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广东省广州市荔湾区第四中学2024-2025学年八年级上学期10月月考英语试题
Foxes with nine tails, animals with human faces and fish bodies, turtles with bird heads and snake tails… these magical animals are from Shan Hai Jing ( The Classic of Mountains and Seas). This old book played an important role in the world and inspired today's works. Let's learn more about it!
Shan Hai Jing took shape before the Qin Dynasty (221—206 BC). Like an encyclopedia, it writes about the world in the eyes of people at that time. The 30, 000- word book records about 40 states, 550 mountains, 300 rivers, more than 100 people in history and 400 interesting animals.
Shan Hai Jing had a deep influence on the culture of mythology (神话学) in the world. It was taken to Japan during the Sui(581—618) and Tang(618—907), or much earlier. In Japan, it was popular. People there once saw it as a guidebook for traveling in China. The book's monsters were also popular.
Shan Hai Jing has inspired many works. Liu Siliang is a teacher at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. He said the book inspired the writing of Journey to the West and Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio. Pop culture works also borrow ideas from the book. Some of animals in the book even go into movies, such as Zouwu, the star monster in Shan Hai Jing. It has a tiger- body with stripes of five colors. Its tail is longer than its body. It can travel 1, 600 kilometers in a day. We can see it in the popular movie Fantastic Beasts II in 2021.
①states ②mountains ③rivers ④plants ⑤monsters
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