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Cosmology of the Han Chinese: Taiji and Bagua

Every culture on Earth has its own myths and legends that explain the origin of life. In China, there are many cultures and thus many origin stories. The following is one of the most common representing the cosmology of the Han Chinese. Cosmology of the Han Chinese In ancient China, the Han people believed that ...

Nspirement Staff

two hands cupped above each other one holds ice one holds fire symbolic of a yin yang symbol

Pangu’s Creation of Heaven and Earth

Does China have creation stories? The answer is yes, and the name of the first creation God is Pangu. At the beginning of time, the universe was unformed, and Heaven and Earth were unseparated. It was like a round egg, in which there was no light or sound. In the universal egg lay a sleeping ...

Emma Lu

illustration of Pangu (God of creations) face - he seems to have 2 horns on his head, long hair a beard and goatee and long moustache.