China's Four Myths and Four Folklores

Four ancient myths in China-Goddess of mending the sky, workers touching mountains, shooting the sun every other year, the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon.

Four folk myths and legends in China literature —— Cowherd and Weaver Girl, Meng Jiangnu Crying for the Great Wall, Liang Zhu and Legend of the White Snake.

Nvwa Patches up the Sky

Legend has it that at the beginning of heaven and earth, Nu Wa pinched people with mud. After Nu Wa ascended the throne, the water god guarding Hebei was very dissatisfied, so he made waves and even let Zhu Rong, the god of fire, play. After a life-and-death struggle, * * * was defeated and became angry from embarrassment. He crashed into Optimus Prime, broke the huge column, and suddenly a big hole collapsed in the sky. Heaven and earth are connected, pulse gas is abnormal, fire and water spread, and everything is in disaster.

Seeing that her children are about to lose their living conditions, Nu Wa is extremely anxious and determined to mend the sky by refining stones. Where can I forge stones? Nu Wa traveled all over Shan Ye and chose Tiantai Mountain. Here, the mountains are high and the roads are wide, and there are abundant water and stones, which is an ideal place for refining stones.

Nu Wa spent 998 1 day on Tiantai Mountain, refining a five-color boulder with a thickness of 12 feet and a width of 24 feet, which was called good by the gods. So according to this method, it took another four years to refine 36,500 pieces of five-color stone, plus the previous piece of * * * 3650 1. The immortal and the general used 36,500 yuan to help the goddess mend the sky. Because stones are colored, they form rainbows and rosy clouds in the sky.

After the day was mended, Nu Wa was worried that the sky would fall. At this moment, a chinemys reevesii came and gave him a leg. Nu Wa is very sorry. She gave her her clothes. Since then, turtles have replaced their legs with fins. Nu Wa made Optimus Prime from four legs of a tortoise. Because the west and north sides are short, there is a saying that "the sky inclines to the northwest". After the goddess filled the sky, the flood returned to the Tao, the fire was extinguished, and the heavens and the earth were positioned, which was celebrated all over the world. People welcome Nu Wa to the DPRK in Tiantai Mountain, and Nu Wa is also very happy. After arriving at Tiantai Mountain, everyone saw that all the children in the world were in peace and played the flute happily.

* * * Work and touch the mountains

After Pangu created Nuwa, the water god * * * has been at odds with Vulcan Zhu Rong, and he launched an attack on Vulcan. Xiang Liu and Pu Tong, pioneers, pounced on the light palace where the Vulcan Zhu Rong lived, putting out the immortal fire around the light palace. The earth suddenly darkened. Zhu Rong, the god of fire, came out to fight with a fire dragon. Wherever you go, the clouds are scattered and the rain is gathered; Darkness receded quietly and the earth saw light again. The water god * * * became angry from embarrassment, and the fate of Liu and Piao Tong drew up the water from three rivers and five seas and threw it at Zhu Rong and them. For a long time, the turbid waves in the air flew down, the black waves churned, the white clouds drowned, and the flame was doused again. However, when the flood receded, Shenhuo burned again. Zhu Rong asked Fengshen for help, and the wind helped the fire, and the fire took advantage of the wind. * * * The workers want to keep the flood from the fire, but the flood is thousands of miles away. Where can they stay?

The flame rolled like a long tongue again, and they were burned to the east and west. * * * The public water diversion army fought and retreated, and fled back to the sea. He took it for granted that Zhu Rong would retreat from the flood. So stand in the water palace and be proud. Unexpectedly, Zhu Rong was determined to win this time, and he pursued at full speed. Wherever the fire dragon goes, the sea can't help but roll and turn to both sides to make way for a road. Zhu Rong water distribution palace, water god * * * workers also want to crustily skin of head out to play. Zhu Rong, the Vulcan of Light, won. I was so angry that Xiang Liu fled, * * * exhausted, unable to fight again, and fled to the horizon in confusion.

* * * workers have fled to the island, looking back, the pursuer is near. The * * * worker was ashamed and angry, so he slammed into the mountainside with a loud bang, but the island was broken by the * * * worker. Before the mountain collapsed, disaster struck. It turns out that mountains are big pillars supporting the sky. The pillar was broken, half the sky collapsed, exposing a big hole in the stone bone, and suddenly the Tianhe River flooded. The famous allusion of "fire and water are incompatible" originated from this war. Nu Wa refined the colorful stones to make up the sky, and the earth returned to normal.

The war between Gong Shi, the god of water, and Zhu Rong, the god of fire, was caused by the incompatibility of water and fire. On the one hand, it shows the principle that water and fire are compatible, that is, water and fire are incompatible; On the other hand, it shows that some things are the basic instinct of nature and human beings can't interfere. Throughout the earth-shattering battle between water god and Vulcan in ancient times, there is no so-called justice and axiom, only the forces of nature are fighting. The defeated water god * * * hit Zhoushan in anger, and the goddess of mending the sky saved nature.

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The story is roughly that there were ten suns in the ancient sky. It is difficult for people to withstand high temperatures, and nothing grows on the ground. Houyi is extremely powerful. For the people to live and work in peace and contentment, they asked for a bow to shoot the sun and shot nine suns. Now there is only one sun left. Make the temperature suitable for people to live in. This moral is a symbol of the determination of ancient working people to conquer nature.

Legend has it that in the vast East China Sea, there stands a sacred tree-Fusang, and ten three-legged owls perch on its branches. They are all sons of the Eastern God Emperor, and they travel in the sky in turn every day. The light from three legs is the sun that people see (so the sun is also called three legs). Later, ten three-legged Wu ignored the instructions of the eastern gods and went to heaven. At the same time, ten suns appeared in the sky, and the earth was scorched and scorched, and the heat was unbearable. People have to hide in caves during the day and come out for food at night. Beasts and poisonous insects take the opportunity to eat people, and human beings are in danger of extinction. When the news reached the sky, Di Jun gave Yi a red bow and a bag of white arrows and told him to come down to earth. On the one hand, he punished monsters, and at the same time, he taught his grandchildren a lesson.

But these three-footed Wu didn't care about Hou Yi at all, so they tried to be brave together. Hou Yi was furious and chose a shady place to draw a bow and arrow, aiming at the three feet in the middle of the sun. He shot down nine tripods in a row, one arrow was not bad. People cheered around him. Three ancestors died, the fire went out on its own, and people felt cool, so they cheered. When the cry reached the sky, Di Jun flew into a rage when he saw that his nine sons were all dead, and he was not allowed to return to heaven. At the same time, it also allows the only three-legged birds to wander every day without rest.

The Goddess Chang's fly to the moon

After the successful shooting of the sun, Hou Yi married Chang 'e, and the queen mother gave him a pack of elixir, but Hou Yi just wanted to be with Chang 'e on earth. Later, because of ulterior motives, Chang 'e was forced to take this bag of medicine and flew to the moon to become a fairy. Since then, the two have separated. From then on, people began to pray for good luck and peace to Chang 'e.

Cowherd and Weaver Girl/Cowherd and Weaver Girl

Sister-in-law Ma Shi is very vicious, often abusing him and forcing him to do a lot of work. One day, the weaver girl in the sky played games with the fairies and took a bath in the river. With the help of the old cow, the cowherd got to know the Weaver Girl, and they hit it off. Later, the Weaver Girl sneaked into the world and became the wife of the Cowherd.

After the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl got married, the family lived a happy life. However, the good times did not last long. The Queen Mother forcibly brought the Weaver Girl back to heaven, and the loving couple separated. Cowherd and his children are walking together in the clouds to catch up with Weaver Girl. When they see it, they will catch up. With a wave of her hand, the Queen Mother pulled out the golden hairpin on her head, and a Tianhe appeared, with the Cowherd and the Weaver Maid separated on both sides, and she could only cry.

Their loyal love touched the magpies, and thousands of magpies flew to build a magpie bridge, where the cowherd and the weaver girl met. The Queen Mother has no choice but to allow them to meet on July 7th every year.

Meng Jiangnv cried down the Great Wall.

According to legend, when Qin Shihuang worked hard, young men and women Fan Xiliang married Meng Jiangnu for three days, and the groom was forced to set out to build the Great Wall. Soon he died of hunger and cold, and his bones were buried under the Great Wall. Meng Jiangnv wore a warm coat and went through a lot of hardships. Wan Li came to the Great Wall to look for her husband, but what he got was her bad news. She wept bitterly at the gate of the city for three days and nights, and the city was torn apart, revealing Fan Xiliang's body. Meng Jiangnv threw herself into the sea in despair. Since then, Shanhaiguan has been regarded by later generations as the place where "Meng Jiangnv cries at the Great Wall", and the Meng Jiangnv Temple was built there.

The Butterfly Lovers

Zhu Yingtai, the daughter of a member, disguised as a man and went to school. On the way, I met Liang Shanbo, who was studying, and met Jin Lan at Caoqiao Pavilion. They went to Hangzhou to study in the deep sea with their classmates for three years. Yingtai loves Sambo deeply, but Sambo doesn't know that he is a woman. I wish my father misses his daughter, so Yingtai has to go back to his hometown. Before leaving, he confessed his identity and feelings to Shanbo. Shanbo's family was poor, and when he went to the Zhujiajian to propose marriage, Zhu's father had betrothed Yingtai to the son of the satrap. The two said goodbye and made a vow: born in a different place and died in the same place! Houshanbo was made a county magistrate by the court. However, depression became a disease and he died soon. When Yingtai was forced to get married, she visited the tomb of Shanbo everywhere. At this time, the tombstone cracked, Yingtai jumped into the grave, and the grave was reunited. Liang Zhu turned into a butterfly and danced.

The story of the white snake

Legend has it that it happened in Hangzhou, Suzhou and Zhenjiang in the Song Dynasty. The White Snake is a snake demon who has practiced for thousands of years. In order to repay the scholar Xu Xian for saving his life in his last life, he turned into a human figure to repay his kindness. Later, I met the green snake essence Xiaoqing and they got together. Mrs White Snake used his magic to get to know Xu Xian and marry him. After the marriage, the monk Fahai of Jinshan Temple told Xu Xian that White Snake was a snake demon, and Xu Xian was skeptical. Later, according to Fahai's method, Xu Xian asked the White Snake to drink realgar wine during the Dragon Boat Festival. Mrs White Snake had to show his true colors, but he scared Xu Xian half to death. The White Snake went to Heaven to steal the fairy grass Ganoderma lucidum to save Xu Xian.

Fahai tricked Xu Xian into Jinshan Temple and put him under house arrest. The White Snake fought with Fahai, flooded Jinshan Temple, but hurt other creatures. After giving birth, the White Snake who broke the dogma was put into a bowl by Fahai and suppressed under the Leifeng Tower. Mrs. White Snake's son became the best scholar when he grew up. He went to the tower to worship his mother, saved her and reunited the whole family.

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Cowherd and Weaver Girl/Cowherd and Weaver Girl

The legend of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl began in The Book of Songs Dadong and Nineteen Ancient Poems Farewell to the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, among which the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl have been called husband and wife. Ying Shao's "Custom Pass" Wen Yi: "The Weaver Girl will cross the river on Qixi, making the magpie a bridge, because the beam can also cross the Weaver Girl." The story has been initially formed and combined with the Qixi custom.

Note: Weaver Girl wants to cross the river on Tanabata, using magpies as bridges.

Meng Jiangnu

The legend of Meng Jiangnv comes from Zuo Zhuan, which records that Qi Liang's wife refused to hang on the outskirts of Qi Hou and obeyed the etiquette. Liu Han wrote to Biography of Women: "Qi Liang died in battle, his wife cried at the gate, and the city fell on the 10th." It can be seen that this legend has prevailed in the Tang Dynasty, but Meng Zhongzi and Qi Liang were renamed Meng Jiangnu and Fan Xiliang in the legend.

Note: After Qi Liang died, his wife cried under the Great Wall for ten days, and the Great Wall collapsed.

Butterfly Lovers

Liang Zhu's story was first seen in Tang Zaiyan's Ten Stories and Four Stories, and Feng Menglong's Ancient and Modern Novels in the Ming Dynasty added the plot of "I don't understand the relationship between Britain and Taiwan, and Liang Shanbo became suspicious and turned into a butterfly".

White Snake and Xu Xian

The story of the white snake came into being at the latest, and its origin: First, it originated from the legendary white snake in the Tang Dynasty; One theory originated from the three towers of the West Lake. By the time of Feng Menglong's "The White Snake Forever True Leifeng Pagoda" (namely "Warning") in the Ming Dynasty, the story had been initially finalized.

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Baidu encyclopedia-goddess of mending heaven

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Baidu Encyclopedia-Houyi Shooting Day

Baidu Encyclopedia-the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon

Baidu Encyclopedia-Four Ancient Folklores in China