Myths and legends of solar eclipses:
In Buddhist legend, one of the ten disciples of Sakyamuni had a very filial mother named Mulian. However, Mulian's mother was violent by nature. When the Jade Emperor found out, he sent Mulian's mother to the eighteenth level of hell and turned into a vicious dog, never to be reincarnated.
Mulian practiced day and night and became Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva. In order to save his mother, he opened the door of hell with a tin staff, and Mulian's mother and all the evil spirits escaped from hell.
Mu Lian's mother turned into a vicious dog. After escaping from hell, she fled to heaven to settle accounts with the Jade Emperor. She couldn't find the Jade Emperor in the sky, so she chased the sun and the moon, trying to devour them and turn the heaven and earth into a dark world.
Extended information:
On May 26, 1217 BC, people living in Anyang, Henan Province, my country were engaged in various normal activities, but something shocking happened happened.
People looked up at the sky. The previously radiant sun suddenly had a gap and the light dimmed. However, after missing a large part, it began to recover again. This is the earliest record of a solar eclipse in human history, which was carved on a piece of tortoise shell with oracle bones.
The observation of solar eclipses in ancient my country maintained the continuity of records. For example, the chronicle "Spring and Autumn" records 37 solar eclipses in 244 years from 722 to 479.
Baidu Encyclopedia—Solar Eclipse