This book records these things one by one by region rather than by time. Most of the recorded things start from the south, then go west, then go north, and finally reach the central part of the mainland (Kyushu). Kyushu is surrounded by China's East Sea, West Sea, South China Sea and North Sea. In ancient China, The Classic of Mountains and Seas has always been regarded as a historical reference book for historians in China. Because this book has been written for a long time, even when Sima Qian wrote Historical Records, he thought: "The monsters in Benji and Shanhaijing are speechless."
Goddess of mending the sky from Shuijing Mountain and Sea in Jing Zhu.
In ancient myths and legends in China, there was a goddess named Nu Wa. What is Nuwa like? Legend has it that she is a snake with a head. Nu Wa is a kind god. She has done many good things for mankind. For example, she once taught people about marriage, and she also made a musical instrument called Shenghuang for human beings. The most touching story is that the goddess fills the sky.
Legend has it that when human beings were multiplying, suddenly the water god and Vulcan Zhu Rong fought. They went from the sky to the ground, causing trouble everywhere. As a result, Zhu Rong won and refused to accept the defeat. In a rage, he bumped into the island. No, Zhoushan landslide, the big pillar supporting heaven and earth is broken, the sky is half collapsed, a big hole appears, and the ground is trapped in a series of big cracks. The mountain forest caught fire, the flood gushed out from the ground, and dragons, snakes and beasts also came out to devour the people. Mankind is facing an unprecedented disaster.
Nu Wa witnessed such a strange disaster and felt very painful, so she decided to mend the sky to end it. She chose various colored stones, set them on fire and melted them into mud, filled the hole with this mud, and then cut off four feet of a chinemys reevesii as four pillars to support half the collapsed sky. Nu Wa also captured and killed the black dragon, which killed the people, and stopped the arrogance of the dragon and snake. Finally, in order to prevent flooding, Nuwa also collected a large number of reeds, burned them into ashes and buried them in the flood that spread everywhere.
After some efforts and rectification by Nu Wa, the sky was finally filled up, the ground was filled up, the water stopped, the dragon, snake and beast disappeared, and the people lived a happy life again. But after all, this catastrophic disaster left its mark. Since then, the sky is still tilted to the northwest, so the sun, moon and stars naturally return to the west, and because the ground is tilted to the southeast, all the rivers gather there.
1. Day after day in Kuafu: Kuafu leaves Japan by car and enters Japan. If you are thirsty, you can drink water from the river. If the river is not enough, you can drink osawa in the north. Before he arrived, he died of thirst. Abandon its employees. Become Deng Lin.
2. Xingtian Dance as a tribute: "Heaven and earth compete with the emperor for God, and the emperor broke his head and buried yangshan. It is based on the chest and the navel as the mouth, and dances. " Later, Tao Yuanming had a famous poem: "Dance with the fields, aim at the constant". I think the Monkey King is a bit enterprising.
Kuafu's Daily Story
Kuafu is a fairy tale every day. It tells the story of Kuafu, an ancient man of God, who chased the sun and was finally roasted to death by the sun. The ancient book Shan Hai Jing described this in detail: "Kuafu left Japan by car. When he entered Japan, he was thirsty and wanted to drink water. Drinking in the river, Wei, River, Wei is insufficient; Drinking osawa in the north, but before he arrived, he died of thirst. Abandon its staff and become a Deng (peach) forest. "
This account says: Kuafu chased the sun to the edge, and was thirsty because of the heat. It's not enough to drink the river. He wants to drink the water from the swamp, but he's dying of thirst. Walking sticks were abandoned by the roadside, competing to grow into peach groves.
Why does Kuafu chase the sun?
The daily stories that Mr. Yang thinks have profound memory significance.
Explain that "only those who pay attention to time and race against the sun can walk fast;" The faster you walk, the more empty you feel in your stomach, so you can need and accept more water (think of water as a symbol of knowledge); Only by getting more water can we race against time and not lag behind it. "Mr. Yang's point of view has been included in the book China Literature, which has won the approval of many comrades.
In addition, the writer Xiao Bing said in his book "Fire Heroes: Kuafu and Prometheus" that praising you day after day is to collect kindling for mankind and make the earth bright and warm. Kuafu is a "fire thief hero" and Prometheus of China.
Mr. Xiao's views are quite romantic.
Others regard Kuafu as a struggle of nature day after day, with Kuafu representing "water" and the sun representing "fire". The water god and the fire god contend, and water and fire are incompatible.
Kuafu's daily stories give people rich imagination and profound enlightenment. How to understand this story is not only a concern of academic circles, but its positive significance lies in that people understand the world with their own different understandings and realize their own beautiful pursuit.
A symbol of Jingwei's reclamation/tenacious determination
Pronunciation j and ng wè i tiá n h m: i.
Jingwei took the wood and stone, determined to fill the sea. In the old days, it was a metaphor of deep hatred and revenge determination. The latter metaphor is determined and not afraid of difficulties.
Source "Shan Hai Jing Bei Shan Jing": "The daughter of Emperor Yan is called a girl. The girl drowned while swimming in the East China Sea, so she was Jingwei. She often drowned in the East China Sea with the title of wood and stone in Xishan. "
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200 miles north, it is called Pigeon Mountain. There are many dead trees and birds on it. It is shaped like a black head, a white beak, and a pair of barefoot. It's called Jingwei, and its song is self-proclaimed. It's Yan Di's girl, named Girl. The girl drowned while swimming in the East China Sea, so she was Jingwei. She often holds the title of Xishan Wood and Stone, so that she is trapped in the East China Sea. Out of the water, it flows eastward into the river.
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Governing and transforming nature requires tenacious spirit. Emperor Yan, the sun god, had a little daughter named Nu Wa, who was his favorite daughter. Emperor Yan not only manages the sun, but also manages food and medicinal materials. He has many things to do. He goes to the East China Sea early every morning to direct the sun to rise, and doesn't go home until the sun goes down.
Emperor Yan is not at home, and the girl plays alone. She really wants her father to take her out and see where the sun rises in the East China Sea. But my father is busy with business and always doesn't take her. On this day, the girl rowed the boat alone and came to the place where the sun rose in the East China Sea. Unfortunately, there was a storm at sea and the boat capsized like a mountain wave. The girl was swallowed by the ruthless sea and never came back. Emperor Yan missed his daughter, but he couldn't bring her back to life with drugs, so he had to lament alone.
When the baby girl died, her soul turned into a bird with a flower head, a white shell and red claws, and gave a cry of "Jingwei, Jingwei", so people also called this bird "Jingwei".
Jingwei hates the heartless sea for taking away her young life, and she wants to avenge herself. So, she kept taking a pebble or a twig from the pigeon hill where she lived, spreading her wings and flying to the East China Sea. She went back to the rough sea, groaning, throwing stones and branches, trying to fill the sea.
The sea roared and laughed at her: "bird, forget it." You won't fill the sea if you work for a million years. "
Jingwei answered the sea at high altitude: "Even if you work for 10 million years, 10 million years, until the end of the universe and the end of the world, I will eventually fill you up!" "
"Why do you hate me so much?"
"Because you took my young life, you will take many young and innocent lives in the future. I will work endlessly, and one day I will fill you up. "
Jingwei flew and sang, left the sea and flew back to Faduo Foshan to get stones and branches. Holding and throwing, she flew back and forth for several years and never stopped. Later, Jingwei and Haiyan got married and gave birth to many birds. The females were like Jingwei and the males were like Haiyan. Little Jingwei, like their mother, also went to pick up stones and fill the sea. Until today, they are still doing this kind of work.
People sympathize with and admire Jingwei, calling it "the bird of injustice", "the bird of oath", "the bird of ambition", "the bird of emperor" and "the bluebird", and erecting a monument beside the East China Sea, calling it "the land where Jingwei swears to water".