What is the main content of China myth?

The main contents of ancient myths in China reflect people's yearning for a better life.

China's fairy tales include Pangu's opening the sky, the goddess mending the sky, Houyi shooting at the sun, Dayu's flood control, Jingwei's reclamation, Gong Yu's moving mountains, Nuwa's making people, Shennong's tasting a hundred herbs and Kuafu's daily life.

China ancient mythical figures are historical figures handed down in ancient China or recorded in historical books. Yao, Shun, Yu and other mythical images. It is vivid and widely praised among people. However, among the ancient mythical figures in China, there is also a monster-like figure that harms the people.

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Although the myth has no complete plot and the mythical characters have no systematic genealogy of gods, it has distinct oriental cultural characteristics, especially the spirit of Suntech.

This spirit of Suntech is more prominent when compared with western myths, especially Greek myths. On the one hand, the spirit of Suntech in China's ancient mythology stems from the inherent characteristics of the original mythology, and on the other hand, it is also the most proud stroke of later mythological reformers.

In western mythology, especially in Greek mythology, wisdom and strength are the criteria for judging gods, while in ancient China mythology, morality is the criterion for judging gods. This way of thinking has deeply injected China's cultural psychology.