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What are the stories or myths about flying?

1, Goddess of the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon: An ancient fairy tale in China tells that Chang 'e was forced by Pang Meng, but in desperation, she took an elixir given by the Queen Mother of the West to her husband Hou Yi and flew to the Moon Palace. The myth of "the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon" originated from the ancient people's worship of the stars. According to the existing written records, it first appeared in ancient books such as Huainanzi.

2. Goddess of mending the sky: According to legend, in ancient times, the sky fell apart and the world fell into catastrophe. Nu Wa couldn't bear the suffering of living beings, so she refined five-color stones to make up the sky, broke the turtle's feet and supported four pillars, calmed the flood and killed all animals, except for the yin and yang, and all souls were at peace. Nu Wa is the mother of the Chinese nation, and the Chinese nation's humanities began first and blessed the true god of the country. She made man out of clay, transformed everything into life, and made heaven and earth no longer silent. She is a great mother god handed down from ancient times. ?

3, the goddess scattered flowers: One day, Tathagata was explaining the scriptures on the lotus throne in the west, and suddenly saw Ruiyun coming from the east, knowing from a distance that his favorite disciple Wei Mojie was ill. So, he sent his disciples to meet him, and decided that Vimoje would take the opportunity to announce and interpret the scriptures, so he sent his heavenly daughter to test his disciples' learning situation.

Goddess, carrying a flower basket, walked gracefully, came to the world, looked down and saw Wei Mojie really giving a lecture to everyone. Immediately, the basket full of flowers was dispersed, and disciple Sha Rifu was covered with flowers. They were very surprised. Sharifutsu knew he could do it, so he studied harder and harder.

The meaning and symbol of flying:

Flying means that heaven and man fly. In China's traditional culture, heaven refers to heaven, but it is also believed that heaven has a will, which is called providence. There are flying in the mural of the tomb, which symbolizes that the soul of the tomb owner can ascend to heaven. There are flying in the mural of the tomb, which symbolizes that the soul of the tomb owner can ascend to heaven. After Buddhism was introduced into China, it exchanged and merged with Taoism in China.

During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, shortly after the spread of Buddhism, flying in murals was also called flying fairy, which was the difference between flying fairy and flying fairy. Flying Dunhuang is the business card of Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang, Gansu, and a symbol of Dunhuang art.