The legend of Yu the Great
Currently for social studies I am studying the complete history of China, all the way from the earliest formation stories to the Terracotta Warriors. Currently, one of the most interesting parts of this curriculum has been the origin story of China’s First dynastic power, the Xia Dynasty. Legends tell the story of a man named Yu the Great establishing this dynasty after saving his land from a massive flood. Although much of The West has never heard of…