Editing Chinese mythology (section)

====Seas, rivers, and islands====
{{See also|Category:Mythological rivers|List of mythological Chinese rivers}}

Various bodies of water appear in Chinese mythology. This includes oceans, rivers, streams, ponds. Often they are part of a mythological geography, and may have notable features, such as mythological islands, or other mythological features. There are mythological versions of all the major rivers that have existed in China in between ancient and modern China (most of these rivers are the same, but not all). Sometimes these rivers are said to originate from the Milky Way or Kunlun. Anyway, they are said to flow west to east because [[Gonggong]] wrecked the world pillar at Buzhou, tilting Earth and Heaven away from each other at that sector. Examples of these mythologized rivers include the [[Yangzi]] (including various stretches under different names), the [[Yellow River]], the mythological [[Red River (mythology)|Red River]] in the west, near Kunlun, and the [[Weak River]], a mythological river in "the west", near "Kunlun", which flowed with a liquid too light in specific gravity for floating or swimming (but unbreathable). Examples of features along mythological rivers include the Dragon Gates ([[Fish in Chinese mythology#Carp|Longmen]]) which were rapid waterfalls where select carp can transform into dragons, by swimming upstream and leaping up over the falls. Examples of islands include  [[Mount Penglai]], a paradisaical isle in the sea, vaguely east of China but sometimes conflated with [[Japan]].