What is the core spirit of China's fairy tales?

Advocate morality, persevere, and strive for the ideal in your heart.

Ancient myths and legends echo the history of human childhood, while China's ancient myths and legends are the first impressions left by Chinese ancestors in transforming nature and society, and are the roots of Chinese civilization for thousands of years. Myths and legends handed down from ancient times to the present contain rich spiritual connotations and are an important part of the spirit of the Chinese nation.

According to the research of modern science, at the end of primitive society, human beings suffered the worst drought in history, and the myth of Houyi shooting at the sun was a vivid response to the serious disaster in that period. In the face of disasters, the Chinese ancestors did not yield, and Hou Yi was an outstanding representative of the people's struggle against disasters at that time. Through the hard work of the Chinese ancestors, the human order was restored and the Chinese ancestors were able to continue to survive and reproduce.

Why does Kuafu chase the sun? The ancients didn't record it clearly, but we can make a reasonable guess by our own imagination. Kuafu mentioned in this article may be the leader of an ancient tribe in China. In order to lead the people of the tribe to overcome the drought, he tried his best and tried his best, and finally he was exhausted!

Besides drought, China's ancestors also faced another extremely serious natural disaster-flood. Myths with flood as the theme or background are common in myths and legends all over the world. From this, we can imagine that in the early stage of human transformation of nature and society, flood, as an almost invincible natural disaster, caused human suffering and left an indelible mark in ancient myths and legends.