What kind of person is Kuafu? What is the significance of the myth of Kuafu day after day?

In ancient times, in the Great Northern Wilderness, there was a towering mountain. Deep in the mountains, there lived a group of giants with infinite strength. Their leader, the grandson of ghosts and gods, and the son of Xin, was named. Therefore, this group of people is called Kuafu. They are strong, tall and burly, with strong willpower and extraordinary spirit. Besides, they are kind-hearted. Happy days. At that time, the land was desolate, poisonous animals were rampant and people's lives were miserable. In order to keep the people of this tribe alive, Kuafu leads people to fight against natural disasters every day. Kuafu often hung the fierce yellow snake he caught on his ear as decoration and waved it in his hand, which made him proud. One year, the weather was very hot, and the burning sun shone directly on the land, baking crops and trees. The river dried up. People can't stand the heat, and Kuafu people are dying one after another. Seeing this, Kuafu was very sad. He looked up at the sun and told his people, "The sun is really hateful. I want to catch up with it and let it listen to people. " Hearing this, the crowd dissuaded them. Someone said, "Don't go, the sun is so far away from us, you will be exhausted." Someone said, "The sun is so far away from us." Vowed to catch the sun and make it obey people's orders and serve everyone. He looked at the poor people and said, "I must go for everyone's happy life!" " "The sun has just risen from the sea, and Kuafu said goodbye to his people. With ambition, he strode from the East China Sea to the rising sun and began a day-by-day journey. The sun is moving fast in the air, and Kuafu is chasing like a gust of wind on the ground. He climbed mountains and mountains, and the earth was shocked and shaken by his steps. When Kuafu was tired from running, he shook the dirt off his shoes, thus forming a big dirt mountain. When he is hungry, he picks wild fruits to satisfy his hunger, and sometimes Kuafu cooks. He built a pot with three stones, and these three stones became three mountains standing at his feet, thousands of meters high. Kuafu ran after the sun and saw that he was getting closer and closer to the sun, and his confidence became stronger and stronger. The closer he gets to the sun, the more thirsty he is, and he no longer holds it. And I have been encouraging myself, "Soon, we will catch up with the sun, and people's lives will be happy. "In Kuya, after nine days at sunset, Kuafu finally caught up. The red fireball was burning in front of Kuafu, and his head was bathed in golden light. Kuafu is very happy to open his arms and want to embrace the sun. But the sun was unusually hot, and Kuafu felt it. He ran to the Weihe River again and drank all the Weihe River water, but he still didn't quench his thirst. Kuafu went to the north, where there was osawa stretching for thousands of miles, and the water in osawa was enough for Kuafu to quench his thirst. However, Kuafu died of thirst on the way to osawa. When Kuafu died, his heart was filled with remorse. He was still worried about his people, so he threw away the stick in his hand. Where the stick landed, a large lush peach forest suddenly appeared. This peach grove is lush all year round, sheltering passers-by and bearing fruits.

Kuafu's daily stories have profound meanings. Explain that "only those who pay attention to time and race against the sun can walk fast;" The faster you walk, the more empty you feel in your stomach, so you can need and accept more water (think of water as a symbol of knowledge); Only by getting more water can we race against time and not lag behind it. "

Kuafu's day by day is actually a long-distance tribal migration in the history of the Chinese nation and a brave adventure. However, because their understanding of the sun's movement and the geographical situation in northwest China is completely wrong, they finally failed miserably. In ancient times, any tribe settled in a place for a long time, and its primitive and destructive labor would certainly destroy the resources there and tend to dry up. The fertility of the land will decline or become salinized. The number of hunting and fishing will inevitably decrease with the expansion of hunting and fishing scope, while the number of food and other available materials will only decrease. In this case, there is only one choice, and the tribe must move to a new and better place. When Kuafu encountered this problem, he decided to go west to the place where the sun set-Yugu Valley. This decision is incredible to modern people, because orbiting the sun, the sun will never fall into the earth, let alone move westward, or be blocked by mountains or enter the desert. There are not many places suitable for human habitation. Now that science and technology are developed, it is still difficult for people to live well in oases. As for the ancient intruders, it is almost impossible to survive. But for an inland tribe like Kuafu, it is normal to make this decision. The earth is spherical. They know nothing about the movement of the earth around the sun and the geography of northwest China. They may know at most from the tribes near the Yellow Sea and Bohai Sea that the east is the sea where the sun rises. As for the west, the end is Yugu, where the sun goes down. The astronomical article in Huainanzi is an example: the sun rises in ancient times and bathes in Xianchi ... As for Kunwu, it means middle. The most commonly used words in modern Chinese still leave traces of ancient people's understanding of the movement of the sun, such as "the sun rises in the east and sets in the west", "sunrise" and "sunset". These words all imply an old concept: the sun rises and sets from the earth. Kuafu tribes should focus on agricultural production. They must realize that sunlight determines seasons, agriculture and other production activities. Then, in the valley where the sun sets, the sun shines. For Kuafu people who are facing difficulties due to lack of resources, moving there is the best choice. Unfortunately, they have walked into the desert. The desert is full of yellow sand dunes. It is extremely hot during the day and is very short of water. They are thirsty. According to records, they found a river in the desert and called it the Yellow River. The tributary of the source is the Weihe River. This kind of river is a seasonal river formed by the melting of snow and ice in the distance, and it is high in summer. As time goes on, from summer to autumn, the temperature drops and the melting of ice and snow decreases, so it will become shallow and dry up. When Kuafu people found that the river suddenly became shallower, the water surface became narrower and the water volume decreased, they knew that their water source would disappear. Should they stick to it or go back? Kuafu decided to leave some people in the oasis, while others went north to look for Osava under the leadership of Kuafu. It is very likely that they saw a mirage, but whatever the reason, the result is the same: go north or desert. The desert is harsh and boundless. During the long journey, their physical strength declined rapidly and there was not enough water. Finally, Kuafu and his men collapsed in the desert. This is the actual situation in Kuafu's daily legends. In ancient times, human beings could survive at the expense of destroying the natural environment. Living in one place will destroy another. Therefore, migration and development are more frequent. Kuafu's "Everyday Up" became the first time in the history of the Chinese nation to remember the entrepreneurial failure caused by insufficient water resources. Kuafu's daily newspaper, it is a tribal activity rather than a struggle between gods. The evidence is obvious: the previous record was derogatory, "Kuafu overreached himself", which was the comments of other tribes on their plans and results. The record of the latter hero's dry cloud was handed down from Kuafu. In addition, if the rivers and Wei mentioned in these two documents are understood as seasonal rivers in the desert, rather than the Yellow River and Weihe River, then these two documents are all about people living in the desert. Kuafu's failure made the ancient people realize that it was extremely difficult to conquer the northwest. Since then, it is water, not war, that determines that the Chinese nation can only develop southward. For thousands of years, the south has been developed by immigrants, and virgin forests and barren land have been turned into prosperous towns, while the northwest is still sparsely populated.