Who is Yi and Jingwei？

There existed ten suns that appeared in turn in the sky during the period of Emperor Yao，a legendary ruler in ancient China.At the beginning，the ten suns eachwould take turns moving off into the sky for a journey of one day.Later they were tired of this routine.So the ten suns decided to appear all together in the sky in the daytime.The combined heat made life on the earth unbearable.Crops were dying out，forests were burning into flames，and the seas were boiling.Moreover，savage beasts came out to hurt people.So Emperor Yao sent Yi，a great archer armed with a magic bow and ten arrows，to frighten the disobedient suns.Yi first shot to death all the savage beasts.Then he started to shoot the ten suns.However，Emperor Yao thought that the sun was still useful to human beings.So he had someone take away one of Yi’s ten arrows.Therefore，Yi shot down nine suns，and only the Sun we see today remained in the sky.

Why does Jingwei fill up the sea？

Once upon a time，Emperor Yan’s youngest daughter swam in the Eastern Sea.Suddenly a strong wind rose，and the surging waves drowned her.However，her spirit turned into a small bird.As she flew over the roaring sea，the bird cried sadly with a sound like Jingwei.People later named the bird Jingwei after her sound.The bird lived on a mountain near the sea.She looked like a crow，but had acolorful head，a white bill and two red claws.The bird hated the sea so much that she decided to fill up the sea.Every day she flew to and from between the mountainand the sea，carrying a twig or a pebble from the mountain and dropping it into the sea.It is said that she still carries out the same mission today.

The story describes the indomitable will of people who never stop in their mission until they reach their goal.

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