Classification And Cultural Significance Of "Shan Hai Jing" Myth

Mythology is a comprehensive ideology of primitive human is their understanding and interpretation of the world is their encyclopedic knowledge, but also the expression of their wishes, in the modern description seems very absurd, with the eyes of primitive origin of the world, the universe model, prices relations, national history, tutoring and even the concept of knowledge of various types of daily life. "Shan Hai Jing" is the myths and legends of ancient China's first large compilation. From ancient times to the "Shan Hai Jing, " a book of never stopped. After the 20th century, a group of Western scholars in the strength of conflict and cultural collision, inspired by the growing recognition of the Western culture began to examine with new eyes, "Shan Hai Jing." This kind of "different culture" really means to obtain access to view a mirror of self reflection in the "Perspectives of world culture" in the new understanding of Chinese society and culture. Vision to establish a culture of cross-cultural interpretation of methods to explain the new local literary and cultural phenomenon of the research methods. After in the eighties, "Shan Hai Jing" and made new progress in research, complete control and analysis of these results for our more in-depth and fruitful research, "Shan Hai Jing" an important reference.Paper is divided into five chapters. The first chapter is an introduction, mainly on the purpose and significance of this topic and related research in the field situation, as well as the main method used essay writing. The second chapter, "Shan Hai Jing" the general introduction. From "Shan Hai Jing" the author, and other aspects of the book discusses the process and try this, "Shan Hai Jing" is defined in the study of myth, of the "Shan Hai Jing" in the myth of the special status of the field and current research "Shan Hai Jing" the significance of myths. The third chapter, "Shan Hai Jing" myth of the classification, the paper studies the creation myth, the hero myth, the myth deformation were defined, respectively, and from the "Mountains and Seas" in the filter to meet the relevant definition of myth. Chapter IV is a classification of the main myths to explore the cultural meaning. Through the creation myth of the analysis, to explore the formation of a unified multi-ethnic country the underlying causes, to understand our ancestors have tried to explore the world; through-the myth of the hero, a deep understanding of the primitive tribal war between on-the positive role of ethnic integration, and the ancestors through the praises of heroes and the memory of which convey the relentless struggle of the indomitable spirit of nature; through the transfiguration of the myth, analyzing the root causes of the sanctity of mythological figures, hierarchy reflected in the myth and the nature of totem worship. Chapter V is conclusion. Mainly on the basis of previous paper summarizes three types of myth in the course of development of traditional Chinese culture has played an important impact, and then enlarge the social and cultural function of myth, so that the "Shan Hai Jing" to explore the medieval literary culture and books as a "living fossil" through the interpretation of "Shan Hai Jing" in the formation and continuation of the load that it is a lot of information society, its role in inheriting and developing traditional Chinese culture in a positive role.