Jingwei reclamation is one of the ancient myths and legends in China. According to legend, Jingwei was originally the youngest daughter of Emperor Yan Shennong, named Nuwa. One day, the girl visited the East China Sea and drowned. After his death, his uneven spirit became a bird with a flower head, a white beak and red claws. Every day, he brings stones and plants from the mountains and throws them into the East China Sea, and then he cries "Jingwei, Jingwei" as if calling himself.
Based on different research perspectives, people divide the myth of "Jingwei Reclamation" into different myth types. Obviously, the myth of "jingwei filling the sea" belongs to a typical deformation myth, which belongs to the myth of "preserving health after death", that is, entrusting the soul to a substance that exists in reality. Not only that, "Jingwei filling the sea" also belongs to the myth of revenge. The girl had no resentment against the sea before her death, but she drowned unexpectedly, so she forged a hatred with the sea and became the revenge cause of the bird's lifelong reclamation.
Some researchers believe: "There are many typical unnatural deaths recorded in ancient myths in China, among which the accidents make people see the weakness and powerlessness of ancestors in the face of nature, and also reveal the fragility of life." The death of the baby girl was an accident, which showed the fragility of human life and the strength of the sea. Mao Dun, a famous writer, thinks: "Jingwei and Xingtian belong to the same type of myth, both of which describe indomitable perseverance and will, and belong to the myth of birds and beasts with moral consciousness."
Legend of the scenery of mountains, seas, Beijing and North Mountain:
200 miles to the north, there is a Fawu Mountain with dense Zheshu trees. There is a bird in the mountain, which looks like a crow, but it has a flower-like head, a white mouth and red claws. Its name is Jingwei, and its voice is the pronunciation of its own name. Jingwei bird was once the youngest daughter of Emperor Yan, named Nuwa. The girl went to the East China Sea to play. Drowning in the East China Sea instead of returning, it becomes a bird of fine guard, and often fills the East China Sea with branches and stones from the Western Hills. Zhangshui originates from this mountain and flows eastward into the Yellow River.
Folding folk edition
Legend has it that Emperor Yan had a daughter named Nuwa, who was smart, lively and lovely, and beautiful. Yan Di likes her very much. One day, she went out to play with children and saw an older child riding a horse. The children are exhausted, and the older children will not stop. The girl went over and pointed to the head of the older child. She said angrily, "You are so bad. What is the skill of bullying children? If you have strength, you are called a hero. "
The boss saw that the girl was a little girl, born thin and didn't take her seriously at all. He jumped down from the child's back, walked up to the girl and said, "I am the son of the sea dragon king." Who are you? " How dare you meddle with me! "The baby girl said," what's the big deal about the son of the dragon king? I am also the daughter of Shennong. Don't run wild on land in the future, or I'll hang you in a tree to dry. "
The son of the dragon king said, "I'll let you know my skills first, and then mind your own business." Call if you say so. The girl followed her father to hunt in the mountains since she was a child. Her hands and feet are very flexible and her strength is not small. Seeing each other's rudeness, she did not show weakness. She dodged the opponent's fist and kicked the dragon king's son.
The son of the Dragon King stood up and refused to admit defeat. He punched again and again and was punched in the chest by the girl.
The son of the dragon king saw that he could not beat the girl, so he had to go back to the sea despondently.
A few days later, the girl went swimming in the sea and had a good time. She happened to be discovered by the son of the Dragon King. He swam to the girl and said, "You got a bargain on land that day. Today, you run to my door and make a mistake quickly, or I will make waves and drown you. " .
The girl stubbornly said, "I am right." I don't know what's wrong. "
The son of the dragon king saw the girl's stubbornness and didn't mean to give up at all. He immediately stirred up the sea and set off strong winds and waves. The girl drowned before she could struggle, and never came back.
The girl was not satisfied with her own death. She changed her soul and became a bird named Jingwei. Jingwei, flower head, white shell, red claws, a bit like a crow, lives in dharma drum mountain in the north. She was destroyed by the relentless waves of sadness and hatred, thinking that others might take away her young life, so she kept picking up branches and stones from the western hills and throwing them into the sea, trying to fill it. She kept flying between the Western Hills and the East China Sea.
But the roaring sea laughed at her and said, "bird, forget it." Even if you have worked for millions of years, you won't find a way to fill me in! "
But Jingwei, who is flying high in the sky, resolutely replied: "Even if you work for ten million years, ten million years, until the end of the world, I will fill you in!"
"Why do you hate me so much?" "Because of you-you took my young life, and many young and innocent lives will be taken away by you mercilessly in the future."
"Silly bird, then do it-do it!" The sea smiled.
Jingwei wailed in the sky: "I want to do it! I want to do it! I want to work forever! This is a sad sea, and one day I will fill you in the ground! "
She flew and screamed, left the sea and flew back to the western hills; Take stones and branches from the western hills and throw them into the sea. She flew around like this, never resting, and she is still doing this kind of work until today.