Are there any myths in China? What are the myths of China?

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China has been around for 5,000 years, and myths have spread far and wide.

What is unrealistic is a myth, and what is unrealistic becomes a trace, which is also a myth, an idea and a wild idea, that is all a myth, and Chinese writing is the most practical evidence of mythology.

About five or six thousand years ago, various localities successively entered the patrilineal clan society, and there were rich myths and legends. Five thousand years ago, about 3,000 B.C., when China was still a period of clan communes. The clan commune is the basic unit of social organization and economic organization formed by blood relations in a certain stage of development of primitive society.

Produced in the late Paleolithic period, the Neolithic reached its peak and tended to disintegrate in the Bronze Age. The main characteristics are: blood ties, public ownership of the means of production, common labor, equal distribution of products, and the management of public affairs by elected clan leaders, major matters decided by the clan assembly.

Clan communes went through matrilineal clan societies and patrilineal clan societies before being replaced by the state.

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Kuafu chasing the sun, Nuwa mends the sky, Chang'e runs to the moon, Houyi shoots the sun, Jingwei reclamation, Shennong tastes a hundred herbs, Cangjie makes words, Dayu controls the water, Nezha makes the sea, Nuwa makes people, Wu Gang cuts Gui, Pangu opens the sky, Xingtian dances, the Yellow Emperor fights Chiyou, Gonggong angrily touches Buzhou Mountain, Cowherd and Weaver Girl, Xu Xian and the White Lady, Tianxian match, cadre Mo Xie, Meng Jiangnu crying the Great Wall.

1. Praise the father day by day

Explanation]: Kuafu: The name of a person in ancient legends. Kuafu chased after the sun with all his might. It is a metaphor for people who have great ambitions, but also for those who do not measure themselves.

From]: "Liezi Tang Wen": "Kua's father is not measurable, he wants to chase the sun and shadow, and chase it in the valley." If you are thirsty to drink, go to drink Hewei. The river is insufficient, and it will go north to drink Daze. Before he arrived, he died of thirst. ”

Translation]: When Kuafu is beyond his strength, he wants to chase the shadow of the sun, and chase the valley. If you are thirsty and want to drink water, go to drink the Yellow River and the Wei River. The river is insufficient, and will go to the north to drink Daze. Before he arrived, he died of thirst on the road.

2. Eight immortals cross the sea

Explanation]: According to legend, the eight immortals do not use boats when crossing the sea, and each has a set of spells. There is a folk proverb that "eight immortals cross the sea, each shows its magical powers". Later, they used metaphors to come up with their skills or methods and compete with each other.

From]: The second fold of Ming Anonymous's "Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea": "Then I have a great power of the eight immortals crossing the sea, and Fang shows that the saints return to the mountain and the road is strong, and the end is famous through the ages." ”

Translation]: Just because these eight immortals have crossed the sea and the gods are powerful, Fang shows that the saints return to the mountain road and the law is strong, and the end of the ancient beauty and fame.

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3, Ye Gong is a good dragon

Pronunciation: [yè gōng hào lóng].

Interpretation: Ye Gong: A nobleman of Chu in the Spring and Autumn Period, with a high name, sealed in Ye (ancient Yi name, now Ye County, Henan). The metaphor is that you pay lip service to something and don't really like it.

Source: Han Liu Xiang's "New Preface: Miscellaneous Affairs" records: Ye Gongzi Gao likes dragons very much, and dragons are carved on utensils, and dragons are also painted on houses. Zhenlong knew, came to Ye Gong's house, and poked his head into the window. When Ye Gong saw it, he was so frightened that he ran away.

4. Open the world

Meaning: In ancient mythology, it is said that the Pangu clan opened the world, and since then there have been human beings. Later, the metaphor of "opening the heavens and the earth" was used in history. Pi: open up.

Source: "The Biography of Zhang Ling and Cui Ying": "The beggar has visited me in many ways; I hope that I will be rewarded; This is the first thing to worry about. ”

Dynasty: Qing. Translation: Please search for me in many ways, hoping to repay me, this is the first important thing in history.

5. Yugong moves mountains

The metaphor is the perseverance in transforming nature and the unwavering struggle.

From]: Yukou Warring States Period "Liezi Tangwen" records: There are two big mountains blocking the road in front of Yugong's house, and he is determined to level the mountain, and another old man Zhisuo laughs at him for being too stupid and thinks he can't.

The foolish man said: I have a son when I die, and a grandson when my son dies, and there is no end to the children and grandchildren, and the two mountains will be chiseled flat after all.

Translation]: There are two big mountains blocking the way in front of Yugong's house, and he is determined to level the mountain, but another old man, Zhisuo, laughs at him for being too stupid and thinks that he can't. The foolish man said: I have a son when I die, and a grandson when my son dies, and there is no end to the children and grandchildren, and the two mountains will be chiseled flat after all.