Chinese Creation Myths

Pan Gu Created the World

When we talk about history of China and trace it to the very beginning, instead of evolution or primitive people, it usually reminds the story how Pan Gu--the first being, created the world.
It's said, the whole world was originally chaos with no light or sound, like an egg, Pan Gu was born in it. After 18 thousand years, he woke up and separated the world with an ax (I know, the chaos not only gave birth to a man, but also to an ax! ). All the light things went up and became the sky, all the heavy things went down and became the earth, Pan Gu stood in the middle.
Every day, the sky got 10 feet higher, the earth got 10 feet thicker, and Pan Gu got 10 feet taller. Another 18 thousand years late, the sky was extremely high, the earth was extremely thick, and Pan Gu decided to sacrifice himself to make a vibrant world. 
The moment he was down, his left eye became the sun, his right eye became the moon, his blood became rivers, his sweat became lakes, his body became mountains, his hairs became grasslands and forests, his breath became wind and his sound became thunder.

Nuwa Created Human Beings

Nuwa is a great goddess of creation who could create at least 70 things every day, it's said she had human head and snake body. Her most famous achievements include making human beings and mending the sky.
After the creation of the world by Pan Gu, there were beautiful landscapes and even animals, but something's missing. Nuwa rambled all over the world but felt quite lonely. One day, she rested beside a pool, from which clear water reflected her face. Then she came up with the idea to make something like herself. So she shaped a figure after her image with handy clay and water. When the work was done, the figure came alive and called her mom. Nuwa was very happy and named the figure "human", then she continued making more and more ones. Finally she was tired, and there were too many ones to make for the big world. She got a vine，stuck it into mud water and then waved it. Each point of the mud became a person. Thus, Nuwa made a lot of people. In order to keep people reproducing by themselves, Nuwa also established marriage system. So the world is the way we see now.