Hou Yi shooting the sun

Author: Zhang Ying
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: Chinese Classic Mythology Series — "The Legend of Hou Yi Shooting the Sun," In millions of years ago, there were ten sun brothers in the sky. They were the children of the Jade Emperor and the Sun Goddess Xihe. Their appearance resembled giant three-legged crows. The sun brothers lived on a tall tree called Fusang in the East Sea. According to their ages, each morning, one of them would follow their mother in a dragon chariot, traveling from the East Sea to the Kunlun Mountains in the west for a round trip. The earth enjoyed the warm glow of the sun, and the crops grew strong, the flowers bloomed fragantly, people's lives were truly sweet, and the entire world was colorful. One day, all ten brothers drove their dragon chariots with a rumbling sound into the sky, bringing scorching heat to the earth.