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Four Imagination Matrices of Chinese Myth
ZHAO Cheng-xin
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DOI:10.17265/2159-5836/2020.08.004
Henan University, Henan, China
This paper discusses four Imagination Matrices of Ancient Chinese Myth. The first one is “Heaven Ladder”, which is believed to have the function of traffic means between upper universe and middle one. And Jianmu is a special Heaven Ladder which is used especially by gods. The second one is the “Capital of God on the Earth”, which is regarded as the reign center of God on the earth. It located at the Mount Kunlun in the northwest of China. Opposite to the lofty Mount Kunlun into heaven, Gui Xu, the third matrix, is a bottomless valley in the east of the Bohai Sea. Gui Xu is another center for gods’ activities. The last one is Huangquan Road, the lower universe, which means the world after death for the ancient people.
imagination matrices of myth, Heaven Ladder, the Capital of God on the earth, Gui Xu, Huangquan Road
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