What are the legends about the four seasons?

In ancient times, there were 10 suns in the sky, which were always chasing and playing in the sky. The earth is cracked like a ditch, the seedlings are dry, and everything is so hot that people can't stand it. Complaining and anger alarmed the Jade Emperor. The Jade Emperor sent clairvoyance and ears to check the situation. When they found out, they reported to the Jade Emperor. The Jade Emperor sent Erlang to bear the mountain to hold down the sun. Erlang obeyed, narrowed the mountain peak with magic, and ran after the sun with a burden. He caught up with one and pinned it down with a mountain. When you are tired, come down and rest, then continue to chase and press again. When he pressed the eighth sun, the other two were scared and ran to the west underground. Erlang God saw that he quickly raised a mountain and threw it at them, and he pressed another one, and sure enough, it pressed to the west (now called Sunset West Mountain, which is the mountain). The other sun was so scared that it went underground and never came out. The earth is dark. Erlang God had to come back to my life (there are still legends about the footprints left by Erlang God when he lifted mountains day by day, the springs dug up when he was thirsty and the useless peaks that pressed the sun).

But after a while, the jade emperor saw a wave of resentment rushing to the sky and ordered clairvoyance and clairvoyance to find out whether it was true or not. They came back and reported: "People said,' Ten suns are too much for everything, but it's too dark without the sun, and we can't even find food. "How can we live?" The Jade Emperor listened, pondered for a moment, and asked Jiro if he had any grandchildren who were pinned down. Jiro said "yes". The Jade Emperor said, "Just go to the next world. Send my message and let him out. ".Sun dared not disobey orders and had to come out.

But before long, two strands of resentment flooded into the Heavenly Palace. The Jade Emperor frowned and said, "What's the matter?" He sent clairvoyance and clairvoyance to check. Er Shen came back and reported: "People complain that the sun is always shining and everything can't rest. They are too tired to stand it. The sun also complains that when there are ten suns, it always shines for a while every day. Now a person is too tired. " What should the Jade Emperor do when he hears this? At this moment, a fairy said to the Jade Emperor, "Let the sun shine for a while and let him have a rest. Everything can rest when there is no sun. Isn't it killing two birds with one stone? " As soon as the Jade Emperor heard the truth, he sent Erlang God to preach the imperial edict.

But then the sun got lazy and didn't take a good photo. Sometimes it will light up for a while and then rest. After a long time, people still can't do work and nothing can grow. People are angry again. The Jade Emperor was impatient and asked, "What is this?" Clairvoyance and Clairvoyance made a report after their visit. The Jade Emperor asked, "Where are the immortals?" After a long discussion, a fairy finally said, "Jade Emperor, let the sun work and stay for six hours every day, so that it won't be very tired." But in order to let the sun work honestly, we will send twelve animal gods to take care of each animal in turn. It is a mistake to watch for an hour. Animals can also supervise each other and look for food after work. In addition, let the sun rise in the east and set in the west, so that animals and people can pay attention to the time to monitor the sun. Animals report once a day and punish the sun as soon as they find it disobedient, so there will be no problem. " The gods all said yes. As soon as the Jade Emperor heard that it was good, he appointed twelve animal gods, such as rats, cows, tigers, rabbits, dragons, snakes, horses, sheep, monkeys, chickens, dogs and pigs, and issued a will to supervise the sun to take turns to be on duty, so that the sun rabbits would come out and the chickens would go down, so as to watch each other for half an hour and prevent the sun from being lazy one after another. Although I don't want to, I dare not violate it. So I took the order. The Jade Emperor asked Erlang God to take them and pass the imperial edict to Sun. The sun did not dare to disobey the order, so it did as required. So there was a phenomenon of day and night, sunrise in the east and sunset in the west. At first, Sun was serious and did it according to the imperial edict. Everything is revived, people have time to work and rest, and the earth is full of vitality. People also live and work in peace and contentment and stop complaining. According to the phenomenon of twelve kinds of animal gods on duty, people divide every day into twelve hours, and the animal gods report everything to the Jade Emperor every day. When the Jade Emperor saw that the people stopped complaining and the sun was in charge, he gradually became impatient, so that all the animals didn't have to report something. So the animals are getting lazy, and they are just looking for food, having children and breeding, regardless of the sun. As soon as the sun sees the animals, the time gradually disappears, but in order not to let the animals notice that they are lazy and then report to the Jade Emperor, the time is gradually shortened, the light and heat are getting weaker and weaker, the weather is getting colder and colder, and the frost and snow are mixed. At this time, everything was resting and I worked for four hours in the shortest time. Later, people called this day "winter solstice". After a period of rest, the sun is full of energy and can't be idle. The light and heat are getting stronger and stronger, and the weather is getting hotter. After a short rest, everything grows vigorously. The longest time is eight hours. Later, people called this day "summer solstice". People call two days the length of day and night, the day after winter is called "vernal equinox", and the day after summer is called "autumn equinox". Spring is warm in bloom and autumn is solid, summer is hot and winter is cold, and it is born in all seasons. Animal gods are also busy, regardless of these. Now, except the dragons are extinct, they are still alive. People also use this law to transform nature, create life and make the world a better place.