Fuxi painted hexagrams: According to legend, in ancient times, Fuxi often sat on the top of Guatai Mountain and thought hard about the mysteries of the universe. Looking up at the changes of the sun, the moon and the stars, overlooking the laws of mountains and rivers, and taking the texture of birds and animals, we summarize all things in heaven and earth into eight basic symbols symbolizing heaven, earth, water, fire, thunder, wind, mountains and peace. In order to let people enjoy the benefits of nature from generation to generation, he turned lofty thoughts into the simplest symbols, using "one" for yang, "-"for yin, and arranging all directions into gossip.
Shennong knotting: It is said that in ancient times, before human beings invented writing, Shennong taught families to record things by tying ropes to help them remember. Different things are represented by the size, number, length, color and interval of knots.
Word-making in Cangjie: According to legend, Cang Xie saw the footprints of birds in the mud in the wild. They are straight, oblique, cross and varied, and each line is so uniform and beautiful. So he imitated the footprints of birds and created characters with strokes. Later, figures were created according to the shapes or dynamics of turtle patterns, insects, snakes, millet, mountains and rivers, vegetation and so on.
According to legend, in ancient Fuxi, the dragon horse appeared from the Yellow River in Mengjin County, northeast of Luoyang, with a "river map" and gave it to Fuxi. Fuxi thus became a gossip. Another legend is that when Yu was in Dayu, a turtle emerged from Luohe in Silonen County, Luoyang, carrying a "Luoshu" on his back and gave it to Yu. Dayu succeeded in harnessing water on this basis, so he decided that the world was Kyushu. Based on this, nine chapters of Dafa were established to govern society, which was circulated in history books and named Hong Fan. The Book of Changes says, "One river paints, Luo writes, and sages write",
Caption: Modern scholars believe that Chinese characters really originated from the original picture, and some figures carved on unearthed cultural relics are likely to be related to characters.