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1 Pangu Separates the Sky from the Earth | 2 Nv Wa Created Man | 3 Quafu Chasing After the Sun | Pangu Separates the Sky from the Earth According to legend, in the beginning of the world, the sky and the earth were not separated, and there was only darkness and chaos. Our ancestor Pangu，a giant, had been born and growing up in it for 108 000 years. One day, he suddenly woke up. Opening the eyes, he found that everything was blurred and invisible. Angrily, he grasped an axe and wielded it with an effort. With a bang, the chaos was split all of a sudden. The light and clear air rose up to the sky, and the heavy and turbid to the earth. After it,Pangu propped up the sky with his head and stepped on the ground with his feet, fearing that they might close. The sky increased its height by 1 zhang daily, and the earth sank by 1 zhang Pangu grew with it. Thousands of years passed, the heaven and the earth finally separated ,but he fell down exhaustedly. Following his death, his breath turned into the wind and clouds, his voice the thunder； his eyes the sun and the moon. His four limbs and body became the four quadrants of the globe, and his blood the rivers and his muscles and bones the layers of the earth. His flesh became the soil, his hair and furs the stars, flowers and trees. Even his sweat turned into rain and dew. Pangu created the rich and beautiful world with his body. Nv Wa Created Man It is said that there were no men when the sky and the earth were separated. It was Nv Wa who made men by moulding yellow clay. The work was so taxing that her strength was not equal to it. So she dipped a rope into the mud and then lifted it. The mud that dripped from the rope also became men. Those made by moulding yellow clay were rich and noble, while those made by lifting the rope were poor and low. Quafu Chasing After the Sun One year, the weather was very hot. So Kua Fu decided to catch the sun. Kua Fu was chasing for the sun. He felt very thirsty when he got c