2022年12月1日 · Fuxi (伏羲) is seen as mankind’s first male ancestor in Chinese mythology. Along with being a god of creation, he is revered as the inventor of fishing, writing, and domesticating animals.

2022年12月1日 · Nuwa (女媧) is a popular Chinese goddess associated with fertility and marriage. She created mankind in two different origin myths; once by shaping people out of clay, and once by repopulating the world after a flood.

2022年12月1日 · Shennong (神農) is the founder of agriculture and the father of traditional Chinese medicine. Concerned for the health of his village, he experimented with different types of plants to test their effects on the body.

2022年11月29日 · The pantheon of Chinese gods and goddesses is extensive, spanning thousands of years as well as different ethnic groups and changing geographical boundaries. Some of the most enduring deities are Pangu, the Jade Emperor, Guanyin, Sun Wukong, and the Eight Immortals.

2022年12月1日 · Pangu (盤古) is an ancient Chinese deity considered to be the first living being and creator of the world. Emerging from an egg containing the entire cosmos, his birth released the universe.

2022年12月1日 · Xiwangmu (西王母) is the powerful Chinese goddess married to the Jade Emperor, who tends to the Peaches of Immortality. Originally a demonic figure, she repented and achieved enlightenment, and presides over life and death.

2022年12月2日 · The Wufang Shangdi (五方上帝), or “Five August Emperors,” are Chinese mythology’s physical manifestations of the Daoist concept of heaven. Their behavior serves as an example to all mankind.

2022年12月1日 · The Jade Emperor (玉皇) is one of Chinese mythology’s most important and popular deities. He is considered to be the ruler of heaven, one of the highest ranking gods, and the very first of the Chinese emperors.

2022年12月1日 · Cangjie (倉頡) is the legendary Chinese cultural hero credited with inventing the Chinese writing system. The official historian of the Yellow Emperor, he took inspiration from nature in devising his new method of recording information.

2022年12月1日 · Hou Yi (后羿) is Chinese mythology’s greatest archer, who saved humanity by shooting down nine of the ten suns. He is married to the moon goddess Chang’e, who stole the elixir of immortality from him.