Chinese fairy tale-Mythology 1  - Pan Gu Created the World

At In the beginning, the world just like an egg. A man being named Pan Gu sleep in the world. After 18,000 years later, he woke up and found there was only chaos in the form of an egg. He felt uncomfortable in the small egg confinement and so he cracked it open. the ball

Open and separate As the parts separate, the heaven and the earth were thus born from chaos. The lighter parts floated up and became the sky. The heavy heavier parts deposited descended to and become the earth.  Pan Gu stood between them the two part. To keep them separated, his hands hold held up the sky and his feet stand stood on earth the land.  For the 18,000 years, he grew a height of 3 meters pushing heaven and earth apart.The sky was 3 metres higher and the land thick 3 metres everyday. 18000 years later. The sky become hightest the highest point and the land earth the deepest end.

At last, Pan Gu died.  His breath became the winds and clouds and his voice became the rolling thunder. One eye became the sun and the other one, became the moon.  His body and limbs turned into five big huge mountains and his blood formed the into roaring water rivers. His veins became far-stretching roads and his muscles,fertile lands. The innumerable stars in the sky2 came from his hair and beard, and; flowers and trees from his skin and the fine hairs on his body. His marrow turned into jade and pearls. His sweat flowed like the good transformed into rain and the sweet dew that nurtured all things on earth.  According to some versions of the Pan Gu legend, his tears flowed to make became rivers and the radiance of his eyes turned into thunder and lighting. When he was happy the sun shone, but when he was angry black clouds gathered in the sky2. One version of the legend has it that the fleas and lice on his body became the ancestors of mankind.

1.  Technically there are no fairies in Chinese as in the sense and meaning of the English word.  So Mythology (神話) is more appropriate.  仙 is usually translated as "immortal".  In certain cases such as 芙蓉仙子 or other such female denizens are they then translated as fairy, in this case Hibiscus fairy.

2.  Where else can they be?

Just a few small additions to Jeff's extensive work. Text in green is optional and depends on meaning.

Every day for the 18,000 years, he grew a height of 3 meters taller, thus pushing heaven and earth (further) apart.

The innumerable stars in the sky2 came from his hair and beard, and; the flowers and the trees came from his skin and the fine hairs on his body. (due to switch to semi-colon use, the second part must have a verb)

Chinese fairy tale-Pan Gu created the world

In the beginning, the world was just like an egg. A man named Pan Gu slept inside the world. After 18,000 years later, he woke up and found there was only chaos in the egg. He felt uncomfortable in the small egg. So he cracked the globe open and separated the heaven and the earth from chaos.
The light part floated up and become the sky. The heavy part sank down and become the earth. Pan Gu stood between the two parts. His hands held up the sky, his feet stood on the land.
The sky became 3 metres higher and the land wider by 3 metres every day. 18000 years later, the sky had reached its hightest point and the land its deepest position.
At last, Pan Gu died. His breath became the wind and clouds, his voice became the rolling thunder. One eye became the sun and the other one became the moon. His body and limbs turned to five big mountains and his blood formed the roaring water. His veins became far-stretching roads and his muscles became fertile land. The innumerable stars in the sky came from his hair and beard, and flowers and trees from his skin and the fine hairs on his body. His marrow turned to jade and pearls. His sweat flowed like the good rain and sweet dew that nurtured all things on earth. According to some versions of the Pan Gu legend, his tears flowed to make rivers and the radiance of his eyes turned into thunder and lighting. When he was happy the sun shone, but when he was angry black clouds gathered in the sky. One version of the legend has it that the fleas and lice on his body became the ancestors of mankind.