The mysterious sun and moon, do they also have parents?

In China myths and legends, the sun and the moon also have parents.

Sun Moon's father is the Emperor of the East. According to Shan Hai Jing, the Emperor had three wives, namely, He Chang and. Among them, it is the mother of ten suns and the mother of twelve moons.

He lives in OOCL Xi with her ten grandchildren. There is a river in xi. His name is Tanggu. The water in the river is boiling hot. Ten suns crossed the sky and shone on the earth in turn. Before going to the sky to be on duty, xi took a bath for his ten sons in Tanggu to make them clean and bright.

There is a hibiscus tree in Tanggu. This tree is thousands of feet high, and ten suns live here. Nine suns live under the tree and one sun lives at the top of the tree. Every time a sun comes back, another sun will take his place at the top of the tree. When the sun comes out, it rides in a magical car, pulled by six dragons, and driven by their mother Xi He. Therefore, xi is honored as the "goddess of the sun" in China.

"xi He" is still a formal name! This official position is closely related to the sun. People who hold this position master astronomical calendars, observe astronomical phenomena, and divine for state affairs. Legend has it that there was such an official position during the Yellow Emperor period. Xi played a very important role at that time. According to legend, there was a man who failed to predict the solar eclipse in time because of drinking, and was punished by Zhong Kang.

Live in the southeast of! She gave birth to twelve moons. Like the sun, the moon enters the sky in turn. Each moon stays in the sky for one month, and the twelve moons just rotate for one year. Before the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon, Chang 'e will be bathed in the sea. Influenced by this myth, later generations believe that the moon was born from the sea, such as the famous sentence of the great poet Zhang Jiuling, "The moon is now full at sea, and the horizon is * * *".

Summary: Chang Xi, also known as Changyi, is said to be Changyi because in ancient times, the words "Xi", "Yi" and "Yi" were common at the same time.