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HistorianshavedeterminedthattheChinesemythologybeganin12thcenturyB.C.(BirrellA.,2000).

ThemythsandthelegendswerepasseddownorallyforoverathousandyearsbeforebeingwritteninsomeearlybookssuchastheHuainanziandtheBookofMountainsandSeas(DingWangdao,2008).

★Sevenofthemostpopularmythicalstories★GivethereaderaglimpseofthelongandbrilliantlegacyofChinesemythology

Doyouknoweachreligionorculturehasitsownideasaboutthebeginningoftheuniverse?TheBeginningoftheUniverseTheCreation(ca.1896-1902)byJamesTissotPictureSource:/wiki/Creation_myth

PanguCreatingtheWorldThereisanancientlegendinChinawhichsaidtheworldwasmadebyapersoncalledPangu.

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顶天立地Thegreatestheroistheonewhostoodbetweentheheavensandearth.

NüwaCreatingPeopleInChinesetraditionalmythology,thenaissanceisowingtoagoddessnamedNüwa.Shehadahumanbodyandasnaketail.PictureSource:

NüwaPatchingUpSkyShegatheredfive-coloredstonesandmeltedthemwhichsheusedtomendtheholesinthesky.PictureSource:/wiki/Nvwa

YiShootingDowntheSunsPictureSource:/wiki/HouyiYi,theGodofArchery,whowasarmedwithamagicbowandtenarrows(ZhangDaosheng,2011).

Asilkembroideringwithsuns(intheright)fromaWeaternHanDynastytombatMawangdui.PictureSource:/wiki/Houyi#mediaviewer/File:Western_Han_Chinese_Silk.JPG

Chang’eFlyingtotheMoonYi’sgoddesswife,Chang’ehadtoliveinthecoldandlifelessMoonPalace.PictureSource:/wiki/Chang%27e

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AfavoritesubjectforliterarycreationManypoetsinancientChinacitedthemoonintheirpoemstoexpressChang’e’sloneliness.

Mid-AutumnFestivalAtimeofrememberingcloserelativesandfriendsfarfromhomeandextendingbestwishestothemPictureSource:/w