盤古開天
盤古是中國神話中開天闢地的神祇。太初之時無天無地亦無萬物,宇宙一片混沌,演生出一個原人叫「盤古」。盤古不願長期被籠罩於沉暮之中,於是手持斧鑿開天闢地,把清者歸天,濁者歸地。盤古夾在天空和大地之間撐著,經過萬年盤古的軀體已高達萬丈,而天地相距也愈來愈遠。盤古就這樣撐著天地終於有一天力竭而亡。於是天地開始造化,盤古的身體也跟著起了變化。他的左眼變成太陽,右眼變成月亮。長髮變成銀河,鬍鬚化做星星。他的身體化作高山,血液成為江河,筋脈變成道路。他的雙手和雙腳成為東南西北方。
PANGU CREATOR OF UNIVERSE
Pangu is the creator of universe in Chinese mythology. In the beginning, there were no sky, earth, or anything. The universe was in a chaotic state. The first human being, called Pangu, was
formed. Pangu was unwilling to be surrounded permanently by the endless haze and chaos, so he hatched out the sky and the earth with his stone axe by separating the clear sky from the dense
earth. Pangu stood on earth and holding the sky with his other hand for support. Millions of years had passed as his body grew bigger and bigger, making the distance between the sky and the
earth further apart. Eventually he tired to death. Then the universe began to evolve, so did Pangu’s body. Pangu’s left eye became the sun; his right eye became the moon; his long hair became
Milky Way; his whiskers turned into stars. His body turned into mountains; his blood became rivers; his meridian passages became roads. His hands and feet marked the orientation of East, South,
West, and North.