Chapter 156
As Pangu, the great god, shattered the chaos with his axe, he brought the first ray of light to the audience outside the screen and to the world he existed in. After the light was generated, light and clear things rose and gradually formed the sky; heavy and turbid things sank and evolved into the earth. And between this heaven and earth, there was only Pangu.
With the help of special effects, the camera is dreamy with strange lights and the audience seems to be in it, experiencing the mysterious changes of the creation of the world together with the great god Pangu.
Just when the audience thought the creation of the world was complete, Pangu put down his giant axe, held up the sky with his head and stepped on the earth, using his huge body to support the world. As time went by, the sky rose ten feet higher every day, the earth thickened ten feet every day, and Pangu's body continued to grow accordingly.
After eighteen thousand years, Pangu, exhausted, finally collapsed. In his dying moments, he felt that the world was empty.
As the camera moves, the audience sees Pangu's torso turning into mountains and rivers, and his blood turning into flowing rivers.
The air he exhaled turned into wind and clouds. The wind dragged the clouds up into the sky, which was the familiar blue sky. His voice turned into thunder, which shook thousands of miles away.
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Every part of his body turned into all things in the world. Pangu used himself as nourishment, filling this empty world with colorful, vast and rich colors.
Finally, his eyes turned into the sun and the moon, the sun being yang, warm and fiery, and the moon being yin, cool and gentle.
Huan Xu uses ethereal lenses to take the audience to witness the creation of this beautiful and rich world by Pangu with his body. The audience can't help but marvel at the unique imagination of the ancestors about the origin of all things.
So this person, no, this god is called Pangu, and he is the one who created the world!
[This axe that created the universe reminds me of the Big Bang theory.]
[I can only say that our ancestors' imagination was just a little bit off from the truth. I'm completely impressed.]
[And Director Huan's camerawork and expression are, indeed, on par with the grandeur of Seeking Immortality's finale; both exquisite and expansive. Even I, a person with a low sensitivity, could feel the gentle breeze and the movement of the stars, as if I could reach out and grasp the dust.]
This is my God Huan at full power. The camera, coupled with the incredible special effects and music, as well as the profound cultural heritage, has truly astonished me. Director Huan has once again shown me that even documentaries can be watched on one's knees!
In front of the laptop, a folklore professor told his students, "Although Director Huan filmed the myths left by our ancestors, I believe that these myths themselves are not entirely from our ancestors' imaginations, nor are they random boasting or nonsense."
The student clearly had a different perspective, and gently reminded the professor, "According to the textbook's definition of myth, myth is a form of 'oral' creation by our ancestors, stories that express their worship of superpowers, their struggles, their pursuit of ideals, and their understanding and imagination of cultural phenomena. It is a type of folk literature." (Note)
The professor slowly took off his glasses and explained to the students, "Look at the beginning of the film, in the darkness where we can't see clearly, Pangu is conceived. Doesn't it feel like déjà vu? Yes, it's actually very similar to a mother conceiving a fetus."
“When people were still ignorant, their associations with the world were mostly based on observation…”
Just as the professor was about to continue his speech, a creature with horns like a deer, a head like a camel, eyes like a rabbit, a neck like a snake, a belly like a clam, scales like a fish, claws like an eagle, paws like a tiger, and ears like a cow appeared from behind the clouds on the screen. (Note)
As its winding and boundless body leaped above the sky, thunder and lightning accompanied by torrential rain washed over the sky and earth.
Even if only a long tail was vaguely revealed, people could feel its majesty and power. In front of the screen, both the descendants of Da Xia and the descendants with Da Xia bloodline were trembling at this moment.
Even if there is a cultural gap, some things will always be memories engraved in the blood and genes and cannot be forgotten. The Xia people are also known as the descendants of the dragon, and the Eastern Xia dragon is the totem symbol of the Xia nation!
【!!! 】
[Mom, I saw a dragon! ]
[Glittering gold, so luxurious, I feel like I'm not even as big as one of the Dragon God's scales.]
[The first dragon in the world, the ancestor of all dragons, the leader of all scales, the king of the sea, it is the Zulong! ]
[Zulong, hey, Zheng Ge gave a domineering glance, who is calling me? (bushi)]
[Hahaha, my brother Zheng, the first Emperor of Qin, is the number one Ancestral Dragon in the world. I have to say, I was imagining what the Ancestral Dragon would look like. Thanks to Director Huan for making my dream come true. I've seen that look in his eyes, those commanding golden pupils, the overwhelming aura that overflows the screen, I think my brother Zheng has that too.]
Everything was silent, as if the whole world was waiting for a certain moment to come. Suddenly, an unusual red light appeared on the horizon, like the dawn, but even hotter and more mysterious than the rising sun.
As the red light gradually intensified, the sky began to distort, and a sea of fire quietly took shape. The flames were not an ordinary red. Orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple were intertwined in the red, which was incomparably beautiful and awe-inspiring.
In the center of the sea of fire, a phoenix spread its wings. Its figure was blurry at first, but as the flames danced, the outline of the phoenix gradually became clear. With a clear and long cry that went straight to the heart, the phoenix flapped its wings, flew through the sea of fire, and soared into the sky. Its long tail left gorgeous trails in the sky, like a red comet streaking across the sky - Yuan Feng.
【Oh my god, what a beautiful big bird.】
[…This is no ordinary big bird.]
[I know this question. Dragon and phoenix represent good fortune and happiness. Oh, so it's derived from this.]
"Only a feathered tribe this magnificent could be worthy of my all-powerful Dragon God, locking them down."
The audiences of Interstellar were too optimistic too early. There is indeed a saying that "dragon and phoenix appearing together as auspicious signs", but this time Director Huan did not present them with love, but a shocking battle that lasted for a long time.
The dragon's roar shook the sky. From the depths of the raging East China Sea, a giant dragon ten thousand feet long leaped out, its scales shining with dazzling golden light. Each scale contained the weight of mountains and the power of rivers. As it shuttled through the clouds, the waves between heaven and earth were all controlled by it, roaring and surging.
In contrast, a phoenix spread its wings and flew high from the crack in the void in the west. Its feathers were dazzling and brilliant, with seven colors shining together. As it flew, the hot flames leaped behind it, making the night as bright as day.
Finally, the two divine beasts, a dragon and a phoenix, unique and powerful beings met in the chaos. In an instant, it seemed that only the breath of their existence remained in the world.
The battle was about to break out. The Ancestral Dragon opened its maw and spewed out a devastating dragon breath, a terrifying force that could melt mountains and evaporate rivers and seas. The Fire Phoenix was equally unwilling to be outdone, transforming into a stream of light. Every time it flapped its wings, a blazing flame would destroy the heavens and the earth...
Before the audience could recover from the incomparable shock of the Dragon and Phoenix Catastrophe, the huge losses suffered by all races and the devastating scene of the world in the war between the two races, a new episode was aired.
A goddess with a human head and a snake body came flying in the clouds, and the barrage of comments froze the moment she appeared.
【What a nice view! 】
[In three minutes, I want to know everything about this goddess! ]
[At this moment, the phrase "eyes like stars" seemed to materialize.]
I don't know why, but the moment I saw the goddess, my heart was filled with warmth, a nostalgic warmth, and reverence.
【I also……】
Outside the camera, countless viewers are staring at this tall and beautiful goddess, but at this moment she is alone in the camera. After the great god Pangu created the world and the dragon and phoenix calamity, all kinds of beasts are running freely in the forest, and the power of the demon clan and the witch clan is booming. However, this prosperous world is only missing one kind of creature.
She walked to a pond, and the clear water reflected her beautiful face. Suddenly, she had an idea in her mind: why not create a creature with the same face as her to accompany her?
Just like the great god Pangu created the world out of loneliness, the goddess Nuwa also chose to create.
As the audience looked on with a little surprise and astonishment, she picked up a piece of yellow clay and, in her own image, made small clay figures one after another. The dull little clay figures came to life the moment they landed on the ground.
They kneel, twirl, run, and rest around the god who gave them life...
However, her speed in making the little figures was still too slow. Later, she pulled down a dead vine and stirred it into muddy yellow mud. Then she threw the dead vine onto the ground, and many little figures appeared where the mud splashed.
They are - human beings.
【It turns out we are made of mud, how magical.】
【wwIt seems like the goddess is very lazy. 】
[But this is fine too. It seems that it's because of my goddess's laziness that humans are now divided into tall, short, fat and thin, hehe.]
[Wow, not only can we tell the difference between tall and short, but also between beautiful and ugly. I can't imagine how healthy and happy I would be if the goddess molded them herself.]
As she made the little people faster and faster, the earth was soon covered with traces of humans. At this time, her name finally appeared before the interstellar audience - Nuwa, also known as the Queen Wa.
She later taught humans how to reproduce, allowing humans to thrive in this magnificent world.
The old professor wiped his glasses and excitedly spoke to his students again, "The ancestors of ancient Daxia began to be curious about the origin of humanity very early on. This also reflects their respect and worship of life!"
"The earliest ancient Daxia was a matriarchal clan. Only in Daxia mythology and legends is the feat of creating humanity entrusted to a single goddess."
Before the professor finished his explanation, the plot of the documentary was accelerating. After the death of Pangu, his essence and blood turned into the twelve ancestral witches. Among them, the water god Gonggong declared war on the fire god Zhurong because of provocation and jealousy.
Zhurong, dressed in red armor, covered in flames, and driving two fire dragons, and Gonggong, who was waving a trident and walking on water, fought a fierce battle at Mount Buzhou.
In the previous second, the world was filled with rolling waves and surging floods, and in the next second, it was filled with scorching sun and blazing flames. At this moment, it seemed as if only water and fire were left in the world, colliding and dissolving with each other.
In the fight, the CCP worker gradually fell into a disadvantage. He was already furious. Seeing that he was no match for Zhu Rong, he saw the Buzhou Mountain towering into the sky in the distance. He came up with an idea and used all his strength to slam his head into the hillside of Buzhou Mountain.
Mount Buzhou is known as the pillar of heaven and earth. Gonggong's collision caused Mount Buzhou to collapse and the pillar of heaven to break. In an instant, the sky and the earth changed color.
A huge gap was torn in the sky, and the stars in the sky poured down with the water of the Milky Way. The earth also shook, the mountains and rivers shifted, the rivers changed their courses, and the heavy rain continued to pour, as if to swallow everything.
All living things fled in fear, but could not escape this catastrophe.
The various horrific disaster scenes made the audience in front of the screen turn pale.
[Looking at the scene of the world's destruction, I suddenly remembered the disaster that destroyed my home planet.]
【History always repeats itself surprisingly.】
I seriously doubt our ancestors had the ability to predict the future. This is so realistic and terrifying. In the face of the might of nature and such a disaster, all living things are so insignificant. I smile bitterly.
We were able to escape on a spaceship, but I wonder how our ancestors survived the catastrophe.
Soon, "Honghuang" also answered the audience's doubts.
It turned out that Queen Wa could not bear to see all the lives being destroyed, so she refined five-colored magic stones and flew to the crack in the sky to repair it.
In order to prevent heaven and earth from separating again, Nuwa cut off the four legs of a giant turtle to support the four poles.
Just like that, heaven and earth became stable again, and the world became stable again.
The professor wiped the sweat from his forehead and continued to fill in the gaps for the students, "The myths here may seem a bit bizarre, but they actually have traces to follow."
"This battle is not only a battle between the two gods Zhurong and Gonggong, but also a manifestation of the incompatibility of water and fire in nature, and the mutual confrontation between the two elements."
"People first lived on water, and later learned to use fire. Zhurong and Gonggong are like the handover between the old and the new tools."
"And the story of Nuwa mending the sky..." The professor paused, as if searching for a reasonable explanation, before continuing, "This demonstrates the ancient people's spirit of resistance and unyielding will in the face of natural disasters."
At this time, the students, with their eyes shining with curiosity, had not yet discovered the blind spot of the problem and nodded frequently as the old professor spoke.
Until the plot continues to play——
The three-legged golden crow violated the heavenly rules, ten suns flew into the sky, and Kuafu chased them until he died.
Yi stood on the top of a mountain, drew his bow and shot arrows, shooting nine three-legged golden crows in a row.
"Yi shot down nine suns, and Kuafu chased the sun. This was the unyielding resistance of our ancestors to nature, and a manifestation of their struggle with the sky and the earth!" The professor's voice was a little hoarse at this time.
As expected, after the dragon and phoenix catastrophe, the two most powerful tribes in the world, witches and demons, once again started an endless battle.
Whether it is the Emperor Di Jun and Emperor Taiyi who rule the demon clan, the twelve witch ancestors who lead the witch clan, or other powerful people who emerged during the catastrophe, they all have great personal charm.
As one impressive mythological character after another appears on the scene, the database of male gods and goddesses of the interstellar audience has been updated again.
…
With the end of the Lich War, the two races withdrew from the stage of history, and it was finally time for the human race to prosper.
"What is reflected here is the indomitable spirit and courage of our ancestors in the face of powerful enemies, as well as their courage to seize opportunities and accomplish great things." The professor still persisted.
The students slowly realized that maybe Huan Dao and the ancestors were not talking nonsense, but there was an 80% chance that the professor in front of them was talking nonsense, although these "speculations" and "explanations" did sound somewhat reasonable.
And there is one thing that the students are sure and certain of, that is, the professor must be a fan of Director Huan.
Each episode of "Hong Huang" is more than 20 minutes long. Once it is released, the entire series will be shown, and the audience will become more and more engaged as they watch it.
I can't stop at all!
At this time, the documentary also shows the period when the human race was in a state of disrepair and countless talented people emerged. Shennong tasted hundreds of herbs and pioneered medicine. Suiren drilled wood to make fire and taught people to tie knots to record events. Fuxi created the Eight Trigrams and established spiritual totems.
Just as the audience gradually became familiar with the slow pace and couldn't wait to click on the next episode, they were shocked by a grand scene.
The leader of one side was wearing golden armor, holding the Xuanyuan Sword, and looked majestic. Behind him were countless warriors holding spears who swore allegiance to him until death.
The leader of the other side had a copper head and iron forehead, eight arms and nine toes, and exuded a tyrannical and violent aura. Behind him were countless warriors wearing animal skins and holding bone knives, and their morale was high.
When the fighting spirit of both sides reached its peak, the interstellar audience realized that the two sides were actually Huangdi and Chiyou, and this war was called the Battle of Zhuolu.
[In this scene, it's easy to tell who's good and who's evil.]
[The Yellow Emperor? Is that the one my charming ancestor said was more virtuous than any of the Five Emperors?]
[But Chi You's forces also seem quite formidable, and there are countless wild beasts in front of his formation. What should we do?]
In the conversation in the barrage, the battle between the two sides was about to break out. Chi You took the lead in releasing the beasts he raised to charge forward, hoping to use the power of the beasts to consume a lot of the enemy's physical strength.
However, Huangdi seemed to have been prepared for this. He ordered people to bring a strange-shaped drum from behind the formation. Then the drum sounded like thunder in front of the formation, scaring the wild beasts into running away.
"The drum is made of Kui leather, and the sound can be heard for five hundred miles, making it feared by the whole world."
Huangdi's soldiers used the drum sound as a signal to charge towards Chiyou's warriors, but Chiyou's tribe was not afraid at all, and a bloody battle broke out on the plain.
At this time, no one in Chiyou's tribe noticed that a figure flashed across the blue sky.
The StarCraft audience rubbed their eyes, confirming they hadn't seen it wrong before weakly asking in the comments: "Did I just see a dragon? Didn't the Ancestral Dragon fall?"
[The Ancestral Dragon has fallen, but the Dragon Clan still exists! ]
As the giant shadow approached, the audience could see the appearance of the person clearly.
Although it has the body of a dragon, it has wings, a scaly body with spines, and is covered with golden scales.
At this time, a senior figure from the Institute of Ancient Studies came out to explain: "This is Yinglong, who has the ability to control weather and rainfall, and is regarded as the master of wind and rain."
In the plot, Yinglong did show its extraordinary ability. As the foreign aid invited by Huangdi, the entire battlefield was soon hit by a strong wind, and the originally clear sky was instantly covered with dark clouds.
Many of Chiyou's warriors were thrown into disarray by this strange wind.
Just as the audience breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that victory was in their grasp, two people walked out from behind the battle formation of Chiyou's army.
The man wearing a green robe and holding a wind bag is called Feng Bo. When he shakes it gently, strong winds will blow, sand and rocks will fly, and the sky and the earth will change color. The man wearing a black robe and holding a rain scoop is called Yu Shi. When he raises his hand, heavy rain will fall from the sky and the rivers will overflow.
The two worked together to control the wind and rain in the sky to defeat Yinglong. The raindrops as hard as steel nails hit Huangdi's warriors, forcing them to retreat step by step.
Not far away, Nüba was also using her divine power to protect Huangdi's soldiers. After the audience saw her appearance clearly, they all gasped.
[Hiss, sad, ah no, zombie?! ]
[This zombie sister must have practiced Taoism for thousands of years, right?]
Nvba made some hand gestures, and the battlefield suddenly became dry and barren, defeating the combination of Fengbo and Yushi in one fell swoop.
At this time, people, gods, and beasts in heaven and on earth were fighting together. Various spells emerged one after another, and war roars and cries could be heard one after another.
In the end, Huangdi cut off Chiyou's head, calmed the war, and established an alliance of tribes, which became the predecessor of ancient China.
The professor quickly moistened his slightly hoarse throat with warm water and, taking advantage of the break in the ending theme song, continued to lecture the students, "This story has a prototype. The Battle of Zhuolu was a process of annexation and fusion between two large tribes, and it also served as a catalyst for the development of human civilization from tribalism to slavery."
"At this point, we can see myths and legends developing into historical records. We can see that the ancients had their own reasonable imaginations about some of the strange phenomena in the sky and the earth, and we can also feel the ancients' almost fanatical worship of their emperors and gods."
This is also the end of the entire series, and the era of tribal alliances has gradually developed into the era of slave dynasties.
Zhuanxu unified the calendar, strengthened centralization, enhanced orthodoxy, and established a clear connection between heaven and earth.
Emperor Ku developed the economy, established the 24 solar terms, and was loved by the people.
Yao controlled floods, initiated the process of abdication, set up the slander tree, and established the calendar.
Shun appointed eight Yuan and eight Kai, established official posts, and toured the country.
At the end of the film, Yu passed by his home three times without entering, measured the water level and divided the national borders, determined the nine provinces and cast nine tripods, and finally established the first country in Chinese history - the Xia Kingdom.
King Jie of Xia was tyrannical and was destroyed by King Tang of Shang. The Shang Dynasty was later replaced by the Zhou Dynasty. The story that happened in between - "Investiture of the Gods" is another story.
At the end of the film, a little girl in modern clothes looks up at the same sky. She and her ancestors point their fingers at the brightest star in the sky. Time may have prevented the two from meeting, but their blood is still connected.
After the Xia Dynasty, one talented person after another emerged, and this land began to have culture, Chinese characters, customs, and beliefs. The stories from ancient times continued to circulate and change until they flowed into the ears of every modern person.
At this point, this land is no longer a barren wasteland, but has become the "Xia Kingdom" in the hearts of ancient Chinese and current interstellar people.
[There was a sense of melancholy, as if I had watched a grand epic.]
【Perhaps Huan Dao wants to tell us that we are connected to our ancestors by blood.】
[+1 to the above post, who in the Nine Heavens doesn't have some Blue Star Xia Kingdom bloodline now?]
Although we no longer live on that land, I can feel the blood in my body and I am still walking with my ancestors.
[Continued, after that, there was an era of chaos, and it was my wise and brave ancestor who ended the chaos and established a unified country and family, named - Daqin. Zheng Ge also inherited the two characters "Emperor" and became the first emperor!]
[I'm actually waiting here. Add to that the Emperor chapter that's coming up later, and this is the complete history of Daxia. Holy shit, it really comes full circle!]
[In one word, awesome! Our ancestors were awesome, and so was Director Huan!]
[Tears well up in my eyes. I’m quoting my brother Bai’s words again: Cancong and Yufu, how confused they were when they founded the country!]
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