Jingwei fills up the sea
This is a Chinese myth about the fantastic bird Jingwei. People (talk)about it for many, many years.
The Yan Emperor has a younger daughter (name) Nüwa. She is a lively girl and she loves (play) in the sea. One day, she goes to Eastern Sea to have some fun. As she goes further away from the shore, the water becomes more and more violent. Big (wave) come one after another. After a serious fight against the angry sea, the little girl loses all of her (strong) and drowns.
After she dies, her spirit turns into a bird called "Jingwei" "Unlike usual birds, Jingwei looks like a crow a white beak and red feet. It makes the sad sound:"Jingwei" and gets its name from the sound. The little bird has a strange habit. It (regular) carries small branches and stones from the Western Mountains to fill up the Eastern Sea. Why (do) Jingwei do that? There are many ideas, no one knows the real answer.
