Chinese_Culture

Chinese Culture The Chinese Culture James Walker Mr.Johnson E3 December 20, 1996 This report is about the myths and beliefs of the Chinese culture. It's about the stories the Chinese created to explain the world around them, and generally how they perceived their surrounding environment. This report deals with ancient myths and the people who believed them, and what the current believes of these people are. The Southwest Creation Story The Southwest creation story is a myth which explains why people are different. The myth begins by saying that there were people on earth who were all alike, meaning there weren't people who were black, white, oriental, etc.. It states that the humans on earth all generally were the same. There were also gods who lived above the clouds in the heavens. And there was a huge heavenly ladder which started on a mountain and reached all the way up to heaven's door. It goes on to tell a story of a man who had two children. One was a girl and the other was a boy. They lived in a house which had a huge very thick roof. The man had built the roof so thick because it rained almost every chinese, man, people, duke, zoa, time, one, myth, king, gods, children, back, zhuan, very, started, said, myths, great, came, brother, about, ship, much, lived, heavens, day, water, told, thunder, story, overconfident, over, older, made, knew, killed