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《酒色財氣》詩二首 __ 陳瑞文 (71)
酒入愁腸倍添憂
財法布施菩薩行
《Reunion in Hong Kong》Don Chan (71)
《Chinese Tales for Everyone: Myths and Legends_2-女媧》__江紹倫(53)
(2) Nuwa, Mother of Humankind
All people have a culture unique to them. Mythical thoughts are part of that culture. They depict the beginning of the universe and everything in it, with special meanings and purposes.
In Chinese mythology the universe began inhabited by gods and other mythical creatures, instead of human beings.
Nuwa was a goddess…..
《2017 新年詩三首》 __陳瑞文(71)
與君共祝:
新年年年新
年年新新年
綿綿歡歡樂
歡樂樂綿綿
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《Chinese Tales for Everyone: Myths and Legends_1-盤古》__ Kong Shiu Loon (53)
《Chinese Tales for Everyone_Introduction》__ Kong Shiu Loon (53)
Chinese tales have a unique character. They feature life in many forms, supernatural, natural, and immortals in between. Their activities and interactions began in mythic times, when the universe was an unknown, chaotic being.
The human ancestor Pangu (盤古) was both universe and man. The creator of humans, Nuwa (女媧) was goddess and woman. Then, there were the mythic and legendary emperors, Yandi (炎帝)and Huangdi (黄帝). That placed man in the center of all things, magnificent and humble, sharing equal rights and responsibilities, caring for all living things and the environment.