Shanhaijing, from fairy tales such as mending the sky, Emperor Yan of Shennong, Reclaiming the Sea by Jingwei, Huangdi of Xuanyuan, Nine Days in Yishe, and Dayu's flood control, has been talking about the establishment of the Xia Dynasty, and the stories are even more magical and wonderful. The book also describes the strange animals and plants distributed in the famous mountains and rivers in the east, west, north and south, as well as the strange customs of many surrounding ancient countries or tribes at home and abroad at that time.
What impressed me the most was that when the power of the Yellow Emperor became stronger and stronger, surpassing the defeated Yan Di, and his subordinate Chiyou wanted to take revenge on the Yellow Emperor, Yan Di said, "I risked my life to let the people live a better life, not let them die in the war." This fully shows that Emperor Yan is a good leader who cares about the people.
What makes me feel strange is that there is a kind of fish in the mountains and rivers in the north, which has a head and eight bodies. It is really strange; There is also a bird, which has a head, three eyes, four wings and three tails. Strange! What makes me laugh is that there is a kind of fish in the southern mountains and rivers. Its body is like a snake, but its head is like a human. People who eat its meat can live a long life.
Through reading this book, I have a deeper understanding of "Phoenix Nirvana". The book says that the phoenix is a bird symbolizing good luck in the southern mountainous areas. After its death, it will ignite the whole body fire, and then be reborn in the fire, gaining stronger vitality than before. This is "phoenix nirvana". Phoenix will only appear when the world is at peace, and will only live under the buttonwood. No wonder people often say that "the buttonwood tree at home attracts golden phoenix".
1. Shan Hai Jing is a strange book in ancient China, generally written by Chu or Bashu people from the middle and late Warring States to the early Han Dynasty. It is also a fantastic book. The author of this book is unknown. The ancients thought that this book was "the work of the curious people in the Warring States period, Zhuang Zaji, Biography, Lisao, Zhou Shu and Jincheng". Modern scholars also believe that writing a book is not an instant, and the author is not a person.
2. Shan Hai Jing is a book full of magical colors, with various contents. It is rich in precious materials of geography, mythology, folklore, history of science, religion, ethnology, medicine and other disciplines. Its academic value involves many disciplines, recording a large number of natural geographical elements and human geographical contents in China at that time, such as mountains, hydrology, medicine and so on.
3. Many contemporary scholars believe that Shan Hai Jing records the polar phenomenon that the North Pole is day and night for half a year, but the ancients can't explain this phenomenon, so they use myths to explain it. This kind of record is undoubtedly valuable scientific information. There are many similar examples.