How did the mythical Pangu create the world and what did it experience?

China's 5,000-year history, myths and legends are also rich and colorful. There are many stories about Jingwei filling the sea, Houyi shooting at the sun, the goddess mending the sky and so on. Today, let's start with the creation of Pangu.

"Pangu opens the sky" was first seen in Xú Zhēng's Thirty-five Calendars during the Three Kingdoms period. In the book "Yi Shi"-quoted from the "Five-year Games"-it is recorded that:

The weather is fine, the bud begins, and then the sky and the earth are divided, and the yin and yang are exposed and the vitality is distributed. It is pregnant, neutral and human. Born Pangu, dying incarnation; Qi became a cloud, sound became thunder, left eye became the sun, right eye became the moon, five limbs became four poles and five mountains, blood became a river, tendons became the ground, tendons became soil, hair became a star, moss became vegetation, teeth became stones, refined jade, sweat became rain, and insects in the body became Li Meng due to weathering.

It means that before the creation of heaven and earth, there was something that didn't know what it was. It didn't have seven tricks. It is called Di Jiang (some people call him Chaos). It looks like a pocket without a hole. It has two good friends, one is Shu and the other is Hu. One day, Shu and Hu suddenly discussed how to drill seven holes and agreed. Shu He suddenly spent seven days digging seven holes, but he died.

After Di Jiang died, a man named Pangu appeared in his belly. The essence of Di Jiang became the later Yellow Emperor.

Pangu slept in this "big pocket" for about 18000 years, and then he woke up and found it was dark around. When he opened his sleepy eyes, there was nothing but darkness. He tried to stretch his muscles, but the "egg" wrapped him tightly, and he felt so hot that he could hardly breathe. Oh, my God, this fucking place!

Pangu couldn't imagine that he could endure humiliation and live in such an environment. He flew into a rage, so he pulled out a tooth, turned it into a powerful axe, swung it and chopped it hard.

"Hua ..." After a loud noise, the "egg" emits a fresh gas, which rises to a high place and turns into the sky; Other turbid things slowly sink and become the earth. Since then, the chaotic universe has changed into heaven and earth, and it is no longer dark. People only feel refreshed when they are in it.

Pangu opened heaven and earth, but Pangu kept casting spells. I don't know how many years have passed, and finally the sky can't be higher and the ground can't be thicker.

By this time, Pangu had exhausted all his strength. He slowly opened his eyes and looked at the world he had created.

Ah! It's great to create such a brand new world! From then on, everything between heaven and earth will never live in darkness again.

Pangu took a long breath, slowly lay on the ground, closed his heavy eyelids and died.

The great hero died, but his body did not disappear;

Before Pangu died, the breath in his mouth turned into spring breeze and clouds in the sky; The sound turned into thunder in the sky; Pangu's left eye became the sun, shining on the earth; The right eye becomes a bright moon, bringing light to the night; Thousands of strands of hair turn into stars, embellishing the beautiful night sky; Blood turns into rivers, lakes and seas, running endlessly; Muscles become a thousand miles of fields where everything lives; Bones become trees and flowers for people to enjoy; Ribs become roads; Teeth turn into stones and metals for people to use; The essence becomes a bright pearl for people to collect; Sweat turns into rain and dew, nourishing seedlings; When Pangu fell, his head became Mount Tai in Dongyue (Shandong), his feet became Huashan in Xiyue (Shaanxi), his left arm became Mount Heng in Nanyue (Hunan), his right arm became Mount Heng in Beiyue (Shanxi) and his abdomen became Mount Song in Zhongyue (Henan). Legend has it that Pangu's soul became a man after his death. Therefore, man is the spirit of all things in the world.

Of course, there are other sayings, the legends are different, but the meaning is basically the same. Although the story of Pangu's creation is a myth, it reflects to some extent a simple theory of evolution of the ancients in China.

Think again carefully, how similar is the chaotic state before the opening of the world imagined by the ancients to the early state of the universe known by people today?

Pangu Kaitian is the first of all Kobe legends. Other myths and legends such as Fuxi Nuwa appeared only after Pangu opened the sky.