In works such as "Journey to the West" and "Liaozhai Zhiyi", youkai are eating people, however, in ancient times, people were hardcore eating youkai!
These bloody forest events are recorded in the ancient Chinese encyclopedia, the Classic of Mountains and Seas!
Among them, there are many red squids, whose shape is like a fish and a human face, whose sound is like a mandarin duck, and who eats no scabies - "Shan Hai Jing , Nanshan Jing"
This is a strange book called "90% of people know, but 90% of people know that they don't know" and "do not belong to any one discipline, but belong to all disciplines at the same time"!
The myths and stories that Ai Qing are familiar with day by day, Nuwa patching up the heavens, Jingwei reclamation, Dayu Zhishui, etc., all originate from this ancient fantasy masterpiece, but if you think that this is just a book that introduces mythology, it is a big mistake!
It is actually the earliest food recipe in China!
According to some statistics, among the more than 30,000 words in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas", there are 98 times the word "food", in general, the monster sacred grass in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas" can be divided into "being eaten by people", "eating people" and "people don't eat because they raise good luck buff", "people don't eat and don't raise because there is a huge debuff".
Among them, there are many fish, whose shape is like a chicken and red hair, three tails, six legs and four (head) orders, and its sound is like a magpie, and it can be worried about eating. —— "The Classic of Mountains and Seas and the Classic of the North Mountains"
For example, describe a grass called ZhuYu: "Food is not hungry." ”
Describe a fish called Wen Ray (yáo): "Its taste is sour and sweet, and its food has been crazy", the taste is sour and sweet, and it can also cure madness.
Describe a beast called huān that "can resist the fierce, serve the dàn", this animal similar to the cat, raised to ward off evil spirits, eat can also cure jaundice.
Even the nine-tailed fox that you are familiar with aiqing describes it like this...
"The mountain of green hills has beasts, its shape is like a fox and nine tails, its sound is like a baby, it can eat people, and the eater is not deceived" - "The Classic of Mountains and Seas, the Classic of Nanshan"
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Not only that, but there are some monsters in the Classic of Mountains and Seas that sound cute, but they are not so friendly that people don't raise or eat... For example, Luo Luo, this bird "is a man-eater", líng (líng), barbaric, as soon as it appeared and the world hit debuff, flooding occurred;
Yōu 峳 is simply a villain siren, and as soon as it appears, there will be treacherous politicians who will plague the country... Give it such a cute name, or maybe it's the bad taste of the authors of the Classic of Mountains and Seas
Speaking of this, if aiqing pay close attention, they will find that the monster sacred herbs described in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas" have a certain medicinal effect, or can bring good luck or bad things...
According to statistics, almost all of the more than 160 kinds of plants, animals and minerals recorded in the Classic of Mountains and Seas can treat diseases, of which more than 60 kinds can also strengthen the system and prevent the occurrence of epidemics. Although some of them seem quite absurd, this actually reveals some primitive thinking of the ancient Chinese.
In any case, for this wonderful and delicious "Classic of Mountains and Seas", Lu Xun said, "(This is the most beloved treasure book that I have ever received in the first place"!
However, in the end, in fact, many of the divine beasts in the Classic of Mountains and Seas are imagined, and the actual situation may be like this:
Some of the pictures in this article are quoted from the Ming Dynasty Jiang Yinghao's drawing of the Mountains and Seas
Says: Interesting reading for young people. Give you a big move to increase your knowledge in a posture.