False fabrication, please do not take it seriously! ! !
The strange beasts in "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" were not made up by the ancients, but actually existed - but they were not living creatures, but "conceptual beings."
What's the meaning? To put it simply: when people in a place have a strong enough and lasting collective obsession with something, the "qi" of the land will grow something.
In ancient times, people did not understand floods, mountains, forests, and thunder and lightning, so they raised Kui Niu and Bifang. What about modern times?