Pangu is a character in Chinese mythology. Some people believe that Pangu is the incarnation of Yuanshi Tianzun in Taoism. There are many versions of the legend about Pangu, but they are generally agreed that Pangu was the epoch-making figure. In most legends about Pangu, there is the following content: "When the heaven and earth were first born, Pangu was born in a blur. After 18,000 years, Pangu used a sharp ax to break open the world. Clear and light The heavy and turbid things rose to form the sky; the heavy and turbid things sank to form the earth. Pangu was afraid that the sky and the earth would reunite, so he stood upright to support the sky. Every day, Pangu also grew 1 foot taller. When Pangu died, his organs transformed into all things in the world: his body became mountains, his muscles became fertile fields, his blood became rivers, his muscles and bones became roads, his teeth became jade, and his fur became vegetation..."
< p>Some people believe that the legend of Pangu was created by the ancient ancestors by absorbing the legend of "Panhu" or "Pangu" among the southern ethnic minorities, adding philosophical elements from ancient classics and their own imagination to fill the gaps in the Hongmeng era. of. The story of Pangu was earlier seen in the "San Wu Li Ji" written by Xu Zheng during the Three Kingdoms period: "The heaven and earth were as chaotic as chicken eggs. Pangu was born in it. Eight thousand years old. The heaven and earth were opened up. The clear yang was the sky, and the turbid yin was the earth. Pangu is in it. God is in the sky. The sky is ten feet taller. The sky is ten feet taller. Pangu is extremely long. Therefore, the heavens and the earth are ninety thousand miles away. After that, there are three emperors. The weather is budding, and the heaven and earth are established. The first born is Pangu. The voice is the thunder, the right eye is the moon, the four limbs are the rivers, and the muscles are the earth. The skin is made of grass and trees, the essence is made of pearls and jade, and the insects on the body are transformed into Li Meng. From then on, there were more and more records about the creation of the world. After his death, his head turned into Dongyue, his belly turned into Zhongyue, his left arm turned into Nanyue, his right arm turned into Northyue, his feet turned into Xiyue, his eyes turned into the sun and moon, his tears turned into rivers, his breath turned into wind, and his voice turned into Due to thunder and lightning, the couple turned into yin and yang. ”There is a crater on Rhea named after Pangu.