Nuwa mended the broken hole in the sky(女媧補天)
In Chinese mythology there is a famous
goddess called Nuwa. There are several stories about her recorded in history
books.
The upper part of her body was that of a
woman, the lower part of her body was that of a snake, and she created humans
from clay.
There were many other gods in the world at
that time. One day the god of fire and the god of water had an argument. Both
gods were very angry and the two gods fought each other.
After much fighting, the water god was
finally defeated.
After the Water God was defeated, he felt
very angry in his heart, and anger surged in his heart. He suddenly had an
idea: I want to destroy this world, and I want all the people and gods to be
destroyed along with this world.
In the imagination of the ancient Chinese,
there were four high mountains at the four corners of the earth. These four
high mountains supported the sky so that people could live in the space between
heaven and earth.
To destroy the world, the Water God used
his power to break one of the mountains.
After the mountain was broken, a large hole
opened up in the sky and tilted. Cracks were made in the earth, so a lot of
water poured out of the cracks.
Because of this huge change, fire broke out
in the forest and all the animals and humans fled in panic.
After Nuwa heard the cry of the people, she
used her wisdom to mend the great hole in the sky.
She restored the world to its original
state.
The direct translation of this saying is
that Nuwa mended the broken hole in the sky.
This idiom has been extended to describe a
person who has great dreams and actions to change the world.
Dear friend, what inspirations or thoughts
do you have after listening to this story?
Do you care about the environment? Does
your nation have stories about the origin of mankind?
I hope this story can give you some new
insights.
女媧補天(Nuwa mended the broken hole in the
sky)
中國神話中，有一個著名的女神，她的名字叫做(女媧)。歷史書上記載有關她的一些故事。
她的身體的上半部是一個女人，她的身體的下半部是蛇，她用泥土創造了人類。
當時的世界還有很多其他的神，有一天，掌管火的神與掌管水的神發生了爭吵，兩個神都非常的氣憤，兩個神扭打在一起。
經過了一番的纏鬥，最後水神被打敗了。
水神被打敗了之後，他的內心覺得非常的氣憤，他的心中湧起怒氣，他突然產生一個想法，我要毀了這個世界，我要讓所有的人與神都跟著這個世界一起毀滅。
在中國古人的想像中，大地的四個邊緣有四座高山，這四座高山把天撐住，所以人們才可以生活天空與大地中間的這個空間裡。
水神為了要毀滅世界，他就用力去把其中一座高山撞斷。
這座高山被撞斷之後，天空就破了一個大洞並且變成傾斜，大地上產生了裂痕所以很多洪水從裂痕中湧出。
因為這個巨大的變化，森林中發生大火，所有的野獸與人類都驚慌地四處奔逃。
女媧聽到人類的呼叫聲後，她就運用她的智慧把天空中的大洞補起來。
她讓這個世界恢復成原本的樣子。
這句成語直接翻譯的意思是女媧把天空中那個破掉的洞補好。
這句成語被引申用來形容一個人有著改造這個世界的偉大夢想與行動。
親愛的朋友，你聽完這個故事有怎樣的啟發或有怎樣的想法呢。
你是否重視環境保護的議題呢?你的民族中有關於人類的起源的故事嗎?
我期待這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
出處為宋-太平御覽-卷78-皇王部-女媧氏
https://ctext.org/text.pl?node=367836&if=gb
出處為唐-司馬貞-三皇本記
https://zh.wikisource.org/zh-hant/%E4%B8%89%E7%9A%87%E6%9C%AC%E7%B4%80
