I know I didn't explain this story in class
clear enough, so here it is..
In
the beginning, there was nothing but a mysterious chaos. And a giant person
named Pan Gu lived in the egg-shaped cosmic. There was one more person before
Pan Gu, but he did not know what to think, and he enjoyed living in the dark. But
Pan Gu was different; he was lonely and he wanted to create lives, so he took
out an ax around to split this chaotic world into two.
He was afraid that the two parts might composite, so he reached
his hands to heaven, and propped his feet against the ground to make sure they
stay separated. Heaven and earth became more and more apart as he kept growing
taller and bigger. When the distance between heaven and earth is 36,000
kilometers, Pan Gu could finally take a break to look down to earth. He
realized his
blood turned into water; the water gave birth to a million insects, and a lot
of other creatures were produced.
So that’s the Chinese
mythological explanation of how the world was created. But where do humans come
from?
A half human half snake goddess named Nv Wa lived in the world Pan
Gu had created. She enjoyed the nature and hanging out with the animals, yet
she was lonely. One day, she saw her beautiful shadow in the Yellow River, so
she decided to create herself some company. She used her dexterous hands to mix
mud and water from the yellow river.
Soon, several little figures were
created. They didn't look exactly like Nv
Wa, because they had legs instead of tails, and they were also divided into male
and female anatomy. Nv Wa was so happy she wanted to create more humans. However,
It was impossible to create millions of humans one by one. She came up with an
idea to stir up the mud onto bottom of the river bed with a rope and throw the rope in the air. Amazingly, the
small mud dots all dropped on the ground and became humans. 
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