Shan Hai Jing is the earliest geography book. Why is it regarded as a fairy tale?

Shan Hai Jing, as a wonderful work in ancient China, has always been controversial, and people have also discussed it a lot. This book is full of strange things and many strange animals are recorded in it. These animals don't exist in reality, so this book is also considered as a story book.

But in fact, the main content recorded in Shan Hai Jing is geographical knowledge. Other folk customs, cultures and myths are written according to different geographical locations, that is to say, Shan Hai Jing is probably a serious geography book, but when we read it now, we focus on different places, so we regard it as a fairy tale.

Although there are some animals in the book that people have never seen before, many animals are still found. This situation makes people judge that this book is not just a fabricated story book, but has certain scientific basis. Not only that, later generations discovered some other secrets when reading this book.

Some people have investigated and studied the records of rivers through books. After synthesizing all the information, they found an ancient channel of the Yellow River, which was very hidden. If they didn't look for it through the records in the book, I'm afraid most people would rarely notice it.