出于对水和火的物理化学属性的认知,人们总说“水火不容”。然而,在人类漫长的历史演进过程中,水、火总在人们关于世界的认识中占据了重要地位,而且,二者间其实有着某种相似关联性,并因而被常常对举。云南西双版纳的布朗族人中曾流传着一个生动有趣的神话传说:荒远之际,混沌初 Because of their knowledge of the physico-chemical properties of water and fire, people often say “no fire or water”. However, water and fire always play an important role in people’s understanding of the world during the long historical evolution of mankind. In fact, there is a certain similarity between the two and therefore they are often used against each other. Among the Brahmins in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, there was a vivid and interesting myth and legend: on the ebb point, chaos