In myths and legends, the "three-legged golden wu" is the embodiment of the sun, and the moon has a variety of images such as "Chang'e, jade rabbit, toad" and so on. The answer is no.
At present, the cultural relics of Mawangdui No. 1 Han Tomb preserved in the Changsha Museum have a famous painted painting. The first half is a picture of the sky, on the left is a moon, in the moon there is a clear image of a toad, and in the red sun on the right, there is a black three-toed golden crow.
This painting shows the early worldview of Chinese, with Jin Wu and Toad Jade Rabbit being the embodiments of the sun and the moon, respectively.
The three-legged Golden Wu is also known as the "Takumi". A "crow" is a crouching three-legged crow. According to ancient legend, the three-legged crow is a sacred bird that specializes in the search for food for the Queen Mother of the West. It can also be glimpsed in the text material. "Huainanzi Spiritual Training": "There is a day in the day". Li Yong's "Day Endowment": "The candle dragon shines on the first thing, and the wu is quickly performed." ”
From a modern point of view, the three-legged image of the golden crow observed by the ancients may have evolved from the phenomenon of sunspots. The flow of gas on the surface of the Sun appears in a vortex, and the temperature of the vortex is lower than in other areas, and it seems that there are dark spots on the surface of the Sun. These black shapes triggered the imagination of the ancients.
Ancient Chinese astronomers observed the celestial phenomena, all by their eyesight. For the sun, they can only observe and record when there is no light in the morning and dusk or with the help of "oil basins". From the first year of The Hancheng Emperor Heping (28 BC) to the eleventh year of Ming Chongzhen (1638 AD), there are more than 100 records of sunspots in the history of China alone.
These materials, the dates, shapes, sizes, locations and changes of sunspots appeared by ancient Chinese astronomers are very accurate and detailed, and they are an extremely precious scientific and cultural heritage. It predates the earliest European account of sunspots, the Biography of Charlemagne, 835 years ago.
Compared with the difficulty of direct observation of the sun, the toads and rabbits in the moon are more vivid and popular, and the moon is always on the side of the earth. The surface of the Moon is covered with craters, and these shadows can be found directly with the naked eye today.
As early as the Warring States period, the ancients said that there were toads in the moon. Qu Yuan said in "Heavenly Questions": "Luminous He De, death is fertile? What is the only profit, and Gu Suo is in the belly? Zhang Heng, an astronomer, also said in his book "Lingxian": "The moon, the yin essence, accumulates into a beast, like a clam and rabbit." ”
Using our imagination, the silhouette of the dark shadow in the middle of the moon is actually the shape of a toad and a jade rabbit. This preliminary image implies that in the collision with civilization, more and more fusion has arisen, becoming an image of the final conclusion.
Golden Crow, Jade Rabbit and Toad. Even though the shadows have returned to their original colors with modern observational methods, those legends have become an unbreakable culture. We all believe that there are golden rabbits and toads in the sun and moon, and there are those beautiful stories that accompany the process of human toddlers.