C P's video: Chinese Creation Myths

Chinese Creation Myths Part I - Pan'ku In the beginning, our entire universe was trapped within an egg. And within that egg was one dark swirling mass of chaos. Residing within the chaos was Pan'ku, the first living being. When Pan'ku became aware of his confinement he broke the shell surrounding him. From the chaos formed Yin, earth. And Yang, heaven. Pan'ku tried to stand but heaven crushed down upon his body, leaving the earth flat and barren. When he saw this Pan'ku realized that no life could come to exist on earth. And so for eighteen thousand years Pan'ku pushed the sky up with his hands and pressed down upon the earth down with his feet. The time came when Pan'ku saw that the earth and heavens were far enough apart that he could lie down for a much needed rest. But the universe was not yet complete and so it came to pass that he died in his sleep. With his death the universe became balanced and the creatures of earth sprang into life. And his body became one with the earth. Part II - Yin and Yang Yin and Yang, two spirits who also emerged from the primordial egg formed earth and heaven. Yin represented everything dark and heavy. Yang represented everything bright and light. Yin's cold breath gave birth to the waters and to the moon. Yang's hot breath became fire and the sun. The combination of the moon and the sun formed the stars which in turn formed the rivers, seas, rainwater, silt, and dust. The cycle of Yin and Yang became the four seasons. And the essence of the four seasons formed the creatures that reside on earth. Part III - Nuwka Before tha age of man began there lived a great mother goddess, Nuwka. Nuwka admired the beautiful creatures that emerged from Pan'ku's body, but after observing the fish and other animals, she came to the realization that they were incomplete. Each of them lacked the proper intelligence. So she traveled along the coast of the yellow river and taking up a handful of yellow earth, molded it into the first human being. She created many more, paying attention to intricate details. And these people became the wealthy and intelligent. Those humans were created in her likeness, but instead of giving them a dragons tail like hers, she gave them two legs identical to their two arms. But this method took much too long.And she began to search for another way to make humans. She soon found a piece of rope. And discovered that the yellow earth would stick to it. Nuwka covered the rope with the clay and began flinging it. Each clump took the form of a human And Nuwka was delighted with her discovery. These people became the poor and less intelligent. Then one day a god named Kong Kong became enraged at another god and accidentally rammed into a mountain causing it to crumble and fall. The mountain was one of the four corners that held up the corners of the sky. Nuwka was able to save the humans by covering them with her large body. And the people of the earth were all grateful. However, no god or goddess knew how to repair the damage, and that is why the northeast corner of the world is lower than the rest. The children of the earth are filled with gratitude for the great mother goddess, the beautiful Nuwka. Copyright © 2013 Candy Graham aka Nahars All Rights Reserved