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1. Pangu The groundbreaking giant in the creation myth of the Han Nationality. However, the position in the Chinese myth system cannot be compared with the abated gods such as Nuwa Fuxi, the early ancient god, because the opening of heaven and earth appeared after the Han Dynasty, it can be determined that this is an ancient god who accepted the influence of the foreign creation myth. In his works, Wu Xujing of The Three Kingdoms put forward the "Pangu Egg" and "immortal", describing the chaos of heaven and earth like chicken Pangu, growing together with heaven and earth, and finally giving birth to all things. Ming people travel "open up an stream of popular biography" added a very magnificent pangu with tools to create the world of the story, formed the current popular in the world pangu said. According to the book, Pangu's tomb, located in the South China Sea, is considered to be the place where the soul of Pangu was buried. Whether the sleeping Pangu god encountered in the
trace of the sky is the soul of Pangu buried in the South China Sea?
1、盘古
汉族创世神话中开天辟地的巨人。但在中国神话系统中的地位无法与上古初代神的女娲伏羲等退位神相比较，因为盘古开天地的说法是在汉以后才出现的，可以确定这是一位接受外族创世神话影响产生的上古神。
三国吴徐整在自己的著作中提出了盘古鸡蛋说和垂死化生说，描述了天地混沌如鸡子盘古生其中，与天地一同生长，并最终化生万物的故事。
明人周游《开辟衍绎通俗志传》中则补充了非常华丽壮烈的盘古用工具开天辟地累死化生的剧情，形成了目前流行于世的盘古开天辟地说。
根据《述异记》的说法，盘古氏墓在南海，被认为是后世追葬盘古之魂的地方。天之痕中所遭遇沉睡中的盘古大神，是否就是归葬南海的盘古之魂呢?
2.Nine days xuan female Also known as "Xuan Nu" and "Yuan Nu", according to the Book of Songs, its first image is the ancestor of the merchants xuan Bird, after the history of Yin Ben Ji
mentioned that the ancestors of Yin Shang were born by their mother swallowing the Xuan bird eggs, which more rationally explains the reason why the merchants worship the xuan bird totem. Song "cloud Ji seven sign nine days xuan female legend" perfect goddess legend, said that she in the Yellow Emperor and Chiyou war trapped, by the teacher holy mother yuan Jun sent, down the side of the Yellow Emperor to line help, finally make the Yellow Emperor defeated Chiyou, xuan female meritorious in the country, was respected as a goddess. Later because of xuan female system "heaven, envy day, from day, wu day, heaven, sky, salty, heaven, all day" nine days, so called her "nine days", goddess in the absorption after receiving Taoism exclusive worship, song after many times appeared in the classical novels, the famous All Men Are Brothers, the song xuan and legacy "," female fairy history "," Xue Rengui zheng east " and so on. But at present, the most dedicated reason for the folk worship is not the wisdom of the goddess itself, but to pray to send
children to protect the students.
2.九天玄女
又称“玄女”、“元女”，根据《诗经·商颂·玄鸟》的记载，它最先的形象是商人的始祖玄鸟，之后的《史记·殷本纪》中提到殷商的祖先是由其母吞食玄鸟蛋而出生，更理性的解释了商人崇拜玄鸟图腾的原因。宋《云笈七签·九天玄女传》完善女神传说，称她于黄帝与蚩尤大战受困时，受老师圣母元君派遣，下降黄帝之侧以行帮助，终于使黄帝击败蚩尤，玄女有功于社稷，便被尊奉为女神。
后世因玄女辖制“中天、羡天、从天、吴天、苍天、廓天、咸天、上天、成天”九天，故称她“九天玄女”，女神在得到道教吸收接受专奉后崇拜甚广，宋以后多次出现在古典神怪小说中，著名的有《水浒传》，《大宋宣和遗事》，《女仙外史》,《薛仁贵征东》等等。但目前民间供奉九天玄女最专注的原因不是因为女神本身拥有的兵法智慧，而多是祈求送子护生。
3.Big Dipper Jun According to the view of "Emperor of the River", the group only mastered the stars of the stars, but was absorbed by the
early Taoism, and formed the saying "Beidou bets to death, the south fight to life". Big dipper king ordered to listen to the world credit fault, and for the decision of the life several times, for folk is exercising great power position is very important gods, so since ancient times mount tai worship the big dipper king incense, is other gods, want to be the existence of noble? Similar to the floating of powerful officials in the world, in many documents, the specific identity of the Big Dipper Lord has not been determined. According to the river Map, " The Yellow Emperor name Xuanyuan, the Beidou god.” "Cloud Gupta seven sign" said that the Beidou king is Jiangxia people called Bo Dawan, and said that the Beidou king is Jiangxia people Chen Fengchang word one million. The "The True Spirit Position industry Map" says that King Beidou is King Wu of Zhou. At present, the gorgeous series is near the end of the "Romance of the gods" in the original arrangement of Huang Feihu's third son Huang Tianxiang was named as the Big Dipper Lord!
3.北斗星君
原本是将天空中被称为“大熊星座”的星群神格化的复合式神祗团体根据《河图帝览嬉》的说法只是掌握爵禄富贵收成丰歉的星斗，但是被早期道教吸收后，形成了“北斗注死，南斗注生”的说法。
北斗星君受命听取天下人功劳过失，并因之决定其人寿数际遇，对于民间来说是行使莫大权力地位非常重要的神灵，因此自古以来泰山上供奉北斗星君的香火长盛不衰，是别的神灵难以比拟的，想来是类同人间高官显爵般的存在吧?
而与人间权贵官职浮动类似的是，在众多文献中，北斗星君的具体身份始终没有确定，《河图始开图》称“黄帝名轩辕，北斗神也。”
《云笈七签》则说北斗君是江夏人叫伯大万，又说北斗君是江夏人陈奉常字百万。《真灵位业图》则说北斗君是周武王。目前华丽连载接近尾声的《封神演义》的原著中则安排黄飞虎的第三子黄天祥被封为北斗星君!
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、精卫填海（版本一） The bird Jingwei trying to fill the sea Once upon a time, the youngest daughter of Emperor Yan, legendary ruler of primitive China, went boating on the Eastern Sea. While she was enjoying herself, a strong wind rose on the sea and her boat capsized. Just before she was buried by the surging waves, her spirit turned into a beautiful bird. As it flew over the roaring sea, it cried sadly in the sound "jinwei, jingwei". That was why people called it "Jingwei". The bird lived on a mountain near the sea. It hated the sea so much that it decided to fill it up. Every day, it flew to and fro between the mountain and the sea, carrying in a twig or a pebble from the mountain and dropping it into the sea. One day, the roaring sea said to Jingwei, "Poor little bird, stop doing that meaningless thing! You'll never fill me up." Jingwei replied, "I'll fill you up no doubt! I will, even if it'll take me thousands of years! I'll fight on until doomsday!" The brave little bird kept carrying twigs and pebbles from the mountain to the Eastern Sea without taking a rest. From this fable comes the idiom "The bird Jingwei trying to fill the sea". We use it to describe people who are firm and indomitable and will not stop until they reach their goal.