There are many twists and turns and bizarre myths and legends circulating in our country, most of which occurred in ancient times very far away. China has a culture of 5,000 years and a long history, so naturally there are many stories handed down.
Later, it was discovered that most of the myths and legends in China occurred during the Xia, Shang, and Zhou dynasties, and there were few myths and legends after the Qin Dynasty. As we all know, Chinese myths and legends such as the list of gods and the great Yu Zhishui are traceable, and the characters and events in them are based on history. During the Xia, Shang, and Zhou Dynasties, people did not have pens and paper, and even written writing was not invented, they only used oral accounts to convey information, so many historical events were not recorded, but were transmitted through oral accounts. Therefore, in the process of dissemination, people appropriately exaggerate the story, so that word of mouth, there are myths and legends that have been passed down to this day.
After the development of the times, people invented writing, can make some simple records, and later with the invention of printing and papermaking, many historical events were recorded in the record, even if people want to make up can not be exaggerated, after all, there are already documents to check. After Qin Shi Huang unified the Six Kingdoms, the writing was also unified, and there were already special historians to record the events that occurred at that time. There are fewer and fewer natural mythological stories, but some people still make up some legends, but they are not adapted very outrageously. Even the purely fictional Mengjiang Female Weeping Great Wall is based on the fact that Qin Shi Huang asked the toiling people to build the Great Wall at that time. Historians of all dynasties recorded what happened at that time. Many people in power practiced literal prison to control people's speech and writings, resulting in people changing the mythological stories of the Ming Dynasty to Xia Shang Zhou in order to prevent trouble, after all, there was no written record at that time, let alone verified.
Many myths and stories reflect the social reality of the time, some of which are written by later generations, and if it is found that there is no dynasty, it will be changed to Xia Shang Zhou, which can avoid the disaster of killing and pass on beautiful legends to this day.