6 years of bloodshed,
Just to send you a beautiful fantasy
Mountains and seas through the world.
As we all know:
Since ancient times, the Classic of Mountains and Seas
Together with the I Ching and the Yellow Emperor's Inner Classic,
It is known as the Three Wonder Books of Antiquity.
It's just that people are easy to put
Depicted in the Classic of Mountains and Seas
Geography, exotic animals
When the imagination of the ancients was wild.
But a female scholar on the other side of the ocean
Henry Ait Mertz, however, did not believe in this evil.
A chance
After she had read an English translation of the Classic of Mountains and Seas
Put on your sneakers and carry your bags
Decided that according to the description in the Classic of Mountains and Seas,
Explore the mountains of the Americas.
The Classic of Mountains and Seas takes her 100 miles east
And she went 100 miles east,
Let her go 100 miles west,
She headed 100 miles west.
It lasted more than 20 years,
After walking 9891 kilometers,
She made a startling discovery:
The Pacific coasts of the Rocky Mountains, Sierra Nevada, Karst Mountains, and Coastal Mountains in the central and western United States almost coincide with the mountain system directions, river directions, and mountain spacing recorded in the book.
It took another 3 years,
Henry Ayette Mertz puts together more than 20 years of exploration into a book manuscript,
Prepare to announce your findings to the world.
After finishing the manuscript, she rushed to put the manuscript in a hurry
To an outstanding anthropologist in the United States.
But in exchange for not appreciation,
However, they vigorously oppose and dissuade them.
"This is unscientific, it is deviant"
With the "conclusion" of this brilliant anthropologist
No bookseller wants to publish
Manuscript of Henry Aet Mertz.
No way
Mertz had to print at his own expense.
After the book came out in 1953,
It was silent for 20 years.
Until 1972,
The editor-in-chief of Wen Wei Po discovered this "amazing work"
He decided to place wen wei po on the front page
Published Mertz's article.
Unfortunately,
Not many people still pay attention to her teachings.
After another 20 years,
Pale Ink by Mercz (1993)
Translated into Chinese the book "The Nearly Fading Record"
Mertz's doctrine,
Finally officially published in China,
However, at that time, Mertz had been dead for 8 years.
The "Classic of Mountains and Seas" has such a "magic"
It can make a lot of people obsessed for a lifetime.
It's like an untapped treasure,
And so on
We can still draw nourishment from it.
Including the "Journey to the West" that we watched when we were children, and the "To Catch a Demon" that exploded a few years ago, many of the sacred beasts and monsters in it are from the "Classic of Mountains and Seas".
Even JK Rowling, author of Hollywood films, Japanese anime, and Harry Potter, drew inspiration from The Classic of Mountains and Seas.
It is no exaggeration to say that the "Classic of Mountains and Seas" has supported the brain-hole fantasies of most of the divine immortal dramas in later generations.
It is an ancient book, open the whole book, nothing is strange, nothing is strange. Fish with long wings, tigers that can fly, people who go to heaven and earth, and their brain holes are larger than those of modern people.
It is the "originator" of Chinese mythology, Kwa Father Day by Day, Dayu Zhishui, Jingwei Reclamation, Nuwa Patching Heaven, Houyi Shooting Day...
These familiar myths and stories are all from the Classic of Mountains and Seas.
It is also a text that records the ancient Z of Chinese civilization, including geography, history, mythology, astronomy, calendar, animals, plants, religion, archaeology... It can be called the "one-hand key" to unlock the ancient civilization.
What is even more amazing is that the excavation of Sanxingdui cultural relics seems to support the text of the "Classic of Mountains and Seas" to some extent, not only is it a strange world, but will it be a real world civilization?
Whether you have heard of the Classic of Mountains and Seas before, I personally feel that every Chinese should have a copy of the Classic of Mountains and Seas on the shelf.
Those magnificent pictures, imaginative imaginations and amazing stories are the simple observation and worship of nature by the ancestors, and also the ancient "spiritual core" and "survival wisdom" of the Chinese nation.
If you want to appreciate the beauty of the Classic of Mountains and Seas, Extraordinary Jun sincerely recommends Tsinghua Publishing House's "Classic of Mountains and Seas" with a brilliant version.
180 beautiful fairy grass divine beasts,
344 pages of high-definition brilliant gold five-color printing
Inductee for the American Illustrated Design Yearbook
Chen Siyu, a talented woman at Tsinghua Academy of Fine Arts
6 years of painstaking painting,
Just to send you a beautiful fantasy world of mountains and seas.