The goddess of the sun and calendar in ancient China mythology. ?
Xi He's prototype comes from ancient myths. In the changes of the times, she evolved from the original "Mother of the Sun" to "Emperor empire of the sun". In the subsequent continuous evolution and development, the sun myth and astronomical historians, represented by what, clearly assumed the carrier of cultural functions and focused on the application of ancient poetry in the cultural environment.
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The original inhabitants of China have made their own understanding, understanding and interpretation of the sun, a natural thing. "Shan Hai Jing Huang Da Nan Jing" said that xi was bathed in sunshine, and later generations unfolded the story: xi built a dragon cart for the ten sons every day, pulled the ten sons out of Quel at dawn, arrived in Menggu at dusk, and then rushed to Tanggu to help the children wash away the dust for a day, and then greeted the second ten sons on duty.
In this way, day after day, year after year, and ten children spend every day strictly on time, sending warmth to the world. The whole narrative angle revolves around how the mother of the sun accompanied the ten sons to serve mankind dutifully, and created a great Chinese mother image with kindness, love, self-control and no personal life and needs.
On the one hand, it reflects the background of this myth. China is in matriarchal clan period, and myth is the product of matriarchal era in clan society, showing a certain degree of female worship.
On the other hand, this kind of female worship consciousness has always existed in people's subconscious mind, although this kind of subconscious mind combined with the social ideology that men are superior to women has put forward higher requirements and moral standards for women. The image of He's mother came into being and existed in the collective memory of China people.