Why does Kuafu keep chasing the sun? What is the truth of Kua Fu’s daily life? Come and have a look if you are interested.
When it comes to Kuafu, people’s first impression should be the pursuit of the sun. It’s also very interesting. In fact, when we read this story at that time, we thought Kuafu was very persistent. Now we think that Kuafu is an honest man. Why are you chasing the sun when you have nothing to do? Then some people have to ask, why is this? Why does Kuafu chase the sun? It’s really strange. Let’s analyze this problem together!
When I was young, I didn’t understand why Kua Fu knew that he would die of thirst after the sun. Why did he keep chasing?
Until later, after reading the relevant materials, I had my own understanding of why Kua Fu chased the sun.
??" Kuafu chasing the sun & quot; The mythical story of “the book of mountains and seas · overseas North classic”: & quot; Kua Fu chased the sun away and entered the sun. If you are thirsty to drink, you should drink from the river Wei. The river Wei is insufficient, and you should drink from daze in the north. Before he arrived, Tao died of thirst. He abandoned his staff and became Deng Lin& quot;
The general legend is as follows: in the period of the Yellow Emperor, there was a leader named Kuafu of the Kuafu family. He was tall and good at running. Want to take off the sun, understand the impact of the sun on people’s lives, and how nature changes under the influence of the sun, so they began to day by day. Kuafu, who kept running, drank up the water of the Yellow River and the Weihe River all the way, and failed to catch up with the sun. He could not bear it on the way to find other water sources and died of thirst. His walking stick turned into a forest and became a peach garden; His body became a mountain.
There are two main reasons for Kua Fu chasing the sun:
One kind thinks that Kuafu is in pursuit of light, wants to understand the reason why the sun emits brilliant light, and tries to keep the light in the world forever. Refer to Prometheus in ancient Greek mythology.
One kind thinks that Kuafu was actually a wizard in the ancient tribal times. The so-called “day by day” is just a kind of magic ceremony in the tribe to pray for rain. In order to let the heaven rain, the ceremony of chasing the sun was held. This superstition existed in feudal times.
From the perspective of the spreading characteristics of mythology, the second interpretation is more consistent with the origin of mythology.
Don’t Kua Fu know that he will die after the sun? If you want to chase something you can’t catch under the scorching sun, isn’t that self abuse? Is there such a stupid person or God in the world?
First give my conclusion: because Kuafu is chasing water, not the sun!
Before we understand why Kuafu chased the sun, we should understand how Kuafu died?
There are two versions of Kua Fu’s death, both of which come from the same document Shanhaijing. According to the records in Shanhaijing and Dahuang Beijing:
??" Kua Fu did not measure his strength. He wanted to catch up with the sun and captured it in Yugu. I will drink from the river but not enough. I will go to daze and die here before I arrive. Ying Long has killed Chiyou and Kuafu, but he went to the south, so it is rainy in the south& quot;
The front of this paragraph describes the specific situation of Kuafu chasing the sun and where Kuafu died. That is to say, Kuafu Kua died on the way to find water.
Pay attention to the following sentence & quot; Ying Long killed Chiyou and Kuafu;, Just before I said that Kua Fu died on the way to find a water source, I said later that it was & quot; Ying long; Kill Kuafu. That is to say, after Kuafu died, he was killed again by Chiyou?
The first explanation is that some scholars have judged that Kuafu is the name of a tribe, and its leader’s name is Kuafu; Kuafu; It represents a tribe, which is called & quot; Kuafu tribe;.
Subordinates of the Yellow Emperor; Ying long;, Put & quot; Kuafu tribe; Lead to a place where there is no water source, and all the people of the tribe died there. Then, Ying Long took the leader; Kuafu; Killed.
The second explanation is & quot; Kuafu; In fact, he is a wizard and the supreme commander of this tribe.
Because of the serious drought in the area where the tribe is located, just like the scene described by the ten suns in the story of Houyi shooting the sun, in order to keep the tribe alive; Kuafu; The day-to-day ritual of praying for rain was held, and the whole tribe moved to the place with water.
However, on the way to find water, the Yellow River and the Weihe River were all dry. Without a drop of water, the Kuafu tribe, which had no hope, disappeared on the way to migration.
So whether it is & quot; Ying long; From which explanation can we see the bewitchment of and the drought of the earth; Kuafu; Or the entire & quot; Kuafu tribe;, It’s all about chasing water.
It was the subordinates of the Yellow Emperor who caused this serious drought; Ying long; And & quot; ? & quot;.
Who is Yinglong? Why did you kill Kuafu?
According to legend, Ying Long was a subordinate of the Yellow Emperor, who was in charge of:; Water; The great God of. That is to say, where Yinglong appears, there is abundant water.
From the records in the book of mountains and seas, we can see that Ying Long killed Kuafu after killing Chi you. So we need to know where Ying Long killed Chi you.
I believe everyone has heard of the battle of chasing deer. The Yellow Emperor and Chiyou once fought there and defeated Chiyou.
According to the book of mountains and seas · Dahuang North classic:; Chiyou fought against the Yellow Emperor. The Yellow Emperor ordered the dragon to attack the field of Jizhou. Yinglong livestock water. Chiyou invites the wind and the rain master to ride the storm. The Yellow Emperor was the goddess of heaven, who said, “when the rain stopped, Chi you was killed.”& quot;
It’s kind of like a list of gods. We invite each other to the great gods. It all depends on who has the best connections. Whoever invites the best will win. In the end, the Yellow Emperor has a wider range of people; ? & quot; Chiyou was defeated.
??" ? & quot; Which road God is it? He is the God of drought, where he has passed; Thousands of miles away, no drop of water;. Chi you asked people to rain, and the Yellow Emperor stopped the rain. He used magic to make Chi You’s place extremely dry and finally died of thirst.
The so-called & quot; Kua Fu goes day by day;, Most likely it is & quot; ? & quot; Caused by the drought spell of, causing the sun to appear in the sky.
It is very likely that Kuafu tribe joined the battle of chasing deer on Chiyou’s side. After Chiyou’s defeat, Kuafu was also killed by the great God Ying Long invited by the Yellow Emperor.
According to the above explanation, Kuafu died because of the water source, but it was not to chase the sun, but to participate in a long war.
Therefore, the true meaning of the whole story should be: the Yinglong tribe of the Yellow Emperor defeated the Kuafu tribe of Chiyou. Disclaimer: the above content is from the Internet, and the copyright belongs to the original author. If your original copyright is infringed, please inform us, and we will delete the relevant content as soon as possible.