| Sunrise in one's life depicts the heralding of a new | | | | story, but this is how the most popular version |
| beginning. May it be the clock striking midnight to | | | | goes. This is from the chapter called "The |
| mark one's birthday or the day of a special | | | | Systems of the Heavens" by Huai-nan Tzu, with a |
| occasion, like an anniversary or a wedding. Sunrise | | | | little addition by other scholars of that time. The |
| brings hope and as a very popular Indian saying | | | | ten suns used to bathe in the T'iang Valley where |
| goes, "Every night is followed by sunrise", which | | | | the Leaning Mulberry (the tree) stood tall. The nine |
| means that every period of darkness and trouble | | | | suns stayed on its lower branches whilst the |
| is followed by a sunrise, which will bring a solution | | | | tenth sun resided on its top branch. Another |
| and a time to celebrate. | | | | version goes that in the middle of a great |
| Sunrise and the Sun Gods have played important | | | | wasteland, there was a mountain called Neih-yao |
| roles for centuries through the mythologies of | | | | Chun-ti, next to which was the Yang Valley. Next |
| various cultures. The Greek, Chinese, Indians, | | | | to the Yang Valley was the Leaning Mulberry, |
| Egyptians and many more have given the Sun | | | | which was an old three hundred leagues tall tree |
| much importance, so let's look at the impact the | | | | with mustard plant leaves. On this tree one sun |
| Sun has had on mankind for centuries depicting its | | | | arrived, borne by a crow (sometimes three |
| importance to all. | | | | legged) as the other sun left. The whole process |
| Chinese Mythology | | | | of sunrise to sunset from Yang (sunny) Valley or |
| The Chinese believed that there were ten Suns | | | | Yu Yuans's riverbank to Meng Valley covers Nine |
| and one used to arrive as the other one used to | | | | Provinces and Seven halts, depicting times during |
| leave to bathe. There are many versions of this | | | | the day. |