Today, the small editor of China story network brings you the ancient gods. I hope it can help you.
When it comes to immortals, you may immediately think of those people who have boundless power and are immortal. Their appearance is no different from that of human beings. The difference is that they have superhuman abilities. In China’s immortal culture, all things in the world can be cultivated into immortals. No matter whether animals or plants, living or non living things, they must be cultivated into human beings if they want to become immortals.
This is somewhat similar to the gods in ancient Greek mythology. As we all know, the ancient Greek gods have a very important characteristic, that is, “God and man are alike in form”. In short, the ancient Greeks created gods according to the image of human beings, and all gods had the characteristics of human form and character.
When it comes to the gods in ancient Chinese mythology, the situation is different. Most of them are in the shape of “half man and half beast”, such as Nuwa with a human face and a snake body, Chiyou with a human body and a cow’s hoof. The most typical example is the queen mother of the West. The image of the queen mother of the west, which we think today, should be a graceful and dignified female emperor; In the book of mountains and seas, which is called the world’s oldest geographical and mythological work, the image of the West Queen Mother is as follows:
“The queen mother of the west looks like a human. She has a leopard tail and a tiger’s teeth and is good at roaring. Her hair is Dai Sheng. She is a fierce and five disabled person.” (the queen mother of the west looks like a human, but she has a leopard’s tail and tiger’s teeth, and likes to scream. She wears Yusheng on her fluffy hair. She is in charge of the fierce nature disasters and the murderous spirit of the five punishments.)
Since ancient times, scholars have believed that the existing text of the book of mountains and seas is not independent, but attached to the long lost map of mountains and seas, or simply the text description of the map. According to the text of the book of mountains and seas, later generations drew many magnificent and magnificent pictures, especially the gods, men and animals in them, which were full of fantastic breath and reflected the magnificent imagination of the ancient Chinese.
However, these pictures are not original ancient pictures after all, and they have mixed with the understanding and imagination of many future generations. In ancient times, what did the gods of the Chinese ancestors look like? Although the painting of mountains and seas is lost, we can still find some clues through other unearthed cultural relics.
The Chu silk book in the Changsha ammunition depot is the earliest ancient silk book unearthed in China. It was unearthed from the Warring States Chu tomb in the Zi ammunition depot in the southeast suburb of Changsha, Hunan before liberation. Soon after the excavation, it fell into the hands of John Hadley Cox, an American who taught at Yali middle school in Changsha. After he brought it to the United States, it changed hands several times. It is now placed in the Metropolitan Museum of New York. The owner is arenur m Sackler.
The Chu silk book is 38.5 cm high from top to bottom and 46.2 cm wide from left to right. In the center are two paragraphs of writing with the writing directions reversed. One paragraph is 13 lines and the other is 8 lines. It is called a and B; There are 12 sections of marginal text arranged in a rotating manner around, of which every three sections are on one side, and each section is attached with a God and monster figure, which is called C-part.
It is generally believed that the third edition of the Chu silk book records the saying of good luck and bad luck month by month in the year, and it is the earliest document of choosing good luck in China. The attached twelve pictures are the twelve moon gods. These gods are very strange and strange, providing us with more intuitive materials for understanding the ancient Chinese gods.
Next, let’s take a look at these gods and feel the possible images of the ancient Chinese gods:
January statue:
Make the shape of a snake head and a bird.
February gods:
He composed four songs in the form of two body connected birds. Some scholars believe that this may be the eastern wood God (spring God) “Jumang” in ancient mythology.
Statue of March:
Fangshou monster; On the left is the original picture, most of which has been damaged, and on the right is the restored picture by Australian scholar Barnard (the same below).
April statue:
Make a snake shape with two tails twisted. Some scholars believe that this is the “fat legacy” mentioned in the book of mountains and seas, which may be a kind of drought God.
Statue of May:
Make three human figures. Some scholars believe that this is the ancient god of fire “Zhu Rong”.
June statue:
Long arm macaque. Some scholars believe that this may be the “God of snake manipulation” mentioned in ancient books such as the book of mountains and seas.
Statue of July:
He is a monster with horns and one claw.
August gods:
It is a two legged long haired animal with tongue. Some scholars speculate that this is the Western autumn God (Golden God) in ancient mythology.
Statue of September:
It is a double headed turtle or a double headed snake.
Statue of October:
It is in the shape of a crested bird.
November statue:
It’s a monster with a head of cattle. Some scholars speculate that this is the northern winter God (water god) “xuanming” in ancient mythology.
Twelve moon gods:
He has a long tongue with feathers on his head.
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