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MUFONET-BBS Network * Mutual UFO Network ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ News-Wire ~~~~~~~~~~~ кФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФП Г=START= XMT: 15:04 Mon Mar 18 EXP: 15:00 Mon Mar 25 Г Г Г ГRESEARCHERS FIND ANCIENT BOOKS ON CHINESE DEITIES, WORSHIP Г Г Г ГWUHAN (MARCH 18) XINHUA - 'HUAXIA', THE ANCIENT NAME FOR Г ГTHE CHINESE NATION, MEANS 'THE PEOPLE WHO WORSHIP THE SUN Г ГAND BRIGHTNESS'. BUT IT WAS LONG UNKNOWN IF AND HOW THE Г ГCHINESE PEOPLE IN ANCIENT TIMES WORSHIPPED THE SUN. Г Г Г ГTHE MYSTERY CAME TO AN END LAST SUMMER, WHEN A CHINESE Г ГFOLKLORE RESEARCHER LIVING IN HUBEI PROVINCE'S CAPITAL CITY Г ГOF WUHAN DISCOVERED SOME WOODCUT BOOKS PRINTED IN THE QING Г ГDYNASTY (1644-1911) WHICH UNVEILED THE ENIGMA. Г Г Г ГHAN ZHIZHONG FOUND THE THREE INVALUABLE WORKS - 'ON THE Г ГSUN', 'ON THE MOON' AND 'ON THE SUN AND THE MOON' IN Г ГSHENNONGJIA, HUBEI PROVINCE. UNLIKE THE OTHER TWO BOOKS, Г ГWHICH ARE IN VERSE, 'ON THE SUN AND THE MOON' IS IN PROSE. Г Г Г ГAFTER A CAREFUL STUDY OF THE THREE WORKS, HAN FOUND THAT, Г ГTHOUGH HEAVILY INFLUENCED BY BUDDHISM AND TAOISM, THE BOOKS Г ГMUST HAVE AN ORIGIN OLDER THAN THOSE OF THE TWO RELIGIONS. Г Г Г ГFOR INSTANCE, 'ON THE SUN' SAYS, 'THE BELIEVERS WHO READ ME Г ГONCE WILL BENEFIT AS MUCH AS THOSE WHO READ THE 'DIAMOND Г ГSUTRA' (A BUDDHIST TEXT) TEN TIMES.' Г Г Г ГANOTHER EXAMPLE IS THAT THE HEAVENLY EMPEROR YUHUANGDADI IS Г ГREGARDED IN TAOISM AS THE HEAD OF THE GODS, WHILE IN 'ON Г ГTHE SUN AND THE MOON', THE SOLAR AND THE LUNAR GODS ARE Г ГHAILED BY LI LAOJUN, A LEGENDARY CHINESE GOD IN CHARGE OF Г ГMAKING PILLS OF IMMORTALITY, AS MORE REVERED THAN Г ГYUHUANGDADI. Г Г Г ГINSCRIPTIONS ON BONES AND SHELLS DATING FROM BEFORE EITHER Г ГBUDDHISM OR TAOISM AND SOME ANCIENT WORKS ALSO MENTION THE Г ГGODS OF THE TWO HEAVENLY BODIES, HAN ADDED. THE RESEARCHER Г ГUSED A METAPHOR TO ILLUSTRATE THE GATHERING OF LORE IN Г ГTHE THREE BOOKS. Г Г'IT'S SOMETHING LIKE A SNOWBALL ROLLING DOWNHILL. IT LOSES Г ГSOME ORIGINAL SNOW AND GATHERS NEW SNOW, AND WHEN IT GOES Г ГPAST THE SNOWLINE IT MIGHT GATHER SOMETHING THAT IS NOT Г ГSNOW AT ALL.' Г Г Г ГCHINESE RESEARCHERS HAVE FOUND THAT THE WORSHIP OF THE GODS Г ГOF THE SUN AND MOON STILL PERSISTED UP UNTIL THE 1960S. IN Г ГSOME PLACES IN HUBEI PROVINCE PEOPLE CELEBRATE THE BIRTHDAY Г ГOF THE SOLAR GOD ON THE 19TH DAY OF THE LAST MONTH OF Г ГWINTER. Г Г Г ГSOME AGED PEOPLE EVEN NOWADAYS BURN INCENSE AT DAWN AND Г ГDUSK TO WELCOME AND SEE OFF THE SUN AND THE MOON. THIS IS Г ГIN ACCORDANCE WITH INSTRUCTIONS IN THE BOOK 'ON THE SUN AND Г ГTHE MOON' - 'WHOLE WILL BE THOSE WHO WORSHIP THE TWO GODS Г ГBURNING INCENSE IN THE MORNING AND IN THE EVENING, NO DEATH Г ГWILL THEY MEET.' Г Г Г ГTHE LATE PROFESSOR HU SHI SAID THAT THE DECODING OF ANCIENT Г ГWORDS IS LIKE DISCOVERING A NEW STAR. SOME CHINESE SCHOLARS Г ГCALL HAN'S FINDING OF THE BOOKS AND HIS ACHIEVEMENT IN Г ГRESEARCH INTO THE SOLAR GOD AND THE LUNAR GODDESS RECOVERY Г ГOF LONG-LOST STARS IN THE TRADITIONAL CHINESE CULTURAL Г ГGALAXY. Г Г Г Г=END= Г