In the "Classic of Mountains and Seas", there are many incredible rare beasts, in the past, people once these rare and rare beasts were fictional, but the world is so big that in nature, there are really many animals suspected of existing in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas".
For example, in the tropical rainforest of South America, someone once found an animal with a "human face", which has great similarities with the Lu Wu described in the Classic of Mountains and Seas.
So, what is Lu Wu in the Classic of Mountains and Seas? Does it really exist?
In the Classic of Mountains and Seas, Lu Wu is one of the most famous "human-faced beasts", and in the records, it is the guardian deity of Kunlun Mountain, a very powerful divine beast.
In South America, the animal that "collides" with Lu Wu in the Classic of Mountains and Seas is a unique species in South America, the marmoset. They have human-faced lion heads and look very special. Marmosets are a type of broad-nosed monkey, they are very small, only a little larger than squirrels, the maximum adult body length does not exceed 40 cm, and the maximum weight is only about 2 pounds.
So, will the Marmoset in South America really be Lu Wu? Is this called a coincidence, or did the ancients really use marmoset as a prototype to create Lu Wu's "divine beast"?
Speaking of which, at present, the "face collision" between Marmoset and Lu Wu is most likely a coincidence event. Because in addition to the similarity of Lu Wu to the marmoset, in the description of the Classic of Mountains and Seas, it also has a lion body, 9 tails at the same time, and its size is also very large, while the marmoset only has a "human face" which is similar to Lu Wu.
Of course, there are also views that perhaps when the ancients created the "Classic of Mountains and Seas", they really went to South America and saw marmosets, but this possibility is not supported by any evidence at present, and the "Classic of Mountains and Seas" as a pre-Qin book, its author is also unknown, the current mainstream view is that the authors of the "Classic of Mountains and Seas" are Dayu and Boyi, this statement is still yet to be examined.
So, what is the authenticity of the Classic of Mountains and Seas?
As an ancient book, the value and significance of the Classic of Mountains and Seas are self-evident, and the content recorded in it is also varied and all-encompassing, and many of the contents are very mysterious, as if it is to tell and record what will happen in another world, and it will only appear creatures.
In the past, many people also thought that the "Classic of Mountains and Seas", like many mythological novels handed down in ancient times, were fictional myths of the ancients, but some research in recent years has made more and more scholars believe that many of the contents recorded in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas" are most likely real things that have happened.
For example, in the Classic of Mountains and Seas, there are also many ancient countries, among which the more curious one is a country called "Ichimoku Country", in which the people of this country have a very special place: there is only one eye on the face, and this eye is grown in the center.
After years of research, people have found that this seemingly mysterious "Ichimoku Country" actually once existed in the northwest region of the mainland, and from the perspective of time, the "Ichimoku Country" first appeared about 33,000 years ago, until it disappeared 2500 years ago, and they once established a very powerful civilization in the Eurasian steppe.
Later, from about 2500 years later, when the "Ichimoku Kingdom" disappeared, until today, the site is a deserted area that is inaccessible, of course, although it is not possible to confirm whether the people of the "Ichimoku Country" really only have one eye, but through archaeological findings, it is indeed very similar to the records in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas".
At present, the more accepted view is that the "Ichimoku" people do not really have an eye, but because of their cultural beliefs, they will wear a special mask when they travel, and this mask will only have one eye on it, so the legend of the "one-eyed person" will be left behind.
In addition, in the Classic of Mountains and Seas, there are many divine beasts that have found prototypes in the real world like Lu Wu and Si Bu, etc. For example, another strange beast called "Donkey Head" in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas", for its description, is a human face, bird's beak, with two wings, and in later research, many researchers believe that the prototype of "Donkey Head" is most likely a penguin, or an extinct "great auk".
At the same time, in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas", there are many records about the Xia Dynasty, as well as a lot of content about ancient mythology, including the "Xuanyuan Kingdom" related to Nuwa and Fuxi, which have also been recorded one by one, and these seemingly absurd contents, with the deepening of archaeological research, have more and more people are willing to believe that it is true, but in the circulation of later generations, there may be some exaggerated content, which seems incredible.
So, in your opinion, how authentic is the Classic of Mountains and Seas? Do you think these incredible accounts may be true?