rid people of a scourge(yì shè jiǔ rì)

Hou Yi shooting the sun

The synonym Yi shejiu RI generally refers to Hou Yi Sheri (ancient Chinese myth) which is an ancient Chinese myth. In ancient times, there was a serious drought. The heat scorched the forest, dried the earth and dried the grass. It turned out that Dijun and Xihe had 10 children, all of whom were the sun. They lived in the East and overseas. There was a big tree named Fusang in the sea. Ten suns sleep under the branches and come out in turn to work in the sky and shine on the earth. But sometimes, they come out together and bring disaster to mankind. In order to save human beings, Hou Yi arched at the nine suns. I saw a burst fireball in the sky, falling a sanshuwu. In the end, there was only one sun in the sky.

Historical misunderstanding

There is a great Yi and a Hou Yi in history. The former is a figure of Emperor Yao and the latter is a figure of Xia Taikang.

It is said that after Chiyou was killed, the tribes in the East fell into a long-term civil war. It was under such circumstances that Dayi took on the historical mission of unifying all the tribes in the East. According to Shanhaijing haineijing, "emperor Jun gave Yi Tong bow and suza to help the country. Yi was the first to go down to the earth to sympathize with the difficulties.". The story of Dayi shooting the sun is not found in the book of mountains and seas, but it is recorded in ancient books. Cheng Xuanying of Tang Dynasty quoted the book of mountains and seas autumn water from the book of mountains and seas: "Yi shoots nine days and falls into Wo Jiao". The nine days should be synonymous with Jiuli or several tribal countries. In the first volume of the Song Dynasty's anthology Jinxiu Wanhua Valley, the book of mountains and seas is quoted as saying: "Yao appeared in ten days, Yao made Yi shoot in ten days, and fell into the wojiao.". It shows that there is a story about Dayi shooting the sun in the classic of mountains and seas, but it was lost later.

Based on Shanhaijing, Huainanzi benjingxun sums up the story of Dayi shooting at the sun: "when Yao was captured, he came out at the same time in ten days, burnt the grass and killed the trees, but the people had nothing to eat. He, chisel teeth, jiuying, Fengfeng, Fenghe, xiushe are all people's pests. Yao made Yi Zhu chisel his teeth in the field of chouhua, kill nine babies on the fierce water, hand over the strong wind in the Qingqiu, shoot up for ten days, and then kill Li, cut off the snake in the Dongting, capture and seal Li in the mulberry forest. ——Huainanzi (Ben Jing Xun)

According to historical records, Dayi unified all the tribes in the East and formed a powerful country. Because the country is composed of many tribal countries that worship the sun, it is called "ten day country" in the book of mountains and seas.

After their death, Dayi and his wife were buried on Tiantai Mountain in Rizhao Tanggu sun culture source scenic spot. The local people call it Dayi Mausoleum (see Dayi shooting the sun for details).

Therefore, although both of them are good at shooting, Yi in the myth of shooting the sun is Da Yi rather than Hou Yi, and Chang'e's husband Da Yi rather than Hou Yi. Readers should pay attention to the following.

The legend of Houyi shooting the sun comes from Ju village, Zhangzi County, Shanxi Province. In the period of Yao and Shun, the eldest son of King Yao was the Danzhu fief. It is said that it is the hometown of King Yao. Fajiushan in the county is the birthplace of the legend of Jingwei reclamation. It is said that Ju village is white because there is a rare white pine growing here. In Ju village, there is a Chongqing temple. Not far from the south, there is a "lingcuwang Temple" built in the Ming Dynasty, also known as "Sangu Temple", which is a temple for worshiping Yi God. Local people also call it Qiansi. According to folklore, the original seventeen beauties here are opposite to Chongqing temple. There are more than 100 Pinus bungeana trees on the hillside in front of the temple. The crown is not big and the shape is peculiar. The trees are more than 500 years old. It is known as the most beautiful tree species in the world by foresters, and is crowned with the reputation of "lace tree bark pine". Local people regard it as "white dragon" and "holy pine". There is also a beautiful legend here. It is said that this white pine was the arrow left by Hou Yi when he shot at the sun. It is said that when Hou Yi shot at the sun, he shot nine suns at a time, leaving the last sun. He inserted the rest of the arrow shaft in Ziyun mountain, and later grew into a white pine. The bark of Pinus bungeana is white. What's more interesting is that each pine needle has three branches. Generally, pine needles are divided into two branches. Here, one needle is divided into three branches. Ju village wants to have a dialogue with ancient times. Cook a pot of mackerel and whale, pull the bow of Wu Hao, build a strong arrow of Qi Wei, and look up at the ninth day. Can you tell us the scene of Yi shooting the ninth day? But here he left his high altar; can you explain the magic of the bow and arrow? Here are the shadows of arrows.

On the other hand, the story of Hou Yi shooting at the sun comes from Sheyang County, Jiangsu Province. According to legend, Sheyang County was reclaimed from Jingwei and became a land, which was named after Hou Yi shooting at the sun. To commemorate Hou Yi's shooting day, a landmark building, the Chinese Hou Yi altar, and a famous tourist attraction, Hou Yi Park, were built in Sheyang. According to the origin of the name of Sheyang County and the legend of Houyi shooting the sun, eight landscape walls and eight stone balls were set at the entrance of the park, which echoed the "Chinese Houyi altar" not far away, implying that Houyi shot down nine suns and blessed the world. In addition, every characteristic landscape in the park is connected with the culture of "Hou Yi shooting the sun", which is an ancient and beautiful legend.

In other words, Yi shot ten days, that is, Yi shot "Xiang" after Xia, because of the mistake of copying ancient books, the word "Xiang" after Xia was mistakenly written as "ten days". When Yi shot for ten days, he actually shot for death.

Taikang died soon after he lost his country. The clan established his younger brother, Zhongkang, and lived near Luoshui. Zhongkang died and his son, Xiangli, fled to DiQiu (now Puyang, Henan Province) under Houyi's pursuit. According to the princes of the same surname, YuXun and chongguan. At this time, Zhen Xun's family had moved from the Yiluo plain to the northeast of Henan, while Zhen Guan's family was in the north of fan County, which is now the border between Henan and Shandong. In order to prevent the revival of Xia Hou Xiang's power, hanzhuo ordered his master to "kill Qing Guan to search for it and destroy Xia Hou Xiang". Then it was sealed and poured in Guo (today's north of Yexian County in Shandong Province, or suspected to be in the southeast of Taikang County in Henan Province), and it was sealed and poured in Ge (between song and Zheng dynasties, about today's east of central Henan Province) to control the East. When hanzhuo attacked and killed Houxiang, his wife Houluo fled to the south-west of Shandong Province, where his mother's family had still family (ren family, now Rencheng), and gave birth to his posthumous son Shaokang.

In addition, the book of mountains and seas says, "between the rivers and the Gansu, there is a country of Xihe. There is a woman named Xihe who bathes in Ganyuan. Xihe, the wife of emperor Jun, was born ten days ago. " More scholars believe that "ten days" is not what ten suns are, but names of people! "Ten days" is "phase". Xiang, the son of Zhongkang after Xia Dynasty, was shot to death by Houyi and hanzhuo. Shaokang, the son of Xiang, fled to youstill family. With the help of youstill family and Youyu family, he sent troops to destroy hanzhuo at one stroke, successfully restored the country and restored the Xia Dynasty, which is called "Shaokang Zhongxing" in history.

Related Legends

It is said that in ancient times, there were ten suns in the sky, all of them were the sons of the Oriental emperor. The ten suns lived with their mother and the wife of the emperor of heaven on the edge of the East China Sea. She often bathes her ten children in the East China Sea, the easternmost part of the world. After taking a bath, let them perch on a big tree like birds. Because the image center of each sun is a bird, so the tree becomes their home. Nine suns perch on the lower branch, and the other sun perches on the top of the tree. When the dawn needs the morning light to come, the sun perched on the top of the tree will ride a two wheeled cart, cross the sky, shine on the world, and spread the light and heat all over the world. The ten suns change every day and take turns to be on duty. They are in good order and everything in the world is in harmony. People live happily and harmoniously on the earth. People, like neighbors and friends, live together, till at sunrise and rest at sunset, and live a happy life. People and animals can live in harmony. At that time, people were grateful to the sun for bringing them time, light and joy. They often kowtowed to the sky and worshipped.

However, such a long time, the ten suns feel bored, they want to travel around the sky together, think it must be very interesting. So, when the dawn came, ten suns climbed on the two wheeled vehicle together and embarked on the journey across the sky. This time, people and all things on the earth can't stand it. Ten Suns are like ten big fires. The heat they give out together scorches the earth and kills many people and animals. The forest caught fire and all the trees, crops and houses were burnt to ashes. Those people and animals who didn't burn to death in the fire, pig and wolf ran around, frantically looking for places to escape disaster and water and food to save lives.

When the river dried up, the sea dried up, and all the fish died, the monsters in the water climbed up to steal food. Crops and orchards are withered and charred, and food supplies for people and livestock are cut off. People are either burned to death by the high temperature of the sun or eaten by wild animals. People are struggling in the fire disaster, praying for the gift of God! At this time, there was a young and handsome hero named Hou Yi. He was a god archer with excellent archery skills and a hundred hits. He was summoned by the emperor of heaven and received the mission of driving the sun away. When he saw that people were living in a fire disaster, he couldn't bear it, so he secretly decided to shoot off the extra nine suns to help people escape from the sea of suffering.

So Hou Yi climbed over ninety-nine high mountains, crossed ninety-nine deserts, came to the east coast, and boarded a big mountain. At the foot of the mountain was the vast sea. Hou Yi opened the crossbow, put on the heavy arrow, aimed at the hot sun in the sky, swished an arrow, and the first sun was shot down. Hou Yi drew back his bow and arrow, put on his sharp arrow, and shot it away with a buzzing sound. At the same time, he shot down two suns. Now, there are seven suns in the sky staring at the red eyes. Hou Yi felt that the sun was still scorching, and he shot a third arrow. The arrow was very powerful. It set four suns. The other suns trembled and whirled. In this way, Hou Yi shot his arrows at the sun one by one, without a single shot, shooting off nine suns. One by one, the nine suns that had been shot died. Their feathers fell to the ground, their light fell

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