《山海经》是中国古代的一部奇书，它既相当认真地记述了神州大地山川风貌及相里里数，又描述了许许多多貌似荒诞的事物。例如书中的众帝之台和开明兽，颇似埃及金字塔和狮身人面像；三珠树则像东方的摇钱树或西方的圣诞树，而树乌即天安门华表的原型，烛阴乃北极光的神化，鱼 “Shan Hai Jing” is an ancient Chinese book, it is quite serious about the description of the Divine landscape and relatives and miles, but also describes the many, many seemingly absurd things. For example, the prophets and enlightened beasts in the book resemble the Egyptian pyramids and the Sphinx. The three-bead tree resembles the Eastern cash cow or the western Christmas tree, Deification, fish