Kuafu is one of the myths and legends of ancient China, and has a very wonderful description in the "Chinese Myths and Legends" written by Yuan Ke, the father of Chinese mythology and oriental mythology. During the period of the Yellow Emperor, in the great wilderness of the north, there was a big mountain called Chengdu Zaitian, which was inhabited by the descendants of the great god Houtu, called the Kuafu family. The people of Kuafu are warm-hearted, good runners, and people with great strength. Because they are tall and strong, they are also called giants. They rely on these conditions and like to fight for others. The people of the Kuafu tribe helped the Chiyou tribe against the Yellow Emperor tribe, but were later defeated by the Yellow Emperor.

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Chinese name Kuafu Foreign name Kuafu Other names Kuafu Appearance work "Classic of Mountains and Seas" Appearance work "Liezi Tangwen" Gender Male Place of residence Chengdu Zaitian allusion So Kuafu chases the sun

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Praise the father chasing the sun

Praise the father chasing the sun

In the period of the Yellow Emperor, in the great wilderness of the north, there is a big mountain, rising from the ground, high and the sky, so it is called "Chengdu carries the sky". The mountain is shrouded in clouds and mist between the cliffs, and the pines and cypresses stand upright, a majestic and magnificent scenery. On this fairyland-like mountain, there are descendants of the great god Houtu who have passed down their name, called the Kuafu clan. They are tall and powerful, and they specialize in fighting for people. When the southern Chiyou was defeated by the Yellow Emperor and sent people to the rescue of the Kuafu clan, most of the Kuafu clan felt that they should help the weak, so they decided to send troops to participate in the war against the Yellow Emperor.

The Chiyou people received the help of the Kuafu people, and they were like a tiger with wings, and when they fought against the Yellow Emperor, they were already evenly matched and could not hold each other. The temporary defeat of the Yellow Emperor's army, the anxious Yellow Emperor was at a loss. So he went to Mount Tai to find help from all kinds of immortals, and a woman who called herself "Xuannu" came to meet the Yellow Emperor and teach him the art of war. Then someone sent the Yellow Emperor the red copper of Kunwu Mountain for him to use to make swords. This sword cuts gold and jade, sharpens iron like clay, and shows the smelting technology of the ancient Bronze Age. From then on, the Yellow Emperor took advantage of what he learned to march and set up a formation, and in the Battle of Zhuolu, he finally defeated the coalition army and killed Chiyou, and the remaining Kuafu people ran back to their original place.

Praise the father day by day

Praise the father day by day

Soon there was a severe drought in the land, and the sun was like a great ball of fire, roasting the earth and drying up the rivers and lakes, and it was desolate. The whole Kuafu clan went out to find water to fight the drought, but the rivers and lakes dried up, where can they find water? The leader of Kuafu was so angry that he vowed to pluck the sun. When the sun saw that Kuafu was really angry, he was also a little panicked, and accelerated his speed to set west. The leader of the father of Kua chased after him. The sun glided faster, shooting heat at Kwa Father to stop him. Although Kuafu sweated like rain, he refused to stop. Chasing, chasing, chasing! Kuafu has been chasing thousands of miles in an instant. Look at the place where the sun is about to set - Yugu, "Look where you are fleeing!"

Seeing that there was nowhere to escape, the sun sneered a few times and slew back the pistol - shooting all the heat at Kwafu. Kuafu was dizzy for a while, Venus was bursting in front of him, his mouth was dry and his tongue was burnt, and his hands were hanging softly. "Can't fall down!" Kuafu encouraged himself while leaning over to drink the water of the Yellow River, wanting to drink some water before catching the sun. He drank the Yellow River dry, and even the Weishui water was drunk, but he still felt unbearably thirsty. The stubborn Kuafu is determined to drink the water of Daze and compete with the sun again. Daze, also known as Hanhai, is a place where birds breed their babies and change their feathers. As soon as Kuafu walked to the edge of Daze, before he could lean down, he was dizzy, and with a bang, he fell like a mountain.

Kuafu looked at the sunning sun with regret, sighed, threw his cane towards the sun, closed his eyes and died. The next morning, the sun rose vividly from the east, and I couldn't help but secretly admire Kuafu's courage when I saw Kuafu, who had fallen into a mountain. It is strange to say that when the sun shines, Kuafu's cane turns into a peach forest, and the trees are full of huge fruits.

The act of praising the father and chasing the sun is a fearless spirit, although it is unrealistic, but it also shows the simplicity of people's hearts and minds in primitive society.

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Once upon a time, there was a giant in the north,

Kuafu

Kuafu

His name was Kuafu, and he had two yellow snakes in his ears and two yellow snakes in his hands, and he lived on a desolate mountain.

Praise father nature like to explore. One day, he suddenly had the idea to see what the sun was like. He spread his legs and ran like a gust of wind, and in the blink of an eye he had traveled hundreds of miles.

Kuafu's self-determination was immeasurable, and he was bent on catching up with the sun and chasing him all the way to Yugu. This is where the sun sets, and the setting sun is like a ball of fire, roasting so dry that Kuafu's mouth is dry. He was so thirsty that he ran to the Yellow River to drink water, but the Yellow River was not enough to drink, so he rushed to the Wei River again. The water of the Wei River was also drunk, but it still did not quench its thirst. And he hurried to the great lake in the north. didn't have time to reach Daze, and died of thirst halfway through.

When Kua's father died, he threw away the crutches in his hand, and the place where the crutches fell became a peach forest. Kuafu's body became a large mountain, called Kuafu Mountain. Taolin and Kuafu Mountain are all in today's Lingbao City. Lingbao City was called Taolin County in ancient times, from the west of Hangu Pass to Huayin, the peach forest was lush for three hundred miles. Kuafu Mountain is between Linghuyu and Chiyu in the southeast of Yangping Town, Lingbao City. [1]

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In the north of our country, there is a majestic and majestic Chengdu Zaitian Mountain, on which lives a giant clan called Kuafu. The leader of the Kwafu clan is called Kwafu, and he is extremely tall, powerful, strong-willed, and extraordinary. At that time, the world was desolate and backward, poisonous snakes and beasts were rampant, and people lived miserably. In order for the people of his tribe to survive, Kuafu led the people to fight against the flood beasts every day. Kuafu often took pride in hanging the vicious yellow snake he caught on his ears as a decoration.

One year, there was a great drought. The fire-like sun scorched the crops on the ground and dried the water in the river. People are so hot that they can't live. When he saw this, he set an ambition and vowed to catch the sun so that it would obey the people's instructions and serve them better.

One day, as soon as the sun rose over the sea, Kuafu began his day-by-day journey from the shore of the East China Sea. The sun spun swiftly in the sky, and Kuafu chased after him like a wind on the ground. When he was hungry, he picked a wild fruit to satisfy his hunger, when he was thirsty, he took a mouth of river water to quench his thirst, and when he was tired, he only took a nap. He has been encouraging himself in his heart: soon, he will catch up with the sun, and people's lives will be happy.

He chased for nine days and nine nights, getting closer and closer to the sun, and the red, hot sun was on his own

Kuafu

Kuafu

On the head. Kuafu crossed the mountains and rivers, and finally caught up with the sun in the Yu Valley. At this time, Kuafu's heart was very excited. But just as he stretched out his hand to catch the sun, he was overexcited and haggard, and suddenly, Kuafu felt dizzy and fainted. When he woke up, the sun was long gone.

Kuafu was still not discouraged, he mustered all his strength, and was ready to set off again. But the closer he got to the sun, the stronger the rays became, and Kwafu became more and more agitated, feeling that all the water in his body had evaporated, and that he needed to drink plenty of water. So Kuafu got up and walked to the Yellow River in the southeast, bowed down, and drank the water from the Yellow River, and when the Yellow River was drained, he went to drink the water from the Wei River. Who knows, he drank the water of the Wei River, and still did not quench his thirst. So, he planned to go north and drink Osawa water. However, Kuafu was so tired and thirsty that when he reached the halfway point, his body could no longer support it, and he slowly collapsed and died.

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The Classic of Mountains and Seas: Overseas North Classics

Kuafu chased away with the sun and entered the sun. Thirsty, want to drink, drink in the river, Wei, the river and Wei are insufficient, the north drink Daze. Before he arrived, he died of thirst. Abandon his staff and turn into Dunlin. [2]

He felt thirsty and wanted to drink water, so he went to the Yellow River and the Wei River to drink water. The water of the Yellow River and the Wei River was not enough, so they went to Daze Lake in the north to drink water. Before he arrived at Daze Lake, he died of thirst halfway. The cane he abandoned turned into a peach grove.

The Classic of Mountains and Seas: The Great Wilderness East Classic

In the northeast corner of the great wilderness, there is a mountain called the fierce plough mound. Ying Long is at the South Pole, killing Chiyou and Kuafu, and he can't go back. Therefore there are several droughts, and the drought is in the form of a dragon, and it rains heavily.

[Translation]: In the northeast corner of the Great Wilderness, there is a mountain called Fierce Plough Mound Mountain. Ying Long lived at the southernmost end of this mountain, because he killed the god Chi You and the giant Kuafu, he could not return to the sky, and the sky was often in drought because of the lack of Ying Long, who was full of clouds and rain. When people in the Nether Realm encounter a drought, they disguise themselves as dragons and beg for rain, and they get heavy rain.

The Classic of Mountains and Seas: The Great Wilderness of the North

In the midst of the great wilderness, there is a mountain named Chengdu Zaittian. Someone called the two yellow snakes, and called them Kuafu. After the native gave birth to the letter, the letter gave birth to the father and praised the father. Kua's father is not measured, and he wants to chase the sun, so he is caught in Yugu.

Drinking the river and not enough, will go to Daze, did not arrive, died here. Ying Long has killed Chi You, and killed Kuafu, but he went to the south, so it is rainy in the south.

In the great wilderness of the north, there is a mountain named Chengdu Zaitian. There was a man on the mountain, who wore two yellow snakes in his ears and held two yellow snakes in his hands, and his name was Kuafu. Later, the earth gave birth to Xin, and Xin gave birth to Kuafu, who was not self-conscious, and wanted to chase the shadow of the sun, so he caught up in Yugu. I was going to the Yellow River to drink water, but the Yellow River water was not enough to drink, and I was going to run to Daze, but before I arrived, I died of thirst here. Ying Long had already killed Chiyou and Kuafu, so he went to live in the south, so it rained a lot in the south. [1]

The Classic of Mountains and Seas, The Classic of Zhongshan

The Classic of Mountains and Seas

The Classic of Mountains and Seas

Ninety miles to the west, it is said that the mountain of Kuafu, its wood is full of trees, many bamboo arrows, its beasts are many cattle, sheep are more, its birds are more eagles, its yang is more jade, and its yin is more iron. There is a forest in the north of it, called the peach forest, it is a wide range of three hundred miles, of which there are many horses. The water of the lake flows out of the Yan, and the north flows into the river, in which there is a lot of jade.

[Translation]: Ninety miles west from Chang Hao Mountain, there is a mountain called Kuafu Mountain. Most of the trees that grow on it are palms, nanshu, and small bamboo bushes. The mammals in the mountains are mainly cattle and sheep, and the birds are mainly golden pheasants. There is a lot of jade at the southern foot of the mountain, and there is a lot of iron ore on the northern slope. There is a forest in the north of the mountain, called the peach forest, which is 300 miles in radius, and there are many horses in the forest. The lake flows out of this mountain and then flows north into the Yellow River, where there is a lot of jade.

Liezi Tang Wen

Kuafu's strength is not measured, and he wants to chase the shadow of the sun, and chase it in the corner valley. If you are thirsty to drink, go to drink the river and Wei. The river and Wei are insufficient, and they will go north to drink Daze. Before he arrived, he died of thirst. Abandon his staff, soak the flesh of the corpse, and give birth to Dunlin. Deng Lin is thousands of miles wide. [3]

When he was thirsty and wanted to drink water, he went to the Yellow River and Weishui to drink water. The water of the Yellow River and the Wei River was not enough, so Kuafu went north to drink the water from the big lake. Before he could reach the Great Lake, he died of thirst halfway through. The cane he discarded turned into a peach grove under the moisture of his corpse's flesh and blood. The peach forest is as large as a radius of thousands of miles.

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Uncle Hai said that the Spring and Autumn Period was an independent historical researcher who focused on the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

It turns out that Kua's father may not be dead, he actually planted a peach forest here

The water of the Minjiang River is leisurely, and the wind of the east mountain is mighty. The city of Chengdu has thousands of years of human history, whether it is "between the black waters of the Southwest Sea, there is a wide field, Houji burial" in the ancient books, or the Yellow Emperor's "Changyi descends to live like water", all of which are more or less related to the city, and many ancient characters appear in legends and stories, so that future generations are embarrassed.

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