1. "Fengshenbang", also known as "Fengshenyanyi", is a Chinese novel about gods and demons. Its content relies on the historical background of "the rise of Zhou and the destruction of Shang", using King Wu's defeat of Zhou as a time and space clue, from Nuwa dropped incense and opened the book, and it ended with Jiang Ziya sealing the 365 righteous gods. In recent years, "Feng Shen Bang" has been made into TV series and movies many times, and Kingsoft Corporation has also developed online games based on the theme of "Feng Shen Bang".
2. The author is Chen Zhonglin (perhaps Zhong Lin) of the Ming Dynasty, and it is also said to be the Taoist priest Lu Xixing of the Ming Dynasty (the Taoist classic "Huang Ting Jing" is quoted in more than ten places in "The Romance of the Gods"). It was written approximately during the Longqing and Wanli years. It is an ancient magical fantasy myth story, based on the commentary "King Wu Defeats Zhou" and with reference to ancient books and folklore.
3. For hundreds of years, it has attracted many readers with its unique charm, and is famous for its huge volume and strange fantasy. The content relies on the historical background of "the rise of Zhou and the destruction of Shang", using King Wu's defeat of Zhou as a time and space clue, starting from Nuwa dropping incense and opening the book, and ending with Jiang Ziya sealing the 365 righteous gods.
4. There are many powerful gods and monsters in "The Legend of the Gods". They either drive wheels with fire (Hot Fire Wheels), or mounts of various shapes (Sixiang, etc.) , using a variety of powerful magic weapons (Diamond Nail, Fantian Seal, General-killing Gourd, Hunyuan Golden Dou, Dinghaizhu). All this was like a dream, and it seemed that it could only be explained by myths and legends when it appeared during the Shang and Zhou dynasties.
5. But myths are not necessarily false. They may just be exaggerated descriptions of the events they saw by ancient people, or they may be "processed" and added to what we are today after being "processed" through the ages. This is what I saw. For example, there was a story before. During World War II, the U.S. military built an airport on a small island in the Pacific. The indigenous people on the island watched the "airplanes" rise and fall from the airport. A few years later, the U.S. military returned to the island. When I came up, I found that the indigenous people made a "earth airplane" and worshiped it as a god.
Story plot: The plots of Nezha making waves in the sea, Jiang Ziya going down the mountain, King Wen’s visit to the wise, three grabs for the list of gods, and immortals fighting in formations and other plots show the rich imagination of the ancients: soaring in the clouds and mists, calling for wind and rain, and moving mountains. Move the sea, sow beans into soldiers, as well as water escape, earth escape, hot wheels, fire spears...
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