Analysis Of The Number Seven In Chinese Mythology

People frequently in daily life customary use of some figures, such as: four, seven, nine, twelve, etc. Little do they know their significance in addition to their calculations, but also both the cultural function of a non-numeric. It is in philosophy, religion, myth, magic, poetry, customs, etc. As a recurring structural element. Contains a mystical or sacred, so called " mystic number". So far refer to the ancient oral tradition and myth is to retain the many " mystic number " germinal origin and the cultural connotation of the carrier, this article made an example to the number seven. Test materials by sorting out the relevant analysis of the myth in order to clarify the situation of its germinal meology .This article example to select the number seven, seeks to elaborate the "Seven" in the cultural function of myth and the myth of thinking that can get a glimpse through the original culture.Although the Qin and Han Dynasty in China as early as the mystic number have been studies of monographs appear, but only until the twentieth century the system of scientific research methods. Unfortunately, the mysterious figure of scholars mostly mythical material as examples to support their arguments, did not dig the rich connotations. In view of this, this paper contains the mysterious select the number "seven " richest, most representative of the two types of myth as the main object of study: Big Dipper myths, Seven days create human beings myths .Through the myths of many southwest and north minority content, narrative structure and the comparative study found that the Big Dipper minority myth is based on the original ancestors of the first planetarium in the long-term observation of the Big Dipper, reflecting the ethnic minorities in a certain historical period the content of social production and living conditions. Big Dipper myth is observed in the ancestors of the actual experience of the Big Dipper form a "collective representation", it contains a certain historical period of the ancestors of faith awareness and thinking mode. The mystery of the first number seven from the original in fact a large part of the worship of ancestors of the Big Dipper. The worship of that time only in extreme natural environment and ignorance of the primitive society to the formation of China. For use after the world number seven frequently express a mystical meaning, there are two cases: One is based on seven as the carrier, the symbol of faith or meaning implied Big Dipper. Another situation is the use of seven as a digital model, let people to "not knowing Italian daily", when the number seven as a model to use, its meaning has been expressed from the Big Dipper to help the barriers of religion, and was given a mystical significance.Analysis of Seven days create human beings myths can be found as the time limit of seven plots in many fairy tales are not uncommon, which extended the "ZhouYi ", "seven days to recovery, " the images , the moon waxed and waned cycle and the body's menstrual cycles, these special phenomena through the deep excavation that: the existence of a body of "seven days"as the boundaries of the menstrual cycle, the "seven rhythm.". The rhythm of life has always been through, and embodied in women, especially. Thus the number seven in such mythology was given another layer of meaning: the "seven days"as the time limit reflects the life cycle of the activities of law that "seven rhythm. " Number seven played here on a sign code limits the role of the cycle, in a sense be regarded as a negative symbol.From this study can be seen: Chinese mythology "Seven" in the mystery is primarily a primitive worship of surviving, The number seven different kind of today still has the connotation of the reason is and it embodies the life cycle of the seven laws of activities has a direct correlation.