South China Sea Myth

——On a sunny day, on the sea as bright as a mirror, there was a sailboat, on which sat seven people who entered Beijing to take the exam and returned to their hometown. of Xiucai. They are full of spring breeze, arrogant, chanting poems, talking and laughing. They were full of confidence in this rush, counting on the gold list Suddenly, a show found a big shark chasing after the boat. He was terrified: "Oh no, no, the sharks are eyeing us, the sharks are making trouble, and there is a disaster of capsizing." Suddenly, the people on the boat, trembling and earthy, exclaimed: God, what should we do, we are all going to die!".

The

boatman turned his head unhurriedly and said, "The shark is just chasing us, and it doesn't want to hurt us, which means that there are good people in us, so let's all throw our towels into the sea together and see whose towel the shark bites." Whoever gets a towel bitten by a shark, we push him into the sea to keep everyone safe. "

The seven talents who were helpless came back to their senses. Everyone was so nervous that they had to agree with the boatman's idea. In a panic, each man took out his own towel, and the boatman took out a towel. The boatman shouted, "I shouted, one, two, three, and then everyone threw the towels into the sea at the same time." "

The boatman called, "One, two, three." The boatman said to the shark, "Shark, shark, you will bite whoever you want to go into the sea." "The talents, some panicked, some trembled, all hoped that their towels would not be bitten by sharks. Only the boatman, who regarded death as home, calmly looked at the shark. Towels float in the sea and sharks swim in the sea. Suddenly, the shark bit a. This is the boatman's towel. The boatman said, "This is my towel, and I have a few last words for me to write down." "

When Qixiu heard this, he was immediately relieved and radiant. Before the boatman could say a word of farewell, he lifted his head, carried his feet, and threw the boatman into the sea. Coincidentally, to be impartial, the boatman landed right on the shark's back. The shark blackened its head, pushed the surface of the water, and rushed to the shore like an arrow. As soon as the shark landed, suddenly the sun was hidden, the sky was dark, the wind was blowing, and then the rain was pouring and the waves were raging. The boat in the sea capsized, and Qixiu fell into the water, none of which survived.

The

boatman lost consciousness when his towel was bitten. When the shark carried him ashore, the pouring rain woke him up from his coma. He stood up, rubbed his eyes, and looked out into the sea. Oh my God, the waves were raging one after another, and he knew that the ship would capsize, and that the seven talents would surely die, and he was so sad that tears rained down on them for their tragic end.

Suddenly, the boatman heard a groan of pain, looked down, and realized that there was a huge shark beside him. In an instant, he realized that he had been rescued by a shark. The shark is an aquatic animal, and now lying on the beach, it must not be able to adapt. It must be very painful, no wonder it moans in pain! The boatman immediately crouched down, stroked the shark with infinite affection, and then pushed the shark back to the sea with all his strength. Unfortunately, the shark was too large and the boatman did not have enough strength, so he pushed for several hours and did not push the shark into the sea. The shark died, and the boatman threw himself on its back and wept bitterly.

I don't know how long I cried, but the boatman's tears dried up, and the man fell unconscious. In the blindfold, an old man with crane hair and a childish face walked up to him on crutches, smiled and said: "Young man, you usually respect the old and love the young, accumulate virtue and do good, Aoshan Mountain God, see it in your eyes, remember it in your heart. You don't have to be too sad, go back! Accumulate more virtue, do good deeds, and the gods will protect good people. "

The boatman quickly opened his eyes, and the old man had disappeared without a trace. The boatman returned home, took his wife and children, buried the shark, and erected a tombstone: "Tomb of the shark." "

The whole family sang funeral songs. As a result of the war, many people and animals were sacrificed, and the living people held ceremonies and sang funeral songs to mourn them. Dance "Ghost Hunting Dance" and "Five Winds Dance". This religious ritual dance is mostly related to the exorcism of demons and the transcendence of the dead. Originally, the origin of dance was closely related to religion and witchcraft.

In Ledong Li Autonomous County, Dongfang Li Autonomous County, Changjiang Li Autonomous County and other counties, in the Li villages that belong to the "Luohuo" native language of the Li Kazakh dialect, whenever someone in the family has a nightmare or is sick, they must invite "Daogong" and "Mother" to practice and dance the "Ghost Hunting Dance". The local Li people believe that nightmares or illnesses are caused by evil spirits and taking away people's souls.

The family had to ask for a "Taoist father" or "mother-in-law" to do the trick. The sick man is to slaughter the livestock, set up an altar, first spread the banana leaves on the altar, put three rows of bowls, one or seven bowls in each row, and hold the unsalted meat, food and wine, put the chopsticks upright into the bowl, and then hang the banana stalks woven into a small ladder from the altar to the ground, and the sick person's clothes are placed under the altar.

Holding an iron arrow in his left hand and a knife or a red vine leaf in his right hand, "Daogong" sings and dances around the altar while chanting mantras while chanting mantras. Finally, the iron arrow is plucked on the patient's body, with the intention of driving away the "ghosts" that are entangled in the patient's body and asking the gods to dispel the disaster for the patient.

In Sanya City, Lingshui Li Autonomous County, Ledong Li Autonomous County, Dongfang Li Autonomous County and other cities and counties of the Li nationality Kazakh dialect "Ka Tu language" Li people, people believe that people have duality, that is, body and soul.

After death, the body only dies out, while the soul white is eternal, and there is a certain connection with the yang world. After death, the soul of the deceased can be used to protect and protect the family. Therefore, the custom of stopping the coffin after death for 7 days, 12 days, 20 days or even several months (depending on economic conditions) is popular in these places. A solemn "fasting" ceremony is held to overtake the deceased before the deceased is carried to the family cemetery for burial. When "fasting", the dance is the Five Winds Dance.

The so-called "five winds" are the five directions of east, west, south, north and middle. The Li people here believe that after death, their souls are still wandering in the wilderness for a certain period of time, and they cannot return to their ancestors, and dancing "Five Winds Dance" is to bring back their souls. When dancing, the shrine is first set up in the four merchants of the incense case, and then the "Daogong" takes 5 performers to dance around the shrine. Under the accompaniment of gongs, drums, cymbals and other musical instruments, first walk in the counterclockwise direction around the god's position, and then walk in the clockwise direction after walking a circle, sometimes left and sometimes right, the scene is serious and enthusiastic.

Sharks are traditionally considered to be one of the most brutal animals, along with crocodiles. However, from the point of view of ecology, the most cruel thing is not poisonous snakes and beasts, but people who destroy the ecological environment. Snakes, for example, generally do not attack humans. Once attacking a person is because it creates the illusion that the person will attack it. This myth says that the shark is not only evil, but also accomplishes its great good in saving people. We should learn from this myth.

"Animal ecology is divided into two main branches: animal individual ecology and animal community ecology," says Dr. Myth. The former studies the relationship between an individual animal or population and the environment, while the latter studies the relationship between an animal community and the environment. Or, depending on the habitat, it can be divided into aquatic animal ecology, terrestrial animal ecology and parasitic biological ecology.

Animals are consumer organisms in the ecosystem and occupy an important place in the ecosystem. It converts plants into meat, eggs and dairy products in the process of consuming them, and is therefore a producer of animal protein. It provides abundant food, medicine and various industrial raw materials for human beings, and has a close relationship with the survival of human beings. The study of the ecological laws of animal survival and development is of great significance for improving ecological conditions and for human beings to use and protect animal resources. "

Li Ping's tour guide and Dr. Mythology stood on the beach of Yalong Bay to take a photo, and heard the stones of Yalong Bay talking: "The jackal spirit is now looking for treasure knives and treasure hoes everywhere, this is the treasure used in Dinghai, you must rush in front of them." "