Mermaid-like, more than three feet long, inedible, the fish in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas" was met by him, whether he was scared half to death, or intoxicated into it, after reading it, I finally understood why this fish is so popular.
"Mermaid" appeared in Stephen Chow's movie "The Mermaid", and this classic dialogue between Deng Chao and the article supported several years of laughter.
Deng Chao saw the "mermaid", which was similar to the description of the article, and the article naturally did not believe it, and ridiculed Deng Chao as a madman.
So, does the mermaid exist or not, and where does the mermaid come from?
Mermaids have appeared in mainland texts since ancient times.
The Western Mountain Sutra says, "Danshui has a lot of crystals, and there are many mermaids." "It refers to the mermaid.
In the "Chronicle of History", it is said: "Qin Shi Huang used mermaid ointment as a candle, and the immortals were immortal. "It also refers to mermaids.
The realistic examination of mermaids, which appears in the Classic of Mountains and Seas, is actually a baby fish.
In the "Chronicle of Foreign Objects in the Sea", it is said: "Mermaids are like people, more than three feet long, and inedible." "Simply put, it's a fish that looks like a human.
In the Book of Searching Gods, it is said: "There are fish people outside the South China Sea, who live in the water like fish, are good at weaving, and can make dragon silk that is not wet in and out of the water, and tears are dropped." "The ancients did not call mermaids fish, they called them fishmen. The biggest instinct of the fish people is to shed tears. Of course, only mermaids have this ability. Li Shangyin's classic poem: "There are tears in the pearl of the sea and the moon.". It is a reference to the legend of the Fish People.
The "North Mountain Classic" officially mentions the mermaid, not the beauty of the mermaid, but the deliciousness of the mermaid. This kind of fish is actually a baby fish.
Mermaids have always been very popular, and Fuxi uses mermaids as a totem.
The "mermaid" in the impression of modern people originated in the West.
More than a thousand years ago, in the Assyrian Empire of Mesopotamia, the goddess Ai Pai Gai Silk fell in love with the shepherd, gave birth to a child, because she was afraid of being punished, she personally killed the shepherd, and because of the guilt in her heart, she jumped into the lake into a fish. She is a mermaid who is a beauty above the waist and a fish below the waist.
