turning Hu into Buddha" is to say that the Buddha Shakyamuni.

It is one of the eighty-two incarnations of Lao Tzu; Buddhism believes that turning Hu into a Buddha represents Lao Tzu's letter to Guguan to visit Shakyamuni Buddha and worship him as a teacher.

Buddhism feels that the Taoist crape myrtle the Great.

It is one of the "twenty-four heavens", showing the gate to Guanyin; Taoism feels that the realm of Buddhism is not supreme. If we want to form a mythical universe, which school of thought should we use as the benchmark?

Even within Taoism, there are different versions and disputes. Shenxiao faction.

felt that the Immortal Emperor was the uncle of Taishang Laojun, and the Lingbao faction felt that Taishang Laojun was the Jade Emperor.

's grandson, excuse me, how is this calculated?

Personally, I feel that it can be linked, from the beginning of the Pangu Gonggong fight and knocked down Buzhou Mountain, it was divided into heaven and earth, and then slowly began Nuwa to create people, the war of the gods, the battle of Yanhuang and so on, all of which are interconnected.

It can be connected, because many myths in ancient times are based on folklore, and these legends are collected together, and through adaptation, all the stories can be linked.

1. The need for the ruler to rule. The reason why the rulers of the feudal era all claimed to be the Son of Heaven was that God sent them to lead the people, but in fact, they came to ignore the people and achieve their own ruling goals. The so-called "divine right of king" is to find a reason for his rule, so that the people willingly let him exploit, so that when opponents oppose him, they will either find a better reason, or wait for the lightning to strike!

Therefore, in our country, the historical manifestation is that the birth of important people generally has a strange weather, and they have physical characteristics that are different from ordinary people.

For example, Liu Bei has big ears and shoulders, and his arms are above his knees. 2. Loanwords for changing dynasties. For example, the story of Liu Bang's beheading of the white snake is a combination of typical ancient historical events and deification stories.

Liu Bang's beheading of the white snake should be real, and then it was deified, saying that someone saw an old woman crying to the snake and asked her what she was crying about, and the old woman said that her son White Snake was the son of the White Emperor, and now he was killed by the son of the Red Emperor, so he was sad.

Liu Bang is the son of the Red Emperor. Both the White Emperor and the Red Emperor are among the Five Emperors in Chinese legend. The White Emperor is the ancestor of the Chinese surname Ying and hundreds of other surnames.

The Red Emperor is the legendary ancient emperor Emperor Yandi, the co-lord of the world, and the Yellow Emperor is the ancestor of the Chinese nation. At that time, it was rumored that the Han Dynasty Qin was a fire virtue, fire was red, and Liu Bang obeyed the mandate of heaven.

3. The slow deification of oral history. Ancient history, there is no written record, history is passed on orally from generation to generation, and it is slowly mythologized in the process of transmission, in fact, this is the same abroad, such as "Homer's Epic" is simply a myth**. 4. History is also a kind of spiritual sustenance for people.

All historical legends will have corresponding ancient historical events, there is no imagination out of thin air, just take what is said in Journey to the West, the ** establishment on the heavenly court is the same as that on the earth.

Sun Wukong also has someone who found his prototype. The images of gods are all imagined by people based on themselves, and have some spiritual sustenance, and the myths of ancient times may be a history in the context of that time. 5. Limitations of scientific knowledge.

Some events, because people cannot explain them with scientific knowledge, and people cannot examine the actual role of science, they think that there are gods who dominate all things in the underworld, and people's rich imagination exaggerates reality, so that a certain historical figure or event, which is actually a very ordinary thing, has also become a mythical story.

Nuwa refines stones to make up for the sky, Hou Yi shoots the sun, Pangu opens the world, and Jingwei reclaims the sea.

The first mythical story is the legend of the year beast. According to legend, in ancient times there was a monster named "Nian", this monster looked very fierce, with a pair of antennae, every time on Chinese New Year's Eve, Nian began to enter the village to devour livestock, so that the whole village fell into a panic, so every time it was Chinese New Year's Eve, the whole village of people, men, women, and children began to flee. Until one day a very strange old man came to the village, and the old man said to the villagers, "If you let me stay at home all night, I will definitely try to get you to get rid of this monster."

When this monster stepped into the village again, he felt very strange, because the atmosphere in the village was very different from before, there were big red papers pasted on the house from house to house, and the houses were brightly lit, this monster was a little afraid, and suddenly there was a crackling sound in the village, and this year was instantly afraid to flee, and no longer dared to harm the villagers.

Since then, every time it is Chinese New Year's Eve, the villagers have begun to put up couplets to set off firecrackers and light candles all night, gradually forming a tradition of the New Year.

The second mythical story is the story of Jiang Taigong's fishing, Jiang Taigong's original name is Jiang Shang, he fishes with ordinary people have obvious differences, that is, fishing with a straight hook, and there is no need for bait, others think Jiang Shang is very strange, but Jiang Ziya can catch fish. After hearing about this, King Wen of Zhou made a special trip to visit Jiang Ziya, asked Jiang Ziya to help him crusade against the king of Zhou, and personally carried the sedan chair and walked 800 steps, Jiang Ziya said to him, you carry me 800 steps, the Western Zhou Dynasty can prosper for 800 years.

After that, Jiang Shang followed King Wen of Zhou to crusade against King Zhou, won many battles, directly overthrew the rule of King Zhou, and also made King Wen of Zhou stronger and stronger.

There are too many of these, such as Pangu opening the sky, Nuwa mending the sky, Nuwa making people, Houyi shooting the sun, Jingwei reclamation, and Kuafu chasing the sun.

Myths and stories include: Kuafu's day by day, Nuwa mends the sky, Jingwei reclamation, and Dayu controls the water. "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" is an ancient book of Chinese legends, which preserves many ancient myths and legends such as Kuafu's day-by-day, Nuwa's mending the sky, Jingwei reclamation, and Dayu's water control.

Chinese mythology studies do not take the story of 2,000 years ago seriously, and even think that it is not an authentic myth. Researchers do not dare to use the complete descriptions in the documents from thousands of years ago, such as "The Story of Han Wu", "Sou Shen Ji" and "The Legend of the Immortals", as mythological materials, for fear that they are not primitive myths, but in fact they are genuine myths.

In the Ming Dynasty, when Schwab had been in seclusion for a hundred years, the Chinese writer Zhou You's "Romance of the Opening" could be regarded as a mythological book with a complete story and ups and downs in the plot. If we compare Schwab's Greek mythological stories, the magnificent stories of "Journey to the West" and "Romance of the Gods" are out-and-out Chinese mythological works.

1, Chang'e to the moon: Legend has it that Chang'e was originally Hou Yi's wife, and Hou Yi shot 9 suns and the Queen Mother of the West gave her the elixir of immortality, but Hou Yi was reluctant to eat it, so she handed it over to Chang'e for safekeeping. Hou Yi's disciple Peng Meng coveted the elixir and forced Chang'e to hand over the elixir, but Chang'e swallowed the elixir in a hurry and flew to the sky.

It was August 15, the moon was big and bright, because of the reluctance to Hou Yi, Chang'e stopped at the moon closest to the earth, and since then she has lived in Guanghan Palace for a long time. After Hou Yi returned home, his heart ached, so every year on August 15, he set up a banquet to reunite with Chang'e in front of the moon.

2. Wu Gang cut Gui: Legend has it that Wu Gang's wife had an affair with Emperor Yan's grandson Boling, and Wu Gang killed Boling in a fit of rage, which angered the sun god Emperor Yan and was sent to the moon to cut down the tree of immortality.

But the laurel tree is cut down as soon as it is chopped, and every time Wu Gang chops an axe, the branches and leaves cut by the axe will grow back into the tree, and after so long, Wu Gang still has not been able to cut down the laurel tree. Wu Gang's wife felt guilty and ordered her three sons to become toads, rabbits and snakes to fly to the moon to accompany Wu Gang. In order to help his father cut down the laurel tree as soon as possible, Yutu kept mashing the cut branches and leaves.

3. Jade Rabbit Pounding Medicine: Legend has it that there are three immortals, incarnated as three poor old men, begging for food from foxes, monkeys and rabbits, foxes and monkeys have taken out food to help the elderly, but only rabbits do not, and then the rabbit told the old man: "You eat me."

He jumped into the flames, and the gods were greatly moved, so they sent the rabbit to the Guanghan Palace to become the Jade Rabbit, and later, the Jade Rabbit was accompanied by Chang'e in the Guanghan Palace, and pounded the elixir of life.

4. Tengu eating the moon: Tengu fishing for the moon and eating the sun due to the lack of astronomical knowledge of ancient Chinese people, they described the phenomenon of solar and lunar eclipses as "Tengu eating the moon" or "Tengu eating the sun". When this phenomenon occurs, people beat gongs and drums and set off firecrackers to scare away tengus.

Extended Information: Mythological Stories About the Sun:

Kuafu chasing the sun: Kuafu raced with the sun until he chased to the place where the sun set; He felt thirsty and wanted to drink water, so he went to the Yellow River and the Wei River to drink water. The water of the Yellow River and the Wei River was not enough, so Kuafu went to the north to drink the water of the big lake.

Before he reached the Great Lake, he died of thirst halfway. Kuafu discarded his cane, and where the wooden cane landed, a large lush peach forest suddenly grew.

This peach grove is lush all year round, providing shade for passers-by, and the fresh peaches that produce them quench the thirst of hard-working people, allowing them to relieve fatigue and embark on their journey with vigor.