10/04/2015
Nüwa and Shoushan Stones
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Nüwa (or Nügua), who has the lower parts of a snake, is the most famous goddess in ancient Chinese mythology known for creating mankind and repairing the sky. And there is a story between her and the Shoushan Stones.
The story began thousands of years ago with the battle between two deities, Gong Gong and Zhu Rong. Gong Gong was finally defeated and flew into rage with shame. He knocked down the pillar of the heaven, leaving a big black hole in the sky. From then on, the earth cracked open, fires blazed out of control, water flooded everywhere and fierce animals ate the innocent. Many people were killed in this unprecedented disaster.
Nüwa was so sad to see mankind who she had created were suffering that she decided to fix the sky and end this catastrophe. By using the five-colored stones melted together, she succeeded to patch up the hole. Due to her endless efforts, people on earth could enjoy their lives again.
Nüwa was happy to see that but had no idea about how to deal with the colored stones left. An old deity gave her a suggestion that she could build a stone mountain on the earth for mankind as a refuge to protect them from the future floods. Nüwa accepted it and there came the Shoushan Mountain with the brightly colored Shoushan Stones inside.
女娲补天遗石寿山
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人身蛇尾的女娲是中国古代神话中的女神，在中国家喻户晓。相传她用土创造了人类并修补了破损的苍天，寿山石据说就是她补天后遗落在人间的五彩石。
故事要从洪荒時代的一场纷争说起。几千年前，水神共工和火神祝融因吵架而大打出手，水神共工最终打輸，他羞憤难当，一下撞倒了支撑天地的大柱，天空出现了一个大窟窿。由此地面断裂，山林起火，洪水汹涌，猛兽食人，人类面临着空前的大灾难。
女娲目睹人类的惨状无比心痛，于是她决心补天以终止这场灾难。她收集并熔炼了五彩石，用它们将天上的窟窿填好。经过她的不懈努力，人们终于又过上了美好的生活。
看到人们愉快得生活，女娲很开心。但是面对没有用完的五彩石，她又有些犯愁。一个老神仙给她出主意，为什么不用它们在人间垒一座山呢？这样如若以后又洪水来犯，人们就有地方躲避。女娲接受了他的建议，于是地面上就有了“寿山”和里面蕴藏的色彩斑斓的寿山石。
