What are the earliest Chinese myths and legends about?

The Classic of Mountains and Seas is an ancient book of pre-Qin China. It is generally believed that the main descriptions are ancient mythology, geography, products, mythology, witchcraft, religion, ancient history, medicine, folklore, and ethnicity. Some scholars believe that the Classic of Mountains and Seas is not only a myth, but also an ancient geography, including some overseas mountains, rivers, birds and beasts.

The Classic of Mountains and Seas introduces the treasures of mountains and rivers in the hinterland of China from four aspects: east, south, west and north, especially some exotic birds and monsters, strange flowers and stones, which have never been seen or heard. Among them, the "Overseas Classic" introduces the customs and habits of the legendary overseas foreign countries, such as the two-headed country, the three-headed country, the women's country, the husband's country, the adult country, the villain's country and other countries, which is even more strange and strange, which not only makes people pleasing to the eye, but also can make people increase a lot of knowledge. ......The author and time of the book "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" have not yet been determined.

In the past, it was thought to be made by Dayu and Boyi. Modern Chinese scholars generally believe that the book was not written at one time, and the author was not the same person, and the time was about from the early years of the Warring States period to the early years of the Han Dynasty, Chu, Bashu, East and Qi people wrote it, and it was only compiled together when the Western Han Dynasty was the school book. Many of these may have come from oral tradition.

The earliest version of the Classic of Mountains and Seas is published by Liu Xiang and Liu Xin and his sons in the Western Han Dynasty. Guo Pu of the Jin Dynasty once annotated the "Classic of Mountains and Seas", and the annotators also included Bi Yuan's "New Correction of the Classic of Mountains and Seas" and Hao Yixing's "Notes on the Classic of Mountains and Seas" in the Qing Dynasty. The Classic of Mountains and Seas has 18 volumes, including five volumes of the "Classic of the Mountains", eight volumes of the "Classic of the Sea", four volumes of the "Classic of the Great Wilderness", and one volume of the "Classic of the Sea", with a total of about 31,000 words.

It contains information on the geography, climate, and products of more than 100 states, 550 mountains, and 300 waterways, as well as the mountains and rivers of the states. The basic ** of ancient Chinese mythology is the "Classic of Mountains and Seas", the most famous of which include: Kuafu chasing the sun, Nuwa mending the sky, Yi shooting nine days, the Yellow Emperor vs. Chiyou, Gonggong angrily touched the Buzhou Mountain and caused a great flood, the success of Kun stealing the soil to control the water, the Emperor of Heaven took back the soil and killed the Kun and finally the story of Dayu's success in controlling the water.

In addition, the "Classic of Mountains and Seas" also records some strange events in the form of a running account, and there is still a great deal of controversy about these events. The book records these things by region, not by time. Most of the things recorded start from the south, then go west, then go north, and finally reach the central part of the continent (Kyushu).

Kyushu is surrounded by the East China Sea, the West Sea, the South China Sea, and the North Sea. Ancient China has also been the "Classic of Mountains and Seas" as a historical view, is a necessary reference book for Chinese historians of all generations, because the book was written for a long time, even Sima Qian wrote the "Historical Records" also believed: "To the "Yu Benji", "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" all the monsters, the rest dare not speak.

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Chinese myths and stories include Pangu opening the world, Nuwa mending the sky, Houyi shooting the sun, Dayu controlling the water, Jingwei reclamation, Yugong moving mountains, Nuwa creating people, Shennong tasting herbs, Kuafu day by day, etc. These myths and stories reflect a yearning for a better life.

1. Pangu opens the world.

Legend has it that in ancient times, heaven and earth were not divided, and the whole universe was like a big egg, which was chaotic and pitch black, and it was impossible to distinguish between up and down, left and right, southeast, northwest, and northwest. But there is a great hero in the egg, and this is the groundbreaking Pangu.

Pangu has been pregnant in eggs for 18,000 years and finally woke up from his slumber. When he opened his eyes, he only felt that it was black and mushy, and the heat was unbearable, Pangu was angry, grabbed an innate big axe, and with a wave of force, the big egg suddenly broke, and the light and clear things in it continued to float upwards and became the sky, and some other heavy and turbid things gradually sank and became the earth.

2, Nuwa mends the sky.

Legend has it that Nuwa created man from the earth and incarnated all things, so that the heavens and the earth would no longer be silent. During the Nuwa era, as human beings multiplied, society began to be turbulent. The water god Gonggong clan and the fire front swim god Zhu Rong fought in Buzhou Mountain, but the Gonggong clan crashed into Buzhou Mountain angrily because of the defeat, and the sky broke.

The story of Nuwa melting multicolored stones to mend the sky.

3. Praise the father day by day.

According to legend, in the era of the Yellow Emperor Dynasty, the leader of the Kuafu clan wanted to take off the sun, so he began to grind his hands day by day, and the sun raced, after drinking the Yellow River and Weishui when he was thirsty, he died of thirst on the way to Daze, and his cane turned into a peach forest, and his body turned into Kuafu Mountain. The story of Kuafu's day-to-day journey reflects the desire of the ancient Chinese ancestors to overcome nature.

Jingwei reclamation, Pangu opens the sky.

Nuwa mends the sky, Yi shoots nine days, Jingwei reclamation, Cangjie makes words, Dayu controls the water, Chang'e runs to the moon, Kuafu chases the sun, Nezha makes the sea, Xingtian dances, the Yellow Emperor fights Chiyou, Pangu opens the world, Nuwa creates people, Shennong tastes a hundred herbs, Niu Lang and Weaver Girl, Meng Jiangnu cries the Great Wall, Wu Gang cuts Gui,

1, Nuwa mends the sky.

The story of Nuwa mending the sky, like the story of Nuwa creating people, is a household name among Chinese. Legend has it that in ancient times, the sky collapsed and the world fell into a great catastrophe. Nuwa couldn't bear to suffer from the disaster, so she refined the five-colored stone to make up the sky, folded the feet of the turtle to support the four poles, leveled the flood and killed the beasts, and eliminated the adverse qi through yin and yang, so that all souls could live in peace.

2. The co-workers are angry and do not touch the mountain.

is a famous ancient myth and legend. It is also known as Gonggong touching the mountain, and is known as the four famous myths of ancient China together with Nuwa mending the sky, Houyi shooting the sun, and Chang'e running to the moon.

Gonggong, also known as Gonggong, is the god of water in ancient Chinese mythology, who controls floods. According to the ancient Chinese pre-Qin book "Liezi Tangwen", it is said that Gonggong has always been at odds with Zhuan, and there was an earth-shattering battle, which ended in the failure of Gonggong and angrily crashed into Buzhou Mountain.

3. Hou Yi shoots the sun.

In ancient times, there was a severe drought in the land. The heat scorched the forest, dried the earth, and dried the seedlings and trees. It turned out that Dijun and Xihe had 10 children, all of whom were the sun, and they lived in the OOC, and there was a big tree in the sea called Fuso.

The 10 suns slept under the branches, and took turns running out to be on duty in the sky, shining on the earth.

But sometimes, they come out together and bring disaster to humanity. In order to save mankind, Hou Yi stretched his bow and arrows and shot at the 9 suns. I saw a burst of fireballs in the sky, and three-legged blacks fell one by one. In the end, only one sun was left in the sky.

4, Chang'e to the moon.

Chang'e was forced by Xiaomeng, and in desperation, after eating an immortal pill given to her husband Hou Yi by the Queen Mother of the West, she flew to the Moon Palace. The myth of "Chang'e running to the moon" originated from the worship of the stars by the ancients, and according to the existing written records, it first appeared in ancient books such as "Huainanzi".