Story of China
The Myth of the Origins of the Chinese People
Clip: Episode 1 | 2m 28sVideo has Closed Captions
Michael Wood joins a million pilgrims at a temple festival for China’s ancient gods.
Michael Wood joins a million pilgrims at a temple festival in the Chinese countryside to celebrate the myth of the mother-goddess Nüwa and her brother Fuxi, which has been handed down from prehistory. The people tell how the ancestors of the Chinese people Nüwa and Fuxi created humanity- by mixing their own blood with the yellow mud of the Yellow River!
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Story of China
The Myth of the Origins of the Chinese People
Clip: Episode 1 | 2m 28sVideo has Closed Captions
Michael Wood joins a million pilgrims at a temple festival in the Chinese countryside to celebrate the myth of the mother-goddess Nüwa and her brother Fuxi, which has been handed down from prehistory. The people tell how the ancestors of the Chinese people Nüwa and Fuxi created humanity- by mixing their own blood with the yellow mud of the Yellow River!
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