Myths and Legends on the East China Sea about Pre-Qin 、 Qin Dynasty and Han Dynasty

• Main Authors: SHIH-HSIN FU, 傅仕欣
• Other Authors: 李國俊
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2010
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/50450266876925408016

碩士 === 國立中央大學 === 中國文學研究所 === 98 === The mythology of East China Sea is influenced by immortal''s thought in the Warring States in the last years , and is built and formed with the corresponding eastern maritime fairyland in the west, become the system of township of two immortals in China: Western to fluffy the fairyland in the Kunlun paradise and East China Sea. The early scholar thinks its source of the fairyland mythology of East China Sea is coming from the Kunlun westernly, but record according to such as " A Chinese Bestiary ", " Songs of the South ",etc., and observe the culture background of the ancient eastern seashore, can find the actually eastern immortal''s thought has its reason, not influence of receiving the Kunlun completely. So this text will probe into the primitive mythical content of East China Sea, and after thereafter changing into the fairyland mythology, in Qin Han development of period, come on to set up the mythical system in East China Sea. The mythical forming of East China Sea wins the influence of the cultural faith of geographical environment and East Peoples from locality deeply, because make a living in the Chinese strand of East Peoples, its mythical content and sea are buckled closely; And the east is the place of the sunrise, so the worship and extending out and presenting in locality in a large amount mythologies in spring to the sun. In addition the believing in culture such as bird''s totem faith, mulberry tree faith,etc. of Asian Peoples, and the legend of adult that form because of the local ethnic group''s characteristic, all influence the mythical forming of East China Sea deeply. Very abundant pluralism such as the sun mythology, emperor''s mythology, different mythologies of people of foreign country of the mythical content of East China Sea in the pre-Qin period, show primitive people to the imagination of the world, and plural faith. By the Chun Qiu (Spring – Autumn) began at Qi, Yan region Alchemist Celestial Group and Party doctrine, its meaning to Longevity main, they capture some elements of the original East China Sea, such as longevity, the concept of regeneration, sea fairy mountains, adults The story of the country, etc., construction of the East Sea of Wonderland. Immortality imperial inspection tour to east journey to the East China Sea is greatly enhanced the status of myth, the myth also be molded into the East China Sea and the Western Kunlun corresponds to the East Sea Paradise. East China Sea to the Qin and Han from the original myth of the East China Sea during the Immortals myth, its evolution is a viable scenario, and can form a complete system, the basic structure of the East China Sea myths also been established in the Qin and Han Dynasties, future generations will be the East China Sea Myth as a basis for continuously extended.