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Information about fairy tales, information about China's fairy tales.

1. China myth is the product of ancient China traditional culture, which reflects the simple thoughts of early China children and the primitive fantasies of ancient people about natural phenomena and social life. Stories and legends expressed through supernatural images and fantasies are themselves natural and social forms processed by human fantasies in an unconscious artistic way.

2. Myths are generally famous for such figures as immortals, monsters, buddhas and bodhisattvas. They include various natural gods and deified heroes. The plots of myths usually show changes, magical powers, anecdotes, wars, love and so on. And it contains various meanings and feudal superstitions, and the meaning of fairy tales is usually manifested as an explanation of some natural and social phenomenon; Some expressed our ancestors' desire to conquer nature and change society. It is mainly spread to the people through writing books and word of mouth.

3. Myth types

The system of ancient myths and legends in China is mainly divided into four categories: ancient myths, religious myths, folk myths and literary myths.

Step 4 classify

Ancient myths and stories: Pangu created the world, the goddess of mending the sky created mankind, Jingwei filled the sea, Kuafu managed water day by day, Three Emperors and Five Emperors, Shennong tasted a hundred herbs, created characters in Cangjie, and danced dry gas in the sky and so on.

Religious myths and stories: Guanyin gains the Tao, Eight Immortals cross the sea, Zhong Kui catches ghosts, Mazu legend, dog bites Lv Dongbin, Yao Ji goddess, general, goddess of salt water and king, Lin Jun and goddess of salt water, Brewmaster Du Kang, dragon girl worships Guanyin, the old moon leads the red line, swan fairy and toad god, Mount Tai Shi Gandang exorcises evil spirits, four great beasts and so on.

Folk fairy tales: fairy couple, legend of white snake, Cowherd and Weaver Girl, the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon, Houyi shooting the sun, Wu Gang cutting Guangxi, Meng Jiangnu crying down the Great Wall, drilling wood to make a fire, black dog eating the moon, Liang Shanbo, Gong Yu Yishan, Luoshen Fu Fei, Mu Wang's westward journey, Ma Su's birthday sacrifice, Danzhu changing into a bird, cutting one-horned dragon with wisdom, and scooping dragons to watch dragons.

Literary Myths and Stories: Famous myths and legends such as Ina making trouble in the sea, making trouble in the Heavenly Palace, learning from the Western Heaven, Monkey King Thrice Defeats the Skeleton Demon, listing the gods, splitting mountains to save mother, lotus lanterns, etc.