Through myths and legends, we can see the thoughts and concepts of ancient working people, such as how they imagined the composition of the world, how to praise people's heroes, how to live a beautiful and happy life, how to praise labor and struggle, and so on. Especially the heroic spirit of moving mountains and filling the sea and the spirit passed down from generation to generation from myth.
It's a pity that although China's myth came into being earlier, it was recorded later and lost a lot. Shan Hai Jing is the most abundant and complete book in pre-Qin mythology, but it is just a picture with a short narrative, some of which are difficult to explain. Even Mr. Lu Xun called it an ancient witch book. Compared with ancient Greek mythology, China mythology did not form a complete system. Moreover, God and God are independent of each other, and the relationship between them is rather vague.
Generally speaking, there are three main reasons for the disappearance of China myth: first, China people attach importance to reality and despise metaphysics, and the words used are complicated and inconvenient to record; Second, Confucianism is an exclusive respect at the cultural level. Confucius himself holds the attitude of "staying away from ghosts and gods", while Confucianism pays more attention to "self-cultivation, keeping the family in order, governing the country and leveling the world" The myth has not been carried forward, but scattered; Third, the "myth historization" turned all the mythical gods into ancient emperors. After being deleted by historians, it is neither history nor real myth.
I have to say that the disintegration of China's ancient myths is a great loss for us as Chinese descendants. Fortunately, however, many myths and legends were preserved in fragments of "a few words" in the process of exile and merged with later literature and art.
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