Ten Myths in Ancient China

Nu Wa is the goddess of creation in ancient China mythology. Legend has it that Nu Wa imitated herself with loess to create human beings and human society. It also established a marriage system for human beings, so that young men and women can marry each other and reproduce, so it is called the goddess of marriage. Is the great mother of the Chinese nation, who kindly created us and bravely took care of us from natural disasters. It is the creator god and ancestor god widely worshipped by people for a long time.

2. Kuafu chases the sun

Kuafu, a giant in ancient myths and legends, is a descendant of Hou Di, the Pluto, who lives in the Tianshan Mountains in Chengdu, the Great Northern Wilderness. He has two yellow snakes in his ear and two yellow snakes in his hand, chasing the sun.

When he arrived in Yugu, the sun was about to set, and he felt thirsty, so he went to drink water from the Yellow River and Weihe River. After he drained the river, his thirst still didn't stop. He wanted to drink the water from northern osawa, but before he got there, he died of thirst. Kuafu threw away his walking stick when he died, and it suddenly turned into a peach grove full of fresh fruits to quench his thirst for those who later pursued the light.

3. Magic Pen Ma Liang

There is a child named Ma Liang. He likes painting, what he paints. One day, the fairy gave him a magic pen, and what he drew became a reality. The rich and officials knew about it and wanted Ma Liang to draw a golden mountain for them. After Ma Liang finished painting, he drew a big boat. When the official was happy, he drew a huge wave and overturned the boat. Punished those bad guys, and since then Ma Liang has painted for the poor, so that all the poor people can live a happy life.

4. Mend the goddess of the sky

In ancient times, the sky was falling, Kyushu was cracked, the sky could not cover the ground, the ground could not carry everything, fires spread, floods continued, wild animals ate good people, and raptors grabbed old people and children with their claws.

In this case, Nu Wa smelted five-color stones to make up the sky, cut off the feet of giant aojiang in the sea to make Tianzhu to support the square, killed the black dragon to save Jizhou, and accumulated reed ash to stop the flood. The sky was mended, the pillars of heaven and earth were erected again, the flood receded, and the land of the Central Plains was restored to calm.

Fierce birds and beasts all died, and kind people survived. Nu Wa holds her back to the earth and her arms in the blue sky, which makes spring warm, summer hot, autumn cold and winter cold. She has a ruler on her head and a yardstick on her body. When the Qi of Yin and Yang is blocked, she will give it a clear cut. When adverse qi hurts people's accumulated wealth, it is forbidden to eliminate it. From then on, heaven and earth will be strong forever.

5. Pangu opens the sky

A long time ago, heaven and earth were inseparable and the universe was chaotic. There was a giant named Pangu who slept in this chaos for 108 thousand years.

One day, Pangu suddenly woke up. When he saw the darkness around him, he waved a big axe and cut at the darkness in front of him. There was only a loud noise, and the chaotic things gradually separated. Bright and clear things, slowly rising, became the sky; Heavy and muddy things, slowly falling, became the ground.

After the separation of heaven and earth, Pangu was afraid that they would meet again, so he raised his head to the sky and stomped heavily on the ground. The sky rises ten feet every day, the earth sinks ten feet every day, and Pangu grows taller and taller. I don't know how many years have passed, and the heavens and the earth have gradually taken shape, and Pangu has also collapsed.

After the fall of Pangu, Pangu's head became a mountain, his limbs became pillars of the sky, his eyes became the sun and the moon, his blood became rivers, his hair and skin became flowers and plants, his breath became wind, his cries became thunder, and his tears became showers and rain to nourish the earth.

Pangu created heaven and earth, dedicated everything to heaven and earth, made the world rich and colorful, and Pangu became the greatest god.