Classic of Mountains and Seas? I believe many friends have heard of this book. Mr. Lu Xun also loved reading it when he was a child. It contains many monsters, species from mythological stories, etc., and the best example is the armadillo. Sorry, but many friends are very curious about why there are armadillos in the Classic of Mountains and Seas. In fact, it is very likely that armadillos originally lived in Asia. Let’s take a look and analyze it together.
According to our understanding, armadillos live in the American continent, not Asia, but note that this is after historical records, but before there are historical records? Are armadillos definitely living in the American continent? It is very likely that it lived in Asia a long time ago, but later had to relocate due to some climate and terrain reasons, so it came to the American continent; let's take a look at the description of the armadillo in the Classic of Mountains and Seas. ?Is there a beast that looks like a dodder but has a beak of a bird, has the eyes of an owl and the tail of a snake, and sleeps when it sees people? It is called an armadillo. To be sure, at least some people have seen armadillos in Asia.
And the current armadillos are indeed in the American continent, but it was after the Qing Dynasty. The armadillos in ancient times were very likely to live in Asia, and then the Chinese in ancient times had and We had dealings with armadillos, so we had very detailed descriptions of them. It was very possible that we came to the American continent many years later because of special envoys.
After all? The Book of Mountains and Seas? This book is more like a popular science book. There are many species recorded in it, all of which we have never seen before, much like monsters in the mythological system, etc. , but we can’t just say that the monsters inside don’t exist. It is very likely that they existed in ancient times, but they all became extinct later and we can’t see them anymore. However, there are still a lot of fossils found, so it is described in the Classic of Mountains and Seas. It is very possible that monsters exist.