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What are the traditional Chinese myths and stories?

Kuafu chases the sun, Nuwa mends the sky, Chang'e flies to the moon, Houyi shoots the sun, Jingwei fills the sea, Shennong tastes herbs, Cangjie creates characters, Dayu controls floods, Nezha makes waves in the sea, Nuwa creates humans, Wu Gang conquers Guangxi

, Pangu opened the sky, Xing Tian danced a battle, the Yellow Emperor fought Chiyou, the Japanese workers were angry at Mount Buzhou, the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, Xu Xian and the White Snake, the Immortal Couple, Mo Xie, the general, and Meng Jiangnu cried at the Great Wall.

Fairy tales are a type of folk literature.

The collective oral creation of people in ancient times.

Including stories of gods and ghosts and legends of heroes transformed into gods (ghosts).

Its emergence reflects the ancient people's struggle against natural forces and their pursuit of ideals. It is a spiritual sustenance, human yearning and a manifestation of religion, and has a profound impact on the literature and art of later generations.

The emergence of myths also depends on the nature of society at that time.

At that time, people had to rely on the collective to jointly obtain the means of living and resist wild beasts and enemies; the income from labor was limited and must be distributed equally.

Under the primitive commune system, the main contradiction between man and nature became the center of people's attention.

Therefore, explaining nature and subduing nature have become the main content of myth.

At the same time, due to the unity of people's interests, the skilled, brave and strong figures who emerge from collective production are revered by all members, and are endowed with magical abilities and become gods or demigods.

In them, primitive man's desire to subdue nature is entrusted.