Why must children read the Mountain and Sea Scripture, which is regarded as a classic for the ages?

China has thousands of years of traditional culture, and the essence of the Classic of Mountains and Seas is still a treasure for people to learn and explore today. And a mention of traditional Chinese culture will have to mention the Chinese mythology, it can be said that the ancient Chinese myths are the source of ideas of traditional Chinese culture. Children learning culture, naturally, is to learn from the source of culture.

Secondly, children can't resist myths. Myths are mostly characterized by gods and ghosts, which are extra fantasy stories from the real humdrum life, much more interesting than the boring traditional literature, and more capable of arousing children's interest in reading, which is the key to triggering children's independent development of reading habits.

The Historical Positioning of the Classic of Mountains and Seas:

1. Han to Tang: During that period, the content of the Classic of Mountains and Seas was considered to be true, and the mountains, rivers, and even exotic creatures recorded in it were all credible.

2, Ming to Qing: in the period, the Classic of Mountains and Seas is gradually regarded as a work of fiction, due to the increasing cognition of people as well as the prevalence of novels in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the credibility of the Classic of Mountains and Seas is gradually reduced, and it is categorized into the stream of novels.

3, the end of the Qing Dynasty to the present: "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" has a different positioning according to the research direction and theory of the researcher; with the introduction of Western anthropology, folklore and other disciplines, many scholars in the study of "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" as a synthesis of a variety of disciplines, the use of theories from different disciplines, analyze and summarize a variety of results.