Ancient cultures around the world have recorded unknown human-like creatures that live in the sea, so do you really have an underwater man in the seabed, and enter today's topic together.
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The general undersea people refer to another kind of human being living in the sea, according to scientists' conjecture, if there is really an undersea person in the seabed, they are likely to be another branch of human beings. Descriptions of the underwater people include the mermaid, a magical and legendary creature. In folklore, the mermaid is an aquatic creature with the head and upper body of a female human and the tail of a fish.
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In ancient China, there are also relevant records about mermaids:
China's oldest naturalist, the Classic of Mountains and Seas, the Southern Classic of Hai Nei, records: "The Kingdom of Bo, the Kingdom of The Ear, the Kingdom of Carving, and the Kingdom of the North are all in the south of the water." Note: Away from the ear, the sagging order from its ear is ornamented, that is, dan'er also, in the Zhuya Haizhu; carved title, Tuo Ne its face, the painting body is scaled, that is, the fish people also.
In the "History Volume VI • Qin Shi Huang Benji No. 6" written by Sima Qian of the Western Han Dynasty, there is also a record of "mermaids", which mentions: The first emperor took the throne at the beginning of his reign, wore the Li Mountain, and the world, the world sent more than 700,000 people, wore three springs, went down to the copper and made a coffin, and the palace view of the hundred officials and strange instruments rare and strange migration Zang Manzhi. Let the craftsman make a crossbow arrow, and shoot it at those who are close. Mercury is used as a hundred rivers and seas, and the organic phase is instilled, with astronomy on the top and geography on the bottom. Take mermaid paste as a candle, and the degree of immortality will last a long time. ”
In the "Taiping Guangji", there is also a record of mermaids: "Sea mermaids, the East Sea, the large one is five or six feet long, shaped like a person, eyebrows, nose and mouth, hands and claws, and heads are all beautiful women, all of which are sufficient." The skin and flesh are as white as jade, scaleless, with fine hairs, five colors of light and soft, one or two inches long. Hair like a ponytail, five or six feet long. The female form is no different from that of the husband and woman, and the widows in the sea are more common and raised in the pond. When you have intercourse, you are no different from people, and you don't hurt people.
The Southern Dynasty and Song Dynasty Pei Xiao's work "Commentary on the Collection of Historical Records" quotes the ancient interpretation of "mermaid" as: "Xu Guangyue: 'The mermaid resembles a catfish, with four legs.'" [2] Zhengyi Guangzhiyun: "The sound of fish is like a child's cry, it has four legs, it is shaped like a snakehead, it can cure cattle and get out of the water." 'Foreign Object Zhiyun:' The mermaid resembles a humanoid, with a long ruler. Inedible. Peel to mackerel, saw timber into. There is a small wear on the item, and the qi comes out of it. In the tomb of The First Emperor of Qin, mermaid paste is used as a candle, that is, this fish also. Out of the East China Sea, there is now Taizhou. 'Press: In the tomb of the present emperor with lacquer lamps, the fire will not be extinguished. ”
Statue of the Little Mermaid in Copenhagen
The mermaids recorded in European legends often appear on the Banks of the Rhine when it is dark, and with their beautiful appearance and mournful songs, they confuse passing boatmen, distract them and lose their direction, and finally sink the fishermen to the bottom of the river. Mermaids are also mentioned in the fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen. The mermaid image in Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale "The Daughter of the Sea" is the most well-known, which depicts the story of a little mermaid sacrificing for love, which has impressed fairy tale readers around the world. In 1912, the Danish sculptor Edward M. Erikson, based on the description in Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale and adding his own imagination, used copper to sculpt the statue of the "Sea Maiden" and placed it on the beach in the waterfront park of Copenhagen Harbour. To this day, the half-fish, half-human statue of the "Sea Maiden" has become the symbol and pride of Denmark.
Screenshot of a local news report article
According to an August 2009 news article in Israel, some residents of yarm village are convinced that the city is home to mermaids, and the town's local council will provide $1 million to anyone who can prove the existence of aquatic mermaids.
In recent months, dozens of people on the outskirts of Haifa have reported seeing a creature resembling a young girl jump out of the water, do aerial maneuvers on the waves, and then disappear into their homes beneath the sea.
The story caused quite a stir locally, with dozens of onlookers flocking to the town's beach at sunset, dragging cameras, catching glimpses of mermaids and hoping to see this million-dollar photo.
Screenshot of a 2012 local news article
In February 2012, work on two reservoirs near Gokwe and Mutare, the gokkoy center in Zimbabwe, was halted by workers refusing to continue, saying mermaids had driven them out of the site.
Scientists have also given a reason for whether mermaids exist, with a biological assessment of the possibility of hypothetical evolutionary biology of mermaids on the marine science website deepseanews. The list of five main reasons why mermaids do not fit the current evolutionary understanding are:
Screenshot of Deepseanews' article on five reasons why mermaids don't exist
1 Survive in the sea, will be frozen to death, adjust the adaptability of body temperature
2 Does not conform to the theory of evolution, evolution does not match; the typical mermaid is an elegant woman with a fish scale tail. Mammals are defined as warm-blooded and hairy; fish do not. Animals can't have both human and fish traits – which is completely wrong from an evolutionary point of view.
3 They will go extinct, reproductive problems
4 Digestive problems; fish and mammals have very different digestive processes and they cannot coexist
5 There is also a major reason, and that is that there is no direct evidence
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