Six ancient Chinese myths

1, Pangu opened up the world

The legend says that in ancient times, heaven and earth were not divided, and the whole universe was like a big egg, which was chaotic and dark, and could not be distinguished from the top and bottom of the left and right, and the south-east and west-north. But the egg was pregnant with a great hero, which is the opening of the Pangu.

Pangu in the egg for 18,000 years, finally woke up from his slumber. He opened his eyes, only to feel a black blur, his body was hot, Pangu initiated anger, grabbed an innate axe, swung hard, the big egg suddenly cracked, in which the light and clear things continue to float upward into the sky, and some other heavy and turbid things, gradually sinking, into the earth.

2. Nuwa Mending the Sky

Legend has it that Nuwa created man out of the earth and brought forth all things so that heaven and earth would no longer be silent. During the Nuwa era, as human beings multiplied, society began to be in turmoil. The god of water, ****Gong, and the god of fire, Zhu Rong, fought a great battle at Buzhou Mountain. As a result, ****Gong crashed into Buzhou Mountain in anger because of his great defeat, and the sky was broken. The story of Nuwa melting colorful stones to mend the sky.

3, Quafu chasing the sun

Quafu chasing the sun from China's ancient wonders of the book "Classic of Mountains and Seas", according to legend, in the era of the Yellow Emperor dynasty, the Quafu clan leader wanted to take down the sun, so began to run away from the sun, and the sun, and the sun race, in the thirst of the Yellow River, after the drink dried up the water, in the run to the Dazawa road to die of thirst, the cane turned into the Peach Grove, the body turned into a mountain of Quafu. The story of Kuafu chasing the sun reflects the desire of ancient Chinese ancestors to overcome nature.

4, Yugong Yishan

Yugong Yishan is an ancient Chinese Han fable, from "Liezi - Tang Wen", the author of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States of the Lianwu Kou. It tells the story of Yugong removing the mountain, which was moved by the Emperor of Heaven after Yugong persisted in digging up the mountain despite the difficulties. There are two big mountains in front of Yugong's house blocking the road, and he is determined to flatten the mountains, but another "smart" wise man laughs at him and thinks he can't do it.

Yu Gong said, "If I die, I will have a son, and if my son dies, I will have grandchildren, and my grandchildren will have endless grandchildren, so why should I worry about digging and leveling?" Later, he moved the Heavenly Emperor, so the Emperor ordered the two sons of the Kwa E clan to move the two mountains.

5. Nuwa created man

Legend has it that Nuwa created mankind from clay modeled after herself. She also established the marriage system for human beings, so that young men and women could marry each other and multiply their offspring, so she was rumored to be the goddess of marriage. She is the great mother of the Chinese nation, who created us kindly and bravely took care of us from natural disasters. It is the God of Creation and the God of the Patriarchs who is widely and long worshipped by the folk.

6, Jingwei fill the sea

Legends that the sun god Yandi has two daughters, the eldest daughter's name is Yao Ji, the younger daughter's name is Nuwa. Because of the boredom of living in heaven for a long time, one day, the female child drowned in a boat tour of the East China Sea, its uneven elves into a flower head, white beak shells, red claws of a bird, perched in the Hatchet Hill, issued a "Jingwei, Jingwei" of the sad song, people will be called this bird Jingwei bird. Jingwei flew to the East China Sea with a stone in his hand, vowing to fill up the East China Sea. The idiom of "Jingwei reclaiming the sea" was often used by later generations as a metaphor for a set eternal goal, backed by the spirit of perseverance.

Baidu Encyclopedia - Ancient Chinese Myths and Legends