Pangu created the world and Nuwa created man

2026-01-24 00:56

Pangu's creation of the world and Nuwa's creation of man were famous myths and legends in ancient China. In the legend of Pangu's creation of the world, the universe was chaotic at the beginning. Pangu was born in it and woke up after sleeping for many years. He used a huge axe to split the chaos. Light qi floated up to become the sky, and heavy qi sank down to become the earth. Fearing that heaven and earth would close again, Pangu raised his head and stomped on the ground. As heaven and earth changed every day, Pangu also grew taller and taller. After a long period of time, the world was formed, and Pangu became a giant that could support the heavens and the earth. In the end, he collapsed from exhaustion. After Pan Gu fell, his left eye turned into the sun, his right eye turned into the moon, his hair turned into the stars, his limbs turned into the four poles of the east, south, west, and north, and the five mountains, his skin turned into the earth, his blood turned into rivers, his sweat turned into rain, and his breath turned into wind and clouds. Only then did the Three Sovereigns come into being. The legend of Goddess Nvywa's creation of human beings was that Goddess Nvywa came to the Heaven and Earth created by Pangu because she was tired of the cold and lonely life in the Heavenly Court. After seeing the lively scene, she had the idea of creating creatures like herself. At first, she molded clay into a human figure. The clay figurine came to life as soon as it touched the ground and could speak. Nüwa was very happy and named it "human". After that, Goddess Nvywa continued to mold people with mud, but the world was too big, so the efficiency was too low and Goddess Nvywa was very tired. She was inspired when she saw the vines on the cliff. She stirred the mud in the quagmire with the vines and sprinkled it on the ground. Many small people appeared where the mud splashed. Later, Goddess Nvywa came up with the method of dividing people into men and women, so that men and women could reproduce together, so that human beings could continue for generations. In modern times, although people believed more in Darwin's theory of evolution, the myths of Pangu creating the world and Nuwa creating humans were still circulating. They reflected the bold conjectures of the ancestors about the origin of the universe and human beings, as well as their respect for creation and dedication. 'The Myth of True Love in the Pangu Progenitor Universe' is equally wonderful. Please click to read it!