What are the characteristics of Chinese mythology?

1. Resounding with the echoes of labor and creation, it is a vivid record of labor and creation, and it is a praise of labor performance and pioneering spirit.

2, full of thick life and love for the people consciousness: Nuwa mending the sky, Yi shot nine days, Yu flood, Jingwei reclamation are to get rid of and overcome natural disasters; Huang Di war Chi You is to clear the earth's evil forces, so that they do not go to jeopardize the normal survival of people.

Second, the creation of romance:

Myth wings soaring place, every time is the precursor to the invention of scientific creativity, myths are sometimes even scientific prophecy, or fantasy science.

Artistically, myths are characterized by a strong spirit of positive romanticism: bizarre plots, strange fantasies, bold exaggerations, and rich imagination.

Influence of Chinese mythology:

Myth is a genre that had an early influence on various Chinese literary creations. Its subject matter and various mythological characters have had a multifaceted influence on the literary creation of successive generations and the formation of the epics of various peoples, especially its rich imagination and its method of visualizing natural things, which has a direct relationship with the artistic fictions of the writers of the later generations and the formation of the Romantic method of creation.

The oral narrative form also became the precursor of narrative literary genres such as the novel. Many myths have directly provided writers and artists with subjects for their work. Some of these famous myths have become frequently quoted allusions.

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Characteristics of Chinese mythology

A "unearthly, without the lust of ordinary people," this is an important feature of the godly character of the main major gods in ancient Chinese mythology. In many Chinese scriptures and historical texts, the major major gods of ancient China, who were not meticulous, never teased human beings, let alone envied and maimed them. In their personal lives, they were always very disciplined and disciplined, paying great attention to the smallest details, to the cultivation of character and virtue, and honoring the virtuous and the capable. Almost every god-king did not have the phenomenon of "leaving the wall" or "sowing love seeds indiscriminately". In their bodies, there was only an aura of holiness, purity of character, and noble sentiments. When human beings look towards them, they will only look upwards and worship them without the slightest disrespect.　　In China's mythological world, not to mention the myths that have been transformed by later generations, but also the ancient primitive myths, we can't see the depiction of the love lives of the great gods, and we can't see the details of their lives in this regard. Since the ancient Chinese myths about love are very few, the myth of Chang'e running to the moon and the later legend of the Goddess of Wushan appear to be beautiful and exquisite in the Chinese mythological world, and the scenery is unique.　　On the contrary, in the ancient Greek mythology, we see the big and small gods are secular, is full of the image of human flavor: the king of the gods, Zeus, wild and unruly, womanizing, in the world of the gods and the earth left a large series of affair debt, the more serious is that he acted arbitrarily, unprincipled, full of jealousy and personal hobbies; Hera, the queen of gods, this is the role model of the gods and the earth's goddess mother, but she is often jealousy and hatred, and lost their nature, and made a number of mistakes and mistakes. But she often lost her nature for jealousy and hatred, and did some cruel and godless stupid things, without the slightest respect from human beings. Such was the case with the chief gods, and the gods under them were all of a very similar character. In the war between the Greek army and Troy, Achilles told Agamemnon to return the female captive Chryseis, which had been taken from him, to the priests of his father Apollo, so that when the god Apollo was in the process of annihilating the Greek army with the plague for the robbery of the daughter of his priests, Agamemnon, thinking he had been insulted, insisted on keeping the female captive Chryseis by his side, and Achilles, in indignation, withdrew from the battle with his army, and allowing Hector, the Trojan general, to quickly kill the Greek soldiers who had not yet died of the plague. This fiasco of the Greeks was only because of a woman, a result that the Chinese could not understand or forgive, and that the spirit of virtue in Chinese mythology would not allow. For example, when Apollo lost a flute-playing contest with Marceau, he cruelly skinned Marceau and hung him on a tree; and when the moon god and Apollo's brother and sister shot the many sons and daughters of Nyopo because Nyopo mocked their mother, Leto, the Titan giant, for giving birth to only one son and one daughter and for forbidding the Theban women to offer sacrifices to Leto, and so on and so forth. And so on and so forth. It can be seen that, in Greek mythology, the gods and men, in addition to the difference in power, but emotionally the same. When the gods took off their divine garb, they all became earthly mortals.　　Secondly, "the veneration and honoring of the spirit of sacrifice of the gods" is another important manifestation of the spirit of virtue in ancient Chinese mythology. This spirit of sacrifice is first manifested in the ancient creation myths. The Chinese creation myths accomplish the opening up of heaven and earth and the creation of all things by sacrificing the physical body of the creator god. Therefore, after completing the task of opening up the heavens and the earth, Pangu, the ancient Chinese god of creation, transformed his eyes into the sun and the moon, his limbs and head into the five mountains, his veins into the Yangtze River and the Yellow River, his hair into mountains, forests, grasses, trees, his muscles into clay, his sinews into gold and stone, and the parasites in his body into human beings. Another great god of opening up, Nuwa, after she had accomplished the great work of mending the sky and creating man, she also transformed her body into all things. This is why the Shanhaijing (Classic of Mountains and Seas) says that there are ten gods who were transformed from Nuwa's intestines. Although we cannot know all the details of Nuwa's materialization today, this myth more or less reveals this aspect for us.　　Subsequent patriarchal gods inherited this tradition of the creator god and carried it forward, creating a memorable performance for the Chinese nation. The invention of fire by Suirenshi went through a lot of pains and tribulations; Yandi tasted all kinds of herbs for the invention of agricultural cultivation and herbal medicine, and went through life and death a few times, so the Huainanzi Xiuwu Xun said that Shennong "tasted the taste of all kinds of herbs and the sweetness and bitterness of the springs so that the people would know where to open up, and when this time came, he encountered seventy poisons in one day"; and the history of the pre-Qin dynasties says that Dayu had been traveling for ten years for the purpose of curing the water and had not entered the house three times without entering the house. The history of the pre-Qin dynasties tells us that Dayu traveled for ten years in order to treat water, and that he did not enter his house until he had passed through it three times, so much so that "his shins did not grow hairs, and he could not walk past the disease of partial blight" ("Xunzi Feixiang", citing "Corpse Zi").　　Not only the gods of creation and ancestor god, in our ancient myths and legends of heroes and heroes of the eulogy, the same also reflects a spirit of dedication and sacrifice. In these myths, all for the progress of society, for the happiness of mankind and dedication of the heroes are highly praised; on the contrary, all those who are not conducive to the advancement of society, hindering the happiness of mankind's divine characters are to be spurned and criticized. Therefore, Kuafu, who died for the sun, Hou Yi, who shot the sun to eliminate the harm, and Dayu, who saved the people from the floods, etc., all occupy a high position in the hearts of the people; and Jingwei, who turned into a bird after being drowned by the water, and kept on filling the sea with wood and stone, is also honored by the people for the rest of his life. And those who brutalize human beings, gods and snakes, monsters and general antagonists, if not put to death by the heroes, will also be put to death by the history and culture.　　The spirit of dedication commonly embodied in the ancient Chinese gods is not found in the mythological heroes of other nations of the world. Among the Greek mythological figures, their opening myths are full of bloodshed: the universe first gave birth to Kairos (i.e., Chaos), Caius, the broad-breasted earth mother, Tartarus, the god of hell, and Eros, the goddess of love. Kairos gave birth to Nyx, the god of night, and Erebos, the god of darkness. The union of Nyx and Erebos gave birth to space and day. Caius, in turn, gave birth to Uranus (the sky), the sea, and the mountains. At this time Uranus became the lord, and he united with his mother Caius and gave birth to six men and six women*** twelve gods of the sky. Later, Uranus, the first lord god, was castrated by his son Cronus. Cronos' union with his sister Rhea also produced six men and six women, Zeus being the youngest. Fearing that his sons and daughters would come to overthrow him as he had overthrown their father, Cronos swallowed all his children. Before Zeus was born, Rhea fled to Crete with the help of Caius, the earth mother, and went to the island before giving birth to Zeus, who was spared. Zeus later united with the gods to overthrow his father, Cronus, forcing him to spit out his brothers and sisters. Zeus then set up a divine kingdom on Mount Olympus and made himself the supreme god. This Greek myth shows that Zeus's divine order was built on the flesh and blood of generations of gods, and what is worse is that the killings were all flesh and blood killings (qiāng).　　Not only Greek mythology, Babylonian mythology and Norse mythology are also with a strong flavor of blood. The Enuma Elish, a record of Babylonian mythology, says that in the beginning, there were two major groups of gods: one group symbolized the irregular "chaos," the gods and monsters born out of the oceans; the other group symbolized the regular "order," the gods and goddesses who were separated from the oceans. The other symbolizes regular "order" and the separation of the heavenly gods from the ocean. The process of creation is understood as a battle between Chaos and Order, with Order triumphing over Chaos and creating everything and everyone from the corpses of the Chaos gods and monsters. In Norse mythology, the sky god Odin killed the powerful ice giant and created everything in the world from his body.　　The spirit of virtue in the ancient Chinese myths is not only reflected in the noble and great devotion of the great gods, but also in their "sense of responsibility to protect and protect the people". In the minds of the Chinese, as the gods are worshipped by the people, they should fulfill the duty of protecting and blessing the people. In ancient times, many famous Chinese gods had the identity of the ancestor gods. These ancestor gods were all outstanding figures in their own tribes, who played a great role in the development and growth of their people or in major changes in their people. The prerequisites for them to become the ancestor gods of their own people also determine their responsibilities and obligations as great gods. Especially since the Western Zhou Dynasty, due to historical and political needs, the Hundred Schools of Thought have consciously remodeled the images of mythological figures, and put all the heroic virtues of human ideals on them. As a result of this phenomenon, the wildness that survived in the ancient mythological characters disappeared cleanly, and what was left was only the moral appearance and grandeur. So these ancient mythological heroes or ancestral gods took a new attitude to the stage of history, transforming themselves from gods and goddesses into earthly emperors with perfect moral character. First of all, they were all concerned with the people of the world, and it was their fundamental duty to rule the world for the benefit of mankind. One of them, Da Yu, is a good example. Da Yu was selfless and devoted himself to the well-being of all the people in the world. Others, such as the Yan Emperor, the Yellow Emperor, Yao and Shun, were no different. At the same time, the ancient gods in Chinese myths and legends did not take the world as their own, but rather, they were wise and capable, and had the virtue of "Zen Transition". That is why Yao passed the throne to Shun when he grew old, and Shun passed the throne to Dayu. This state of affairs is so beautiful and high that the later generations could not even figure out whether it was a historical fact or a myth.　　The myths and legends of Ancient Greece exhibit cultural characteristics that are very different from those of Chinese mythology. In the ancient Greek myths, the gods and goddesses, like human beings, also showed love, hate, anger, desire, jealousy and other mundane emotions. "Pandora's box" is an example: when mankind was created, the hero Prometheus helped mankind to observe the stars, discover ores and master production technology. Zeus, as the father of the sky, refused to give "fire" to mankind out of jealousy of mankind. Prometheus took the fire from the flame of the solar chariot and gave it to mankind. When Zeus found out about this, he locked Prometheus up in the Caucasus Mountains and let the fierce and hungry eagles peck at his liver. Meanwhile, Zeus stepped up his vengeance against mankind by ordering Vulcan to create the beautiful Pandora - "the woman with all the gifts" - and the gods gave her softness, heart, and beauty to carry in a box to Prometheus' brother --Epimetheus. Epimetheus left Pandora, opened the box that brought disaster to mankind, so from the box flew out of the pain, disease, jealousy and so on, from then on the earth was plunged into the abyss of darkness. Zeus was not satisfied with this, he launched a flood to exterminate mankind.　　Compared with the myths of mending the sky, reclaiming the sea, chasing after the sun, running to the moon, shooting at the sun, and curing the water in Chinese myths, all these acts in Western myths are really on a different level and cannot be compared with each other. If Zeus was unfortunate enough to be the king of the gods in ancient China, he would have long ago been knocked into the abyss of doom.　　This spirit of virtue embodied in the ancient Chinese myths, some of them are the inherent qualities of the innate myths, while others are artificially transformed later. It is the result of cultural reshaping and selection in a civilized society. After this kind of cultural remodeling and selection, a little bit of "human nature" remaining in the ancient gods also disappeared, and what was left was only a conceptualized image that was far away from the society and human beings, and high above the world, and nothingness, so their original divinity was also weakened, and they became idols worshipped by the earth, and turned into models for the earthly emperors and kings. They became the idols of earthly worship and the models of earthly emperors and kings. Thus, the great gods in the myths eventually evolved into the ancestors of the earth, and respect for the gods became ancestor worship, and the myths became religious worship.　　It is this spirit of virtue that makes Chinese culture reflect the requirement of "virtue" everywhere. This is also illustrated by the fact that "cultivating one's moral character" comes first in our traditional "Cultivate Qi, Govern, and Ping" realm of life. Only by "starting at the beginning" can one cultivate one's body before one can unify one's family, and then one can rule the country and pacify the world. In the long civilized society of the latter days, no matter whether the minister abolished the king and replaced him, or the king depreciated the minister and executed him, there were often excuses from the "virtue" aspect. It seems that only in this way, one after another murderous "coup d'état" or "devaluation" seems to be justified and logical. This kind of cultural choice can still be found everywhere even in today's social life, in the thinking and habits of our nation.

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What are the characteristics of Chinese mythology?

Chinese myths are characterized by: First, the survival of the great: 1, resounding echoes of labor and creation, it is a vivid record of labor and creation, but also the praise of labor performance and pioneering spirit. 2, full of thick life and love for the people's consciousness: Nuwa mending the sky, Yi shot nine days, Yu flood, Jingwei reclamation are to get rid of and overcome the natural disasters; the Yellow Emperor war Chiyu is in order to clear the earth's evil forces, so that they do not go to harm the normal survival of people. They go to jeopardize the normal survival of man. Second, the creation of romance: myth wings soar place, every time is the precursor of scientific invention, myths are sometimes even scientific prophecy, or fantasy science. Artistically, myths have a strong spirit of positive romanticism: bizarre plots, strange fantasies, bold exaggeration, rich imagination. Influence of Chinese myths: Myths are a genre that had an early influence on various Chinese literary creations. Its subject matter and various mythological characters have had a multifaceted influence on the literary creation of successive generations and the formation of the epic poetry of various peoples, especially its rich imagination and the method of visualizing natural things, which has a direct relationship with the artistic fiction of later writers and the formation of the Romantic method of creation. The oral narrative form also became the precursor of narrative literary genres such as the novel. Many myths have directly provided writers and artists with creative themes. Some of these famous myths have also become frequently quoted allusions. MPV, new listing.

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