Mythology of Lightning in Ancient China

摘要：

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.

关键词： lightning thunder Taoism dragon

作者: Xi Wang Jinliang He

作者单位: Dept.of Electrical Engineering,Tsinghua UniversityState Key Lab of Power SystemsBeijing,P.R.C Dept.of Electrical Engineering,Tsinghua University State Key Lab of Power Systems Beijing,P.R.C

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: 第七届亚太防雷国际会议

会议地点: 成都

会议语种:英文

页码: 1-4

在线出版日期: 2011-11-01（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）