But this statement is not recorded in Shan Hai Jing, nor in other ancient books after Shan Hai Jing? A few words? Can you prove it? The giant panda is Chiyou's mount? From the perspective of respecting history, this is just a rumor.
The description of pandas in Shan Hai Jing is rather vague, but Guo Pu, a geomantic master in Jin Dynasty, is commenting on Shan Hai Jing? Zhongshan Jing? Laishan once described the image and habits of giant pandas in detail in one sentence.
Ten percent off the mountain, black and white look like a bear refuting, and eat copper and iron. ?
Note: Qionglai Mountain is a Qionglai mountain range in western Sichuan; Yandao County is the county seat in the middle of Ya 'an City, Sichuan Province. ? Panda's; Ten-fold Sakamoto refers to place names.
On Qionglai Mountain adjacent to Yandao County, there is a place called. Ten percent discount? There is an animal called. (Panda) It is similar in shape to a bear, but it has black and white fur. Eat copper and iron.
Later generations named the giant panda Iron Eater through Guo Pu's annotation. Therefore, in ancient times, the panda was a beast as big as a bear and could eat copper and iron.
This is not an exaggeration. According to scientific data, the bite force of the panda is1298.9jin, which can easily crush human bones, and the fastest running speed can reach 5? 10 km, comparable to polar bears, is an out-and-out fighting cat.
Moreover, the birth of the panda can be traced back to 8 million years ago, and it was accompanied by large mammals such as saber-toothed tiger, giant claw ground sloth and king buffalo. It can be seen that in ancient times, the size, bite force and running speed of pandas were even worse than now.
About the description of the iron eater, miraculous classic wrote:
There are animals in the south, iron, like bears, with small heads and paralyzed feet. They can eat copper, iron and bamboo bones. ?
Look, it's like a bear with a small head and a limp, black and white barge. What else besides pandas?
Besides, he also said that he likes eating bamboo and copper and iron. Of course pandas eat bamboo, but what about copper and iron?
You may not know that pandas also eat iron.
According to the chronicle of Beichuan County, Sichuan Province, 198 1 In August, a 7-year-old female panda just arrived in Wolong Nature Reserve, and she ate an iron basin full of feed. At that time, the staff was anxious. Fortunately, iron fragments were found in its feces the next day.
There is a theory that pandas are originally meat, but after becoming vegetarian, they lack iron and other things in their bodies.
So pandas occasionally lick iron and sometimes bite people. So don't treat pandas as cute animals. This cat can chew up an iron basin, and you can eat it.
Look at that animal again. It's a fierce beast. Among the real animals, there are no animals, they should be abstract animals, probably pandas.
In the Qing Dynasty, Wang Shizhen recorded in "Long Shu Yu Wen":
I produce Emei, above Mupi Temple and among the trees. Shaped dog, yellow and white, fat and dull. Dogs often insult people when they are not surprised. Sounds like a Buddha, not an animal. ?
You see, that animal is in Emei, Sichuan, with yellow skin and white stripes, fat and clumsy, not a panda.
Naturally, there are other evidences.
Legend: The mythical animal is a wild animal that lived in Sichuan in ancient times. When Jiang Ziya helped cut Zhou, he met a brave warrior on the March, and no one knew it at that time. Jiang Ziya thought it was mighty and extraordinary, so he tried to subdue it and took it as his own mount. Take it to fight and win again and again.
Think about it, what large animals are there in Sichuan that have never been seen before? What else can it be besides a panda?
Animals are probably abstract pandas, at least it can be confirmed that pandas were indeed beasts comparable to liger in ancient times.
But does this alone mean that the panda is a mount of Chiyou?
In fact, many ancient books in China mentioned pandas, but none of them mentioned them? Is the panda Chiyou Mountain? This statement.
The only evidence that the panda once participated in the battle is recorded in the Record of the Five Emperors:
Xuanyuan is Xiu De's gathering troops, governing five qi and five arts, comforting ten thousand people, spreading them around, and teaching bears, dragons, courage and bravery. Tiger, in order to fight Emperor Yan in the wild of Hanquan.
Here? Hey? , is considered a panda. We can see that when the Yellow Emperor fought against Emperor Yan, all kinds of wild animals were domesticated, including pandas, but it was the Yellow Emperor who domesticated pandas and said nothing about Chiyou.
Without historical records, where did the saying that the panda is a mount of Chiyou come from? I'm afraid it's just a rumor and a joke that three people make a tiger. Don't take it seriously
In fact, the existence of Chiyou is just like the creatures in Shan Hai Jing. People imagine things because of fear. These things may be people and things that can't be explained at that time, even the weather and some natural conditions, and the creation of Chiyou represents cruelty, evil and courage. In this case, his mount must also be a fierce beast. At this time, people found that there was a fierce beast with him day and night.
People or animals in ancient mythology are a very distinct and important part of China culture. They represented the richness and diversity of China culture at that time, and also reflected the optimistic and positive life state of people at that time, so we should cherish them more.
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