中国神话故事英文简介概述.ppt

with an effort. The heaven and
the earth started to split. He
feared that the heaven and the
earth got integrated into one
body again. So he decided to
hold the heaven with his hands
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It is said there were two deities, Gong Gong, the God of Water and Zhu Rong, the God of Fire, one day they fell in battle. They fought all the way from heaven to earth, causing turmoil everywhere. The God of Fire won, and in anger the God of Water struck his head against Buzhou Mountain .The mountain collapsed and down came the big pillar that held heaven from earth. The sky slanted to the northwest and the earth to the southeast, and so, since then, the sun, the moon and all the stars turn towards the west and all the rivers run southeast.
Pangu slept for thousands of
years. One day he suddenly
woke up. Opening his eyes, he
found everything was blurred
and invisible. Angrily, he
grasped an axe and wielded it
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One day, she found the villain she originally created has been hair snow-white and died. Looked at this kind of situation , she felt secretly worry. So Nuwa reference everything pick generation method, divided human into men and women, so that human can also cooperate, reproduce. Because human is god-like creature, not equal with animals, so she again established marriage system which is different from animals promiscuity-after.
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Thousands of years passed ,the heaven and the earth finally separated ,but Pangu fell down exhaustedly . Following his death ,his breath turned into the wind and cloud, his voice the thunder; his eyes the sun and the moon. His four limbs and body became the four quadrants of the globe, and his blood the rivers and his muscle and bones the layers of the earth . His flesh became the soil , his hairs and furs the stars, flowers and trees. Pangu created the rich and beautiful world with his body.
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It is said that Nüwa existed in the beginning of the world. She was a goddess had human face with a snake-like body. She felt lonely as there were no animals so she began the creation of animals and humans. On the first day she created chickens. On the second day she created dogs. On the third day she created sheep. On the fourth day she created pigs. On the fifth day she created cows. On the sixth day she created horses. On the seventh day she began creating men from yellow clay.
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The creator of the universe
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According to legend, in the
beginning of the world , the
heaven and earth were
integrated into one body that is
just like an egg. And in the “egg”
The Ancient Mythology of China
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Chinese civilization is one of the most splendid cultures in the world, which dates back to thousands of years ago. Similar to many old civilizations, its early culture is integrated with legends and myths. As described in mythology, Chinese civilization begins with Pangu, the creator of the universe, and Nvwa, the creator of mankind.