Chinese Mythology: Hou Yi Shooting the Sun

Hou Yi is an ancient Chinese mythological figure, the husband of Chang E, the goddess of the moon, who was skilled in archery, armed with a red sacred bow and white feathered arrows.

In ancient times, there were 10 children of the Celestial emperor, all of whom were suns and lived on the Fusang tree in the middle of the eastern sea.Normally, the 10 suns took turns to shine on the earth.

One day all 10 suns appeared in the sky at the same time, bringing great disaster to the earth. The earth was dry and cracked, the forests were on fire, and the seedlings withered.

To save mankind, Hou Yi shot at the suns in the sky. The sky burst into fireballs and a three-legged crow, the legendary Jin Wu that pulls the chariot for the sun, fell down. In the end, Hou Yi left only one sun to serve the earth.