Chapter 655: The Nine Prefectures of the World
Compared with the Yellow Emperor, Emperor Yan's main contribution to the Chinese human race was more to formulate the rules of life. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
At that time, there were no fairs in the tribes, and the main way of trading was barter, but even bartering was not so easy. Because sometimes you want to exchange, and you can't find anyone willing to come to you for an exchange. At this time, Emperor Yan set the principle of "the day is the city", stipulating that everyone can exchange items when the sun reaches the center. Over time, when such a time slowly became customary, the bazaar was born.
However, what Emperor Yan made more important was not the formulation of the bazaar, but the formulation of the calendar.
From ancient times to the present day, it can be said that the calendar is the most important thing in a country. Without a calendar, we don't know spring, summer, autumn and winter, and without a calendar, we don't know what day it is. There is no calendar, and we don't know how much time has passed. It can be seen that the calendar is extremely important even in modern society, let alone in ancient times. In ancient times, the reason why the calendar was most important was farming.
All crops have a growth cycle, when to plant, when to plant, when to harvest, all need to be governed by a strict and calendar cycle. Otherwise, if the production season is missed, I am afraid that a race will perish. During the Yandi period, it had passed from the most primitive period of drinking Maoru blood to an agrarian society, and the condition for maintaining the immortality of human beings was food. In order to provide food and clothing for the people, and also to let their tribe grow and grow. Emperor Yan observed the changes of the sun, moon and stars, and finally formulated a calendar.
Emperor Yan divided the time of the day into day and night, divided the month into 30 days, and November was the winter solstice.
Although the calendar at that time was not very strict, and it was even possible to make mistakes, but because of a relatively accurate calendar, the Yandi tribe gradually became stronger and became another super tribe about the size of the "Bear Tribe". It is precisely because of Emperor Yan's leadership that Emperor Yan controlled a very large place during the period of Emperor Yan. Because this territory is too big and too big, in order to better manage it, Emperor Yan divided this area into nine places, which are called "nine corners". The "nine corners" in this are the predecessor of "Kyushu".
However, in the primitive period, wars were very intensive, and often when one tribe encountered another, there would be wars. Emperor Yan's youngest daughter is very beautiful, her name is Jingwei, but the tribesmen like to call her a female baby. One day, Jingwei went to the East China Sea to play, but unfortunately drowned. After his death, Jingwei turned into a small bird that looked like a crow. Because of his hatred for the East China Sea, every day Jingwei would hold some stones and throw wood and grass into the East China Sea, hoping to fill the East China Sea.
This is the story of Jingwei reclamation.
After the story of Emperor Yan was told, countless readers took a long breath.
During the period of the Yellow Emperor, writing, medicine, music, silkworm raising, and various farming tools were created, which have been around for more than 5,000 years and still affect us.
During the Yandi period, it took more than 5,000 years to formulate bazaars, invent calendars, and divide the territory, which makes us feel the same way.
After reading the legend of the Yellow Emperor and the Yan Emperor, many readers closed their eyes, and they followed the stories in the legends and myths to return to the era of the Yellow Emperor and the Yan Emperor. And when they were immersed in that period of more than 5,000 years, their hearts were faintly moving. They felt as if they understood the meaning of the word "Yan Huang".
"Ladies and gentlemen, I now have some understanding why we are the descendants of Yan and Huang. ”
"I also have some understanding that everything we live in now has actually influenced us more than 5,000 years ago. Food, clothing, housing, transportation, and even culture. ”
Indeed, I can't believe that our human ancestors at that time had such wisdom. ”
"Of course, if it weren't for the fact that the Yellow Emperor Yandi was not yet open to thinking at that time, in modern times, our scientific and technological level would probably have to rush out of the earth and go to the universe. ”
The legend of the Yellow Emperor is brilliant, and the legend of the Yan Emperor is equally wonderful.
However, just as everyone said from time to time, someone seemed to find a problem and said.
"Strange, why isn't there anything behind?"
"What's weird?"
"Haven't you noticed, the legend of Jingwei reclamation seems to have not been written. ”
"Why didn't I finish writing, Jingwei Reclamation said that Jingwei went to swim in the East China Sea, but was drowned, and Jingwei, who became a bird after death, hated the East China Sea in his heart, so he threw a small stone into the East China Sea every day, hoping to fill the East China Sea. Although this legend is exaggerated, the myth and legend are like this, and I think this story is very interesting. ”
"No, no, it's not like that. Let's take a look at the last sentence of Jingwei reclamation, Mr. Qiushui also said that there were frequent wars at that time before talking about Jingwei reclamation. In other words, Jingwei may not go to the East China Sea to play, it may be that there is a war. ”
"Huh......"
"You're saying that Jingwei's reclamation is the same as Kuafu's day-by-day, whether it's reclamation or day-by-day, these are just mythological metaphors, and he may have other explanations. Just like Kuafu, in fact, he didn't die of thirst, it is possible that he ran into Ying Long and was killed by Ying Long. ”
Some people remembered the contradiction of Kuafu's death day by day, and suddenly many people began to study the secret behind Jingwei's reclamation. It's just that most people are just ordinary readers, so where can they come up with a reason? However, ordinary readers can't study it, and some professional literary and historical institutions and some professional research scholars have found the problem.
"Xiao Chen, immediately look for information about 'Nine Corners'. ”
Yuan Xingpei, director of the Chinese Museum of Culture and History, immediately commanded.
In these days of research, Yuan Xingpei no longer thinks that there is any contradiction in the death of his father before. As I said with several other research friends, Kuafu is definitely not chasing the sun day by day. And death by thirst may be real, and this death of thirst may also be killed. Because Ying Long is in charge of the water source, according to the "Warring States Book" literature, Ying Long is the god of war, one of his skills is "water storage", if the water is controlled by Ying Long, naturally the Kuafu family will be thirsty to death without a water source...... Therefore, it is also possible to say that Kuafu died of thirst, and it is okay to say that Ying Long killed Kuafu.
"Curator, I found out that the "Genji Spring and Autumn Yue Kokushu" has an introduction to Jiuyu, and it is said that the approximate range where Jiuyu is located should be in the area of 'ginger water', and the range where the East China Sea is located does not belong to the scope of 'Jiuyu'. ”
The story is getting more and more interesting.
Under the guidance of the Nine Corners Territory, Yuan Xingpei found a breakthrough.
Jingwei may not have drowned, but was killed by someone, or killed by other tribes.
And the reclamation in Jingwei Reclamation may not be reclamation, but may be an attack on the tribe where the East China Sea is located.
But who would be the tribe that rules the East China Sea? )