The Legend of Wuzhi Mountain
The Legend of Wuzhi Mountain (Wu Zhi Shan Zhuan in Chinese),is a creation epic of Li ethnic minority,translated into Chinese and collated by Sun Youkang and Li Hedi.
The Legend of Wuzhi Mountain tells the origin and development of Li ethnic group,including Li group’s knowledge and opinions about some simple cognition of the universe,and necessities of early people’s life.The epic also contains Li group’s folk customs,social lives,sacrificial rites in the ancestral temples as well as early myths and legends.
The Legend of Wuzhi Mountain boasts plenty contents,complete plots and vivid narration.It praises hard-workings and wisdom of Chinese people of Li group,showing the ancestors’ pursuit of a better life,affirming the courage of the ancestors to conquer the nature,with a high artistic attainment.The Legend of Wuzhi Mountain provides references for people to study the history,literature and folk customs of Li group.
The following is a story about a dog coming down form the heaven:
In ancient times,
The sky and the earth was a whole.
The sun and the moon were dim,(https://www.daowen.com)
The mountains and hills were hazy.
The sky met the sea,
The clouds were mixed with dust,
The heaven was magnificent with display of splendor.
Colored embroidery serves as the carpet,
The clouds scratch over the heaven.