What is the origin of ancient gods in China?

The origin of myth and various viewpoints

The myth of understanding nature mainly originated from primitive society. At that time, the development level of productive forces was very low, and people were poor in knowledge. They were surprised that various phenomena in nature, such as lightning, storms, floods, severe cold, intense heat and plague, could not be controlled or resisted. Because they can't explain, all kinds of natural forces are controlled by a personified god, such as wind, thunder, Raytheon, rain, sun, moon and stars. Everything in nature is controlled by elves, which is animism. Therefore, myth shows primitive people's simple world outlook and is a bold exploration and naive explanation of natural phenomena.

Reflection and projection of real life

In the life of the ancients, farming, hunting and fishing were the most basic means of survival, which were all reflected in myths. With the development of human society, the ancestors strengthened their power to conquer nature, so they followed the example of folk heroes and created some stories that exaggerated the greatness of human power and defeated natural forces. Such as "Shooting Nine Days" and "Goddess Mending the Sky". Due to the development of productive forces and the surplus of products, people engage in looting and anti-looting, such as "the battle between the Yellow Emperor and Chiyou". The myth that reflects social life then appeared.

Chaos god:

More formally, Pangu is the god who created the world, but there are still some legends that chaos came into being before Pangu.

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The heavenly emperor and auxiliary gods of the ancient quartet;

Emperor Yan, Sun God, Zhu Rong and Vulcan are in charge of 12,000 miles in the south.

Shao Hao and the water god * * * built a place twelve thousand miles west of the sky.

Zhuan Xu and Yu Qiang, the sea god (also known as Xuan Ming, the winter god) ruled the area 12000 miles north of Tianbei.

Fuxi, Di Qing, Hua Xushi, the goddess of nine rivers, and Ju Mang ruled the area 12000 miles east of Tiandong.

There is often a saying of "Three Emperors and Five Emperors" in China's genealogy, which usually refers to Huang San, a man of heaven and earth, namely Fuxi, Shennong, Nuwa, Huangdi and Zhuan Xu (four sons: copying ghosts, sending poor ghosts, wandering, grandchildren: Laoer, Changqing, Li and Chong).

1, Pangu: the god of creation, which first appeared in the Eastern Han Dynasty myth book "Thirty-five Years Calendar". He not only created the world, but also became the embodiment of dying, and achieved everything. Judging from his original style, Pangu's position is unprecedented, with no ancestors, no relatives, no descendants and no wife. Later, after he became a real Pangu, the creator provided him with family and children and grandchildren.

2. Fuxi and Nuwa: Fuxi is the sun god of China, the son of Thor and later Dong. It stands to reason that as Dong, his wife should be the Queen Mother of the West, but Fuxi was a bachelor at the earliest, who had the miracle of teaching people to weave nets and fish, making musical instruments and achieving marriage. Later, it was said that the Eastern Emperor Tai Hao was one of the five emperors who appeared with the Yellow Emperor. After the Han Dynasty, the creator gradually paired him with Nu Wa. Nu Wa was the most famous goddess in ancient China. There are magical powers such as mending the sky, creating human beings, transforming gods, making musical instruments and matching marriage. After the Han Dynasty, people created by God married Fuxi's daughter.

3. Shennong and Yan Di: Yan Di, also known as Shennong. Shao Hao's mother is oriole, her eldest son is Ju Mang, the goddess of spring, and her second son is Ru Shou, the goddess of autumn. Daughter country (later incarnated as Jingwei bird) and a little daughter whose name cannot be verified. Shennong is probably the god of agriculture. Its magical powers include burning mountains to make fields, sowing grains, tasting hundreds of medicines and whipping hundreds of herbs to determine their medicinal properties. Later, it was regarded as a god integrated with Emperor Yan, named after Emperor Yan and named after Shenlong. Become the spiritual leader of the Chinese nation in the name of Emperor Yan. Have a half-brother or half-brother blood relationship with the Yellow Emperor. As the Southern Emperor, he became a member of the Five-Party Emperor Group with the Yellow Emperor as the core. Later, he led the deployment of Chiyou and others, and fought a famous clash of the titans with the Yellow Emperor.

4. The Yellow Emperor and his five emperors: The Yellow Emperor can be regarded as the first generation leading core of the ancient kingdom of China. It was Thor. Because he was the winner of the Five Emperors War, he became the central emperor in the Five Emperors Group, which means the first leader. Another spiritual leader of the Chinese nation. It is said that the emperor later became a fairy. The members of the Five Emperors, besides the Eastern Emperor Tai Hao and the Southern Emperor Yandi, also include the Western Emperor and the Northern Emperor Zhuan Xu. Among them, Shao Hao was originally the God of the East. Later, he was probably defeated by people who believed in the Yellow Emperor, or because of the need to compile the Five Emperors, he was moved to the West and was said to be the son of the Yellow Emperor and became the emperor of the West. Zhuan Xu is the emperor of the north. Some ancient books say that he is the great-grandson of the Yellow Emperor, and some ancient books say that he is the grandson of the Yellow Emperor. But whether it's great-great grandson or grandson, Zhuan Xu is related to Huang Di Yuan. Lu, Wu,,, Jin, Chi You, Chi Song, Jade Emperor, Ying Long, Yan, Kuafu, Hercules Kwai, Dating and Wulong. & lt/P

5. Hou Ji: Also known as Abandoned Son. His mother was born pregnant, and later he was thrown into the wilderness many times and protected by the gods many times, showing extraordinary divinity. Hou Ji is the god of agriculture, bringing seeds to the next life and teaching hundreds of people to sow. So some people say that he is the son of "Shanshi Lie", and this Shanshi Lie is Shennong Yan Di; In other words, Hou Ji is said to be the son of Emperor Yan of Shennong. But in the historical records, Tai Shigong arranged another father for him. On the one hand, Sima Qian said that his mother Jiang Yuan gave birth to him because of her great personality. On the other hand, he said that Jiang Yuan was the princess of Di Ku, so Di Ku was Hou Ji's father. Di Ku is also the great-grandson of the Yellow Emperor, so Hou Ji hooked up with the Yellow Emperor.

6. Yao: The great-grandson of the Yellow Emperor, his other son, also called Yao, is his wife and queen. According to textual research, the name of Yao and the beautiful talk of Zen came from the hands of Mohism in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Before that, there was no Yao God. According to historical records, when Yao died, he was faced with the choice of passing the throne to outsiders or to his son Dan Zhu. In the end, Yao did not benefit one person because of the world's diseases, and passed power to Shun, thus becoming the first generation of holy kings who implemented the abdication system.

7. Shun: the seventh grandson of the Yellow Emperor, surnamed Yao, named Zhonghua, wife and. Before Shun was born, this clan of the Yellow Emperor had become an ordinary nation. Because of Shun's virtue, especially his kindness to his stepmother and half-brother, Emperor Yao not only married both his daughters to Shun, but finally passed on the throne to him. Shun also gave the throne to a sage rather than a descendant of Yu, and became the second generation sage who implemented the abdication system.

8. Yu: The great-grandson of the Yellow Emperor, his father, his wife and daughter Jiao, also known as Tu Shanshi, is a white fox with nine tails. In terms of seniority, Yu is bigger than Shun, but Yu is the minister of Shun. By the order of Shun, the son inherited his father's business, set up mountains to control water, and finally completed his father's unfinished business. In order to carry forward the glorious tradition of the first emperor, he passed on the sages from generation to generation and became the third generation holy king who implemented the abdication system.

9. Turtle and snake two handsome: Tai Xuan water mirror black spirit respects God, Tai Xuan Huo Chi Jing spirit respects God.

10, Sanqing: yuanshi county Tianzun, Lingbao Tianzun (also known as Taishang Laojun) and Moral Tianzun (also known as Taishang Laojun)

1 1. Three provinces: Leitaitai, Leixuan and Leitingdu.

12, three official emperors: heavenly officials, local officials and water officials.

13, Penglai Three Immortals (Fu Lushou Samsung): the God of Wealth, Tianguan Emperor (the other is Yang Cheng of the Western Han Dynasty, and there is a Tang Yangcheng in the middle), the God of Wealth (the god of literature), the longevity star, and the Antarctic immortal.

14, Four Heavenly Kings: Growing Heavenly Kings, Holding Heavenly Kings, Learning Heavenly Kings and Wide-eyed Heavenly Kings.

15, four-valued gongcao: Li Bing, Huang Chengyi, Zhou Deng, Liu Hong.