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Kunlun Mountain: The Axis of the Chinese Cosmos

The mythological mountain at the center of everything — home of gods, gateway to heaven, and source of immortality.

5 min read

Nüwa Creates Humanity: Sculpting People from Yellow Earth

The goddess who molded humans from clay and repaired the broken sky — China's most beloved creation deity.

5 min read

Pangu and the Cosmic Egg: The Chinese Creation Myth

How the universe began with a giant waking inside an egg — the Chinese creation story that influenced 2,000 years of mythology.

5 min read

The Cosmology of the Shanhaijing: How Ancient Chinese Mapped the Universe

The Classic of Mountains and Seas does not just catalog creatures. It describes an entire cosmos — with a square earth, a layered heaven, and a geography that makes no sense until you understand its logic.

6 min read

Shanhaijing Cosmology: How Ancient China Imagined the Universe

The Shanhaijing describes a universe with a square earth, a round heaven, pillars holding up the sky, and a world tree connecting all realms. It is wrong about physics — but fascinating about imagination.

5 min read

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