In ancient times, heaven and earth were connected, and chaos was like a big egg, in which Pangu grew. Eighteen thousand years later, heaven and earth separated, and those clear Yang Ranran rose and became blue sky and white clouds; Those muddy Yin Qi slowly sank into the earth and mountains.
Pangu stood between heaven and earth, changing many times a day, and his wisdom surpassed that of heaven and his ability surpassed that of the earth. The day is ten feet long, the ground is ten feet thick and Pangu's body is ten feet long. If heaven and earth are still involved, he has a chisel in his left hand and an axe in his right.
Or chisel with a chisel, or chop with an axe, and heaven and earth will be completely separated. In this way, after another 18,000 years, the sky has risen extremely high, the earth has become extremely thick, and Pangu's body has become extremely long-it is said that the distance between heaven and earth is nine Wan Li, and it is speculated that Pangu's stature should be nine Wan Li, which is really a giant with indomitable spirit! After that, human beings appeared, and three emperors and five emperors appeared.
Second, the goddess mended the sky
Legend has it that when human beings were multiplying, suddenly the water god and Vulcan Zhu Rong fought. They went from the sky to the ground, causing trouble everywhere. As a result, Zhu Rong won and refused to accept the defeat. In a rage, he bumped into the island.
No, Zhoushan landslide, the big pillar supporting heaven and earth is broken, the sky is half collapsed, a big hole appears, and the ground is trapped in a series of big cracks. The mountain forest caught fire, the flood gushed out from the ground, and dragons, snakes and beasts also came out to devour the people. Mankind is facing an unprecedented disaster.
Nu Wa witnessed such a strange disaster and felt very painful, so she decided to mend the sky to end it. She chose various colored stones, set them on fire and melted them into mud, filled the hole with this mud, and then cut off four feet of a chinemys reevesii as four pillars to support half the collapsed sky.
Nu Wa also captured and killed the black dragon, which killed the people, and stopped the arrogance of the dragon and snake. Finally, in order to prevent flooding, Nuwa also collected a large number of reeds, burned them into ashes and buried them in the flood that spread everywhere.
After some efforts and rectification by Nu Wa, the sky was finally filled up, the ground was filled up, the water stopped, the dragon, snake and beast disappeared, and the people lived a happy life again. But after all, this catastrophic disaster left its mark.
Since then, the sky is still tilted to the northwest, so the sun, moon and stars naturally return to the west, and because the ground is tilted to the southeast, all the rivers gather there.
Third, the shooting day of Houyi
Hou Yi and Chang 'e are both Yao people. According to the myth, during the Yao period, ten suns appeared in the sky at the same time, scorching the land and drying the crops. People are breathless and unconscious. Due to the hot weather, some strange birds and animals also ran out from the dry rivers and lakes and the fiery forests, causing harm to people everywhere.
The human disaster alarmed the gods in heaven, and the heavenly emperor Chang Jun ordered Hou Yi, who was good at archery, to come down to earth to help Yao get rid of the people's suffering. Hou Yi came to the world with a red bow, a bag of white arrows and his beautiful wife Chang 'e.
Hou Yi immediately started shooting at the sun. He took the red bow from his shoulder, took out the white arrows and shot them at his arrogant grandson one by one. In an instant, nine out of ten suns were shot. It was only because Yao thought that leaving a grandson was useful to the people that Hou Yi was prevented from continuing shooting. This is the story of the famous Houyi Shooting Day.
Fourth, Dayu harnessed water.
During the reign of Emperor Yao, there was a big flood in the Yellow River basin. Everyone recommended Yu's father to control water by cannon. Gun only knows how to cover and build dams with water. As a result, the dam collapsed and the flood was even worse. When Shun succeeded Yao as the leader of the tribal alliance, he found that Gun was ineffective, so he killed Gun and sent Gun's son Yu to control the water.
Yu changed his father's practice and introduced the flood into the sea by opening canals to drain water and dredge rivers. Yu devoted himself to water control, and now there is a story that he "went through the house three times and didn't enter". After thirteen years of hard work, Yu finally managed the flood successfully.
V. Yugong Yishan
Once upon a time, there was an old man in his nineties. His name is Gong Yu. There are two mountains in front of his house, Taihang Mountain and Wuwangshan Mountain. These two mountains are over 0/0000 feet high and 700 miles wide, completely blocking the village. Everyone has to take a long detour to get in and out.
One day, Yu Gong called the whole family together and suggested, "These two mountains are blocking our way. Let's try to move them together. What do you think? " Everyone was deeply hurt by these two mountains and agreed with Yu Gong's words.
However, Gong Yu's wife raised an objection. She said, "At your age, even mountains like Kuifu are not easy to move, let alone mountains like Taihang and King Wu. Compared with them, the chief father is just a drop in the ocean. Besides, where should those stones and mud be put? "
Everyone said, "We can pile stones and mud on the Bohai Sea." Yugong made up his mind, so he led his son and grandson to the foot of Taihang Mountain and Wuwangshan Mountain, smashed stones, dug up dirt, packed these things with dustpans and bamboo baskets, and transported them to Bohai Sea. One of Yugong's neighbors is a widow (remains), and her eight or nine-year-old children also ran out to carry soil with Yugong and them.
On the edge of the Yellow River, there lived a shrewd old man who was called "Zhizuo". Zhizuo heard that Yugong was going to move two mountains, Taihang Mountain and Prince of Wu, and tried his best to stop it. He laughed at him and said, "You old fool! At this age, I still want to move those two mountains, let alone carry stones and earth. Even a hair on the mountain can't hurt you. "
The foolish old man sighed at the words of Zhisou and said, "You are so stubborn that you are worse than a widow and a child. Of course I will die, but I still have a son, who gave birth to a grandson, a grandson gave birth to a son, a son gave birth to a grandson, and a grandson gave birth to a son ... in this way, children and grandchildren, generation after generation, are endless. And these two mountains will not increase, how can they not move? " A few words were speechless.
A god with a snake-shaped crutch heard the conversation between Gong Yu and Zhizuo and saw the actions of Gong Yu's family. He was afraid that Gong Yu would stubbornly dig these two mountains, so he made a report to the Emperor of Heaven. The Emperor of Heaven was also moved by the spirit of the foolish old man and ordered the gods to move the two mountains. From then on, Gong Yu's family no longer had to worry about going in and out.