Title :
Mythology of lightning in ancient China
Author :
Wang, Xi ; He, Jinliang
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Tsinghua Univ., Beijing, China
Abstract :
The paper gives a short overview of mythology about lightning in ancient China. It introduces the interpretation of Chinese characters for thunder and flash, and people´s understanding of the horrible lightning phenomenon is also presented. Then the influence of lightning mythology on Chinese dragon culture and the evolution of the belief in the thunder God are discussed. In the last place, the connection between thunder God and the Taoism religion is introduced.
Keywords :
cultural aspects; lightning; thunderstorms; Ancient China; Chinese characters; Chinese dragon culture; Taoism religion; flash; lightning mythology; thunder God belief evolution; Lightning; Taoism; dragon; lightning; thunder;
Conference_Titel :
Lightning (APL), 2011 7th Asia-Pacific International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Chengdu
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1467-2
DOI :
10.1109/APL.2011.6110244
