After yi shoot day

In ancient times, there were ten SUNS in the sky, and they were all sons of the Oriental Emperor. The ten SUNS lived with their mother, the emperor of Heaven's wife, on the edge of the Eastern Sea. She often takes her ten children to bathe in the East Sea, the easternmost part of the world. After their bath, let them perch like birds in a big tree. With a bird at the center of each image, the tree became their home, with nine SUNS perched on the shorter branches and one sun perched on the top of the tree. When the dawn needs its light, the sun, perched in the treetops, travels across the sky on two wheels, illuminating the world, spreading light and heat to every corner of the world. The ten SUNS take their turn every day, in perfect order, and all the world is in harmony. People live happily and harmoniously on the earth. People like neighbors, friends, living together, sunrise and tillage, sunset and rest, life is both happy and happy. People and animals can get along with each other. At that time, people were grateful to the sun for bringing them time, light and joy, and often kowtow to the sky, bow and worship.

But after a long time, the ten SUNS became bored. They wanted to travel around the sky together. They thought it would be fun. And so, when dawn came, all ten SUNS climbed into the chariot and began their journey across the sky. Then the people and everything on earth could not stand it. The ten SUNS were like ten great fires, and together they gave off heat that scorched the earth and killed many people and animals. The forest was on fire and all the trees, crops and houses were burnt to ashes. For those who did not die in the fire, the pigs ran in all directions, frantically searching for shelter and life-saving food and water.

When the river dried up, the sea dried up, and all the fish died, the monsters in the water climbed ashore to steal food. Crops and orchards were scorched and food supplies for people and livestock were cut off. People were either burned alive by the heat of the sun or eaten by wild animals. People struggling in the fire disaster, pray for the gift of god! At this time, there was a handsome young hero named Houyi, he was a skilled archer, excellent arrows, every shot. He was summoned by the emperor of Heaven to receive the mission of driving away the sun. He could not bear to see people living in the fire, so he decided to shoot the nine extra SUNS to help people out of the sea of suffering.

So, hou Yi turned over ninety-nine mountains, through ninety-nine pieces of desert, came to the east China Sea, boarded a mountain, the foot of the mountain is the vast sea. Hou Yi pulled the crossbow of ten thousand jin force, hitched a thousand jin heavy sharp arrow, aimed at the sky hot sun, shot, the first sun was shot down. Hou Yi opened the crossbow again, took a sharp arrow, hum to shoot, shot down two SUNS at the same time. There were seven SUNS in the sky with glowing red eyes. Feeling that the SUNS were still hot, Yi shot a third arrow fiercely. The arrow was so powerful that it struck down four SUNS. The other SUNS shivered and whirled. In this way, Hou Yi shot one arrow after another at the sun, killing nine SUNS without missing a shot. One by one, the nine SUNS shot by the arrow died. Their feathers fell to the ground, and little by little their light and heat died away. Until finally there was only one sun left, he was very afraid, according to Houyi's orders, honestly continue to contribute light and heat to the earth and all things.

Since then, the sun rises every day from the east coast and sets at night from the west mountains, warming the world and keeping everything alive and people living in peace and contentment.