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Thread: Chinese Legend Tells: Nv Wa Created the Human
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[quote=MAY001,245940]Source: About.com Chinese legend has it that in remote antiquity there were no humans when a god called Pan Gu broke the chaotic universe and split the heaven and earth apart. Then a goddess named Nv Wa began to make clay figurines after Pan Gu and herself. After several days of hard work, man and woman were created. And more than that, she also gave the law of marriage to keep human behaviors within bounds. First, the man should ask a matchmaker to talk about the marriage with the woman's family. Then when they agreed he should send some gifts as to show his sincerity. Last, the woman should move to the man's home since food and protection was provided by him. Nv Wa was so gentle and considerate that she later invented some string instruments such as Sheng and Huang. Later in the north came a evil god called Gong Gong who wanted to flood the world. Nv Wa directed her subordinate and the people and defeated Gong Gong. But Gong Gong bumped into the Buzhou Mountain, which propped up the heaven and split it a hole. So she smelted some five colored stones and patched up the sky. Thus people could live peacefully afterwards. This story is so well known that the novel, Dream of Red Mansions, drew materials from this part. [/quote]
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