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Have you heard about the story of The beginning of the world? No? Let me tell you about it.
It's one of legends of Chinese nation. In the beginning, the universe was dark everywhere. The heaven (天) and Earth were mixed together an egg. Pangu, the creator of the universe in it. He grew bigger and stronger when sleeping in it for about 18,000 years. One day Pangu suddenly woke up and saw but darkness around him, so he tried to break the egg. When the egg got broken, something clear and light went up to be the heaven, and the heavy parts went down to become Earth.
Pangu that the heaven and Earth might come together again, so he stood and hung with his head up to the heaven and his feet down to Earth. the world continued to grow, Pangu grew in height, too. Another 18,000 years , Pangu grew up to 90,000 li ( about 45,000 kilometers ). The heaven and Earth stopped . However, Pangu was so tired that he went back to sleep and never woke up.
After his , his body turned into all the things in the universe. His left eye turned into the sun and his right eye into the moon, his arms and legs into the mountains, blood into rivers and lakes. His skin became trees and flowers. His teeth and bones became metals and stones. His breath became the wind and clouds. The beautiful world was formed.
