1、The myth of ancient china,What is myth?,Myth is the story or folk tales form ancient times , especially is one that told to explain natural events or to describe certain people of early history.,愚公移山 Old Fool Moves Mountains,Once upon a time, there were two large mountain called Wang-wu and Tai-hang
2、 ,which sat between Old Man Yu and the nearest village.,Every day, Old Man Yu had to walk many extra miles in order to circle around these two mountains, and finally he decided to simply move the mountain out of his way.,Old Man Yu called together his children and grandchildren and says “I am going
3、to move Wang-wu and Tai-hang.“ The family cheered.,The youngest stood and asked where the moutain could be moved. Old Man Yu thought for a second and says “I will dump it in the sea.“,And so , he led all his children and grandchildren to move the mountain little by little, day by day. Inspired by hi
4、s spirit, his neighbors and villagers were also joined him. Although only a tiny portion of mountain had been carted into the sea.,A shopkeeper in the village laughed at Old Man Yu. “Your dream is foolish. You are old, Besides, Wang-wu and Tai-hang is monstrous, It is impossible for you to remove th
5、em.,Old Man Yu shook his head and smiled. “You are right, but your vision is short. I have children who have children who will bear more children. As time goes on, We get stronger and the mountain grows weaker. Wangwu and Taihang will be removed in the end.“,The old man Yus spirit also moved the God
6、 of Heaven ,then the God sent two enduri to earth and removed two mountains overnight. From that time, a broad way appeared in front of Old man Yus house instead of any blockage.,精卫填海 Jingwei fills up the sea,Once upon a time, there is an emperor Yan ,people also called him the Shennong due to his e
7、nlightenment of growing crop and the invention of herbal medicine .,Emperor Yan had a youngest daughter who enjoy swimming very much ,and she often swimming in the East sea.,One day ,while the girl was enjoying herself in swimming, a strong wind rose on the sea and her life was buried by the surging
8、 waves.,After her death, her spirit turned into a beautiful bird . As it flew over the roaring sea, it cried sadly in the sound “jinwei, jingwei“. That was why people called it “Jingwei“.,The bird hated the sea so much that it decided to fill it up even to take a thousand years. Every day, it flew t
9、o and from between the mountain and the sea, carrying in a twig or a pebble from the mountain and dropping it into the sea year after year.,After the brave bird died, Her offspring kept carrying twigs and pebbles from the mountain to the Eastern Sea without taking a rest. People used the story of Ji
10、ngwei to praise those who are beave and persistent from thousand years ago.,嫦娥奔月 The Changs fly to the moon,Once upon a time, a brave man named Hou Yi ,who had shot down the Nine Suns for the sake of peoples lives. And he has a beautiful wife named Change. They were all immortal and were living a ha
11、ppy life.,But it didnt last long, the God of Heaven sent his Heavenly General to Houyi and Change and told them that they will be punished for shooting down the Nine Suns , which is a heavy crime against the law of heaven.,And later the Heavenly General left and took their immortal life and ability
12、away as a punishment. They will never fly back to the heaven .,The only way to regain the power of immortal is to find the Queen Mother of Kunlung Mountain who has the elixir of immortality. Houyi said good-bye to his dear wife and started his journey,The journey is long , and its hard, However Houy
13、i against all odds arrived Kunlun palace where the Quenn Mother lives.,Houyi met the Queen Mother in the splendid palace, and the Queen Mother praised him after heard his merits and his adventure on the road. She gave Houyi two pills of elixir: “Take one, you live forever; take two ,you will be immo
14、rtal again.”,Houyi retured with the elixir, and they decided to take one for each the next day. “To live together forever is also great, though we cant be immortal again” Houyi saids.,But Houyi didnt know that his wife still miss the life of living in the heaven as a immortal. Guilty as she felt, Sh
15、e had took both two pills of elixir when Houyi was sleeping.,Gradually, her body became more and more lighter , she finally floated up to the sky. Hovered above the Houyi for a while, she flew to the sky.,Unexpectedly, she was directly taken to the moon somehow. The all on the moon were a desolate p
16、alace named Guanghan, a cherry bay that could never be cut down and two animala rabbit and a toad.,Change realized that she wont be able to return to the earth anymore due to the elixir she had took. And regret as she is ,staying alone in the Guanghan Palace till the end of time will be her destiny and punishment for greed.,The End !,
