What is the historical story of Hou Yi shooting down nine suns?

The story of Houyi shooting down nine suns is called "Houyi shooting down the sun", which is a myth and legend in ancient China.

The story of Houyi shooting at the sun goes like this:

In ancient times, there was a serious drought on the earth. The hot weather scorched the forest, dried the land, dried the seedlings and plants. It turned out that Di Jun and he had ten children, all of whom were Sun's. They live in OOCL, and there is a big tree called Fusang in the sea. Ten suns slept under the branches and ran out in turn to perform tasks in the sky and shine on the earth.

Sometimes, ten suns come out together, which brings disaster to mankind. In order to save mankind, Hou Yi drew his bow and arrow and shot at nine suns. I saw an exploding fireball in the sky, and then I fell down. Finally, there is only one sun in the sky.

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The origin of the story of Houyi shooting at the sun;

1. The story of Houyi shooting the sun comes from Sheyang County, Jiangsu Province. According to legend, Sheyang County was named after Jingwei opened up wasteland and Houyi shot at the sun. To commemorate Houyi Shooting Day, Sheyang built a landmark building-China Houyi altar and a famous tourist attraction-Houyi Park.

2. According to the origin of the county name "Sheyang" and the legend of "Houyi shoots the sun", eight landscape walls and eight stone balls are set at the entrance of the park, echoing the "Chinese Houyi altar" not far away, which means that Houyi shoots nine suns and is beneficial to the world. In addition, every characteristic landscape in the park is connected with the culture of "Houyi shooting the sun", stringing together an ancient and beautiful legend.

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