Xing Tian was originally an unknown giant. In the battle with Huang Di, his head was chopped off by Huang Di, so he was called Xing Tian. Heaven means Dian, which means a person’s forehead; Punisher means killing, which means cutting or pruning.
When Emperor Yan was still ruling the world, Xing Tian was a minister under Emperor Yan. He loved songs all his life. He once composed the music "Helping the Plow" and the poem "Harvest" for Emperor Yan. The general title is "Divination" to praise the happy life of the people at that time.
Later Yan Emperor was defeated by Huang Emperor in the Battle of Banquan, but his son and subordinates were not convinced. When Chiyou raised his troops to resist Huangdi, Xingtian wanted to participate in the war, but he failed because of Yandi's firm prevention.
Chi You failed in the battle with Huang Di and Chi You was killed. Xing Tian could no longer suppress his angry heart, so he secretly left the Southern Heaven and went straight to the Central Heaven to fight with Huang Di. Fight for the upper hand.
The weapon used by Xingtian is Qi, a giant ax; there is also a square bronze shield, which was called Qian in ancient times.
Xing Tian held a bronze square shield in his left hand and a big ax in his right hand, and fought straight to the Yellow Emperor's palace. When Huang Di saw Xing Tian coming to kill him, he was furious. He picked up his sword and started fighting with Xing Tian. The two of them fought from inside the palace to outside the palace, from heaven to the mortal world, and to the Changyang Mountain.
The Yellow Emperor has been on the battlefield for a long time and is experienced. He took advantage of Xingtian's unpreparedness and slashed at Xingtian's neck with his sword. Xingtian couldn't resist, and his head was chopped off. Xingtian's head fell to the ground and rolled down the slope towards the foot of Changyang Mountain. Xing Tian, ??who was beheaded, squatted down and tried to find his head. Due to the loss of his eyes, he did not see that his head was at the foot of Changyang Mountain where he was.
Huang Di was worried that Xing Tian would regain his original form and fight with him again after finding the head, so he picked up the sword in his hand and struck at Changyang Mountain. With a loud noise, Changyang Mountain was split into two halves, and Xingtian's huge head rolled into the valley. Later, the two halves of the mountain merged into one, and Xingtian's head was buried inside.
Xing Tian felt the changes around him and knew that Huang Di had buried his head in the mountain, but he was not discouraged. He stood up, still holding the ax in his right hand and the shield in his left hand, waving it randomly toward the sky. Xing Tian, ??who was plunged into darkness, was furious. He used his two nipples as eyes, opened his navel as a mouth, and continued to fight Huang Di.
Although Xing Tian failed, his uncompromising spirit will always inspire future generations. Tao Yuanming, a great poet of the Jin Dynasty, wrote a poem to praise Xingtian's spirit. The poem said: "Xingtian dances with his relatives, and his fierce ambition is always there."
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Mythology is not only a specialty of primitive society, but also a work of human idealism, marking the spiritual path of modern people. Modern Chinese are still struggling to realize the myth of Chang'e flying to the moon two thousand years ago. Chinese mythology is closely related to social life and highly consistent with modernity.
For example, the craftsman spirit mentioned today is one of the reasons why Chinese mythical characters have become myths. Fuxi invented boats, Huangdi invented vehicles, and Nuwa invented the reed. They were all saints and gods, so the ancient Chinese called craftsmen "works of saints." Chinese mythology not only praises craftsmen, but many works that record mythological stories are themselves manifestations of the spirit of outstanding craftsmen.
Chinese mythology has the spirit of "resistance", which is a spiritual force for China's rise. But at the same time, Chinese mythology also has the spirit of tolerance, humility, and victory and prosperity. One-sided interpretation of the main spirit of Chinese mythology as "resistance" can easily cause people around the world to misunderstand the Chinese people and Chinese culture.
Chinese culture is diverse. When facing mountains, in addition to resistance, there is also awe and worship. Most of the achievements of the ancestors of the Chinese nation are related to mountains. For example, about the Yellow Emperor, "Historical Records" records: The Yellow Emperor "went east to the sea and climbed to Wanshan Mountain, which was the Daizong. In the west, he reached Kongtong and climbed Chicken Head. In the south, he reached the river and climbed Xiongxiong. , Hunan. The north is driven by meat porridge, which is in line with Busan, and the city is located in Zhuolu."
Hefu Busan is the first major alliance meeting in the history of the Chinese nation, and this alliance meeting took place on the mountain. Mountains are the origin of Chinese culture and are therefore places of worship. In the early 20th century, the promotion of the story of Yu Old Man Moves the Mountains had a sense of the times. However, in the late 20th century, the story of Yu Old Man Moves the Mountains about transforming nature seemed to be simplistic and failed to understand the richness and diversity of Chinese mountain myths.
Today, to carry forward the spirit of Foolish Old Man who moved mountains, we should return to the inheritance of perseverance and perseverance, and the inheritance of the spirit of not being afraid of violence and standing upright the backbone of the nation.
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