A Journey to the Ancient Far-East

Written in 3000 BC, from the Sun to the Moon, from Heaven to Earth, the big four ancient legends explained why things are how they are to us. There’s only one sun cause Hou-Yi shot down nine others. There’re shadows on the Moon cause it lives the exiled wife of Hou-Yi. The celestial movement in the sky is tilted because Gonggong decided to bring the world down by breaking the pillar mountain that held up the sky.  But thanks to Nüwa who sacrificed herself to patch up the sky and saved us all.

All these stories were taught when we first started to learn about the world and how humankind was created. Interestingly, lots of stories could be seen in other cultural mythologies as well such as “The Great Flood” and “Creating Human from Clay” etc. As I learned more about the stories, I found it interesting to see some connections between the stories and the ethnic characteristics. Also, there’s more and more evidence showing these ancient stories might be true.

Starting from Shoot Down the Sun. One legend, one album, seven stories, seven songs.