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China's fairy tales have several systems. How are they divided?

On the systematic division in China's myths and legends. The main division method is to divide by region. It mainly includes the myth of Southern Chu, that is, the myth system headed by the Eastern Emperor Taiyi and the Kunlun myth headed by the Western Queen Mother. Oriental Penglai myth refers to three fairy mountains, namely Penglai Fairy Mountain, Abbot Fairy Mountain and Yingzhou Fairy Mountain. Then there is the myth of the Central Plains. In addition to geographical division, there is also a myth system divided by content. For example, the ancient myth system contains two branches: the god system and the god system. The ancient myth system mainly records the natural life for a long time, that is, the creator god. More refers to the story of Pangu and Nu Wa. In addition, there is the myth of Shan Hai Jing system. Shan Hai Jing mainly records a large number of myths about geography and humanity in ancient legends, and also records a large number of god beasts in ancient myths, forming an independent myth. The other is a myth system based on Taoism. In Taoist mythology, Taoist cosmology holds that Tao is the origin of the universe. Primitive is the origin of the birth of the universe. And the Buddha began to create in Daluotian. The first immortals were born in Wuji, followed by a series of immortals such as Jade Emperor, Dong and Queen Mother of the West. In addition to these mainstream myth systems, there are also folk myth systems. The folk myth system is mainly related to the fact that God is also the Jade Emperor. According to folk myths, the Jade Emperor experienced many difficulties and dangers, and he reigned for 36 days and 72 places. In charge of everything such as immortals, buddhas, gods, people and hell, with boundless power. Of course, there are also some minority myth systems, which are not better known than other myth systems in China, such as the Nine Songs myth system. Among the Nine Song Gods, people worship the Eastern Emperor Taiyi the most.