Chinese Creation Myth Interpretation

The creation of universe and the creation of humankind are two subjects in culture study. The mythical thinking is the characteristic of the creation myths which study the problem.The writer analyses the creation myths in china from the view on the creation of world and humankind. The first is Pangu myth of the creation of world which describes the process of everything coming on and the relation of humankind and nature. A formless void is a prevalent cognition when people think of the creation of universe. Furthermore, it offers a philosophical ontic conception. The idea of the origination not only affects the shape of universal conception, but also becomes a pattern of creation. The means of origination that Pangu's body becomes universe directly reveals the syncretism of nature and human and the continuity of existence which is one of the characteristics in Chinese thinking. The second is about the Fuxi and Nuwa myth that narrates the creation of human being. The myth contains three parts. The first part is the analysis of Nuwa's function which mainly bases on the " form of the hominine head and sneak body and stone. It unfolds the deity's essence— the adoration of procreation. The creation of humankind by earth that is a prevalent phenomenon in different culture, unfolds the adoration of earth. The second part is the fact that Fuxi and Nuwa create the world jointly, and this fact is different from the creation mode independently. The third part is the creation order on Chu silk myth according with the customary observances of the seventh day of the first month of Chinese lunar year. The accord explains that the creation myths as a part of national unconsciousness, deposits the deep of civilization. The deep-seated development of the creation myth is the second creation. The story that Nuwa mends heaven is the creation myth for the second time in China. Contrastively, the creation myth for the second time has been contained the consideration of culture, such as, the thought of the goodness and the evil, the consciousness of rebirth of selves, the historical -recurrence, and so on.Contrasting with other creation myths in world, the creation myths in china give prominences to the Qi's movement in the relation of humankind and nature, and differfrom the conflict of humankind and nature which promotes the development of scientific exploration. The creation myths in china strongly show the emphasis on the deity of ancestor and the immanent surpassing death differing from the original sin and the other shore surpassing the death in western myths.