The Generation and Content of Cherumbaren's Works

In Spanish, Chelumbalon's book is "chilam balam", which literally means "Prophet * Jaguar". Prophet refers to a group of Mayan priests, who can often communicate with God and convey God's revelation or Oracle to people. They can also divine and predict future events on earth and heaven. Jaguar is the embodiment of Maya God, symbolizing the gods and their related mysteries. Chelumbalon's book can be translated into "The God-teller explains mysterious knowledge".

The Book of China is a book that has not been changed by Spanish missionaries, and it has completely maintained its original style. This book is written in Mayan language of Yucatan Peninsula and handed down from generation to generation. Later, the priest who learned Spanish recorded it in Latin.

The book of Chelumbaren is full of drama. It originated from the missionary purpose of Spanish missionaries, but eventually became an important tool to preserve Mayan culture. After the Spanish invaded the Maya area, Catholic missionaries tried to teach the Maya to read in Spanish and forced them to accept Spanish. They allowed the Mayans to speak their own language, but they could only write in Spanish. They hope to force the Mayans to convert to Catholicism in this way, so as to get rid of the devilish pagan beliefs completely.

When they began to implement this plan, the Spaniards were very happy to find that it only took a few phonemes to record Maya in Spanish. In other words, the Spanish phonetic system only needs to add two phonemes. One is the tone in Portuguese, which sounds like "west" in Chinese; The other is a creative symbol, which sounds like China's "Zi". Now this weird symbol has been replaced by dz. Add these two sounds together, and the Spanish alphabet can record sounds for the Maya. This discovery of the Spanish increased their confidence in changing Mayan culture.

Then, those Spanish letters originally intended to promote Catholic teachings were skillfully used by the Mayans to record their own history and culture. Soon, the Mayans really turned them into a new phonetic system of their own language. Later, it proved to be a good way to "save the country by curve".

It is in this situation that The Book of Cherumbalon came into being. The content is extremely rich, including prophecies, spells, myths, religious ceremonies, astronomical materials, songs, and current events such as executions and famines. Most importantly, there is a chronological overview of ancient Mayan history.

There are many books in the Book of Cherumbalon, and each book is about a village or city. Their similarity lies in writing Mayan languages with European paper and Spanish letters, and recording Mayan history and culture.