In 2008, actor Robert Downey Jr. soared into the sky in red and gold armor. Through the screen, the Western superhero Iron Man also crashed into the hearts of every Chinese audience.
While some audience members praised the movie and applauded Iron Man, they also sighed "Does our country have virtual characters like Western superheroes?" , The characters from cartoons and comic book seem to come from overseas, but the only thing that impresses us is that there is only Sun Dasheng left.
But in "Journey to the West", there are so many gods besides Sun Dasheng, why can't leave a clear impression in our hearts?
In fact, this is not because the characters in "Journey to the West" are not as influential as Western superheroes, but because there is no comparability between the two.
So today, we will start with these gods and have a good discussion with you about the "superheroes" in our country.
The chaos of my country's immortal system is a visual sense
In "Journey to the West", the four teachers and apprentices travel all the way to the west, and there are always difficulties on the way to learn the scriptures. Although Sun Dasheng is very powerful, he inevitably encounters a golden hoop stick that cannot be defeated. "hard stubble".
And at these times, Sun Dasheng will go to various places to rescue soldiers, Heavenly Court several layers of heaven, several palaces in the underworld , and Western Paradise and other places, we also followed Sun Dasheng around. After getting to know
circle by circle, we only feel confused and dizzy, because there are too many gods in the sky, so-and-so, who is the god, and various star officials and immortals, is simply A mess.
After all, the cultural foundation of our Chinese nation is really deep. Even if is separated from the ordinary people's livelihood and the world system of the gods and the world, it is also huge and complicated.
Even if we sort it out from the beginning, we still need to memorize it carefully, not to mention the extremely jumpy extraction of references like "Journey to the West", so it is normal for everyone to feel confused and confused.
So how should my country's fairy system be divided, and what is the arrangement?
The classification of Taoist gods is detailed.
The system and setting of gods and the world of gods are all derived from my country's native religion Taoism . During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Taoist thought shines among hundreds of schools of thought. From to the period of the Eastern Han Dynasty, also took "Tao" as the core, and 's religious Taoism finally came out.
But at the beginning, Taoism itself did not form and summarize a clear and orderly system and setting, so later generations are often misled , listening to various sayings, and worshiping different gods as the highest gods of Taoism. believe in it.
Even some people believe in and cultivate Taoism all their lives, and in the end they can't even give a correct answer to who the supreme god of Taoism is.
And until the next year, the master Tao Hongjing planned a well-recognized theory of the chaotic system of immortals. He spent the last half of his life dividing the Taoist gods and gods, thousands of immortal saints, seven levels. The first level,
, defines Yuanshi Tianzun as the supreme god who precedes the world when everything is chaotic, which corresponds to in Taoism. Qi also." said.
and the second level, headed by Lingbao Tianzun , Lingbao Tianzun represents, it is later than Yuanshi Tianzun, the chaos first opened after the chaos, when the chaos was clear and the light was just beginning. the present world. The third level of
, headed by Taiji Jinque Dijun , indicates that the chronological order of the times will be retired again. It is the beginning of everything, the first birth of everything, everythingIn the ancient period of tangible and intangible, so among the gods at this level, there will be the Xuanyuan clan and the Dayu clan that we are familiar with.
and the first place in the fourth level, we are familiar with Taiqing Taishang Laojun , the existence of the fourth level also forms a closed loop of Taoism's interpretation of the three states at the beginning of the world.
The period of Yuanshi Tianzun is the era of chaos, "Hongyuan era" , the period of Lingbao Tianzun is "Hunyuan era" , and the era headed by Laojun on the ether represents the birth of all things in the world. The "Era of the Beginning" in the beginning of Tiandi Avenue. The fifth and sixth levels of
further divide the levels and identities of the various gods respectively. The two levels of represent the various gods in the sky, according to the order of their gods. ranked.
And the last seventh level is headed by Fengdu Emperor , which symbolizes the underworld, so the last gods are almost all gods from the underworld. The setting of the underworld in Norse mythology is the same as this one. The seventh floor is also more similar.
The root of the problem · The staggered comparison of culture and entertainment
According to Tao Hongjing's summary, my country's Taoist gods are divided into 7 grades, and each level has hundreds of gods, so as to form a system and scale.
This comparison is indeed more cumbersome and complicated than Western superheroes. It is far from picking out a superhero with stunts alone, making it a system of its own, and then interacting with other individuals.
But having said that, it is difficult to explain in theory. After all, in the field of inspiration and literature, how can entertainment and entertainment that act on the crowd be compared with the cultural system derived from national religions?
In my country, Taoism, as one of the five common religions in my country, is naturally more special than other religions because it is a local religion in China. This is mainly reflected in the high degree of conformity with the current social model in my country.
In terms of historical research, the existence of Taoism is not short in the history of religion and culture, but unlike other religions, it has also experienced profound and ups and downs in its development. Compared with the religious nature, the cultural flavor of Taoism is more intense.
The characteristics of "entry into the WTO" shines brightly in Taoism and only in Taoism, the cultural exchange work that meets the requirements of a country's social development, and the educational affairs content that meets the standards of a country's laws and regulations, dare to ask these two points. Which religion can do it?
conclusion
let us stand in the perspective of entertainment, we can imagine the wonderful scene of Sun Wukong fighting Iron Man, but this level is difficult to raise to a higher level, who can imagine What about the supreme god of Western religions and Iron Man in the same frame?
Therefore, the two things, cultural and entertaining, are definitely not comparable, let alone have comparative significance. Taoist culture is profound, profound and long-standing, and modern film works are equally outstanding and attracting attention. enough.
