遠古
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前4000000年～
前3000000年)
就是我們都熟知的盤古開天闢地故事的主人公，傳說天地是由盤古用斧開的，這一故事到了北魏，經酈道元傳入北方。從此，盤古由流傳於南方少數民族的神話，而發展成為傳說中的中華民族共同的老祖宗。
補充
盤古氏 中國古代傳說時期中開天闢地的神。盤古事跡初見於三國時徐整著的《三五歷紀》。其後，題為南朝·梁·任昉撰的《述異記》稱盤古身體化為天地各物。根據這些記載，天地原本渾沌得像一個雞蛋，盤古生在其中，過了18000歲，然後天地開闢，陽清者(意指蛋清部分)形成了天，陰濁者(意指蛋黃部分)形成了地。隨着天的增高，地的增厚，盤古也一天天增加身體長度。他的頭和四肢變成五嶽，血液和眼淚變成江河，眼睛變成日月，毛發變成草木；他噓氣變為風雨，聲音變為雷霆，目光變為閃電；他睜眼是白天，閉目是晚上；開口為春夏，閉口為秋鼕；高興為晴天，生氣為陰天，等等。《述異記》並指出，上述有關盤古的傳說，或出於古說，或産生於秦漢，或盛行於吳越之地，或為先儒之說；而古人為了紀念他，在南海建有盤古墓，在桂林建有盤古廟。《三五歷紀》並說盤古之後纔出現三皇。
南方桂西一帶，今天還在民間流傳着這樣的《盤古開天闢地歌》：
盤古開天地，
造山坡河流，
劃洲來住人，
造海來蓄水。
盤古開天地，
分山地平原，
開闢三岔路，
四處有路通。
盤古開天地，
造日月星辰，
因為有盤古，
人才得光明。
（參閱黃現璠著《壯族通史》)
Pangu's epoch-making period of ancient Chinese legend of the gods. Pan Gu story has shown signs of the Three Kingdoms, Xu whole with the "35 Li Chi." Subsequently, the Southern Liang Ren Fang essays entitled the "Shu Yi Ji," Gu said the body into the material world. According to these records, the original chaotic world like an egg, Pangu was born in which, after a 18,000-year-old, then heaven and earth to open up, Yang Qing person (meaning egg white part) formed a day, overcast cloud persons (mean yolk part) form the ground. As the day higher, to the thickening, Pan Gu is also an increase in body length every day. His head and limbs into the saying, blood and tears into a river, into sun, moon eyes, hair into vegetation; he Shiqi into wind and rain, the sound becomes thunder, lightning eyes into; his eyes open during the day, eyes closed at night; opening for the spring and summer, closed for the winter; pleased to sunny, angry as cloudy, and so on. "Shu Yi Ji" and noted that the above Pangu legend, or out of old said, or produced in the Qin and Han dynasties, or prevailing in the land of Wu and Yue, or Xianru of that; and ancient in his honor, Pangu built in the South China Sea tomb, built in Guilin disk temple. "35 Li Chi," and that only appeared after the Three Wise Kings Pangu.
Made slope rivers,
The dawn of heaven and earth,
A road leads everywhere.
Because of Pangu,