Pangu Village Ruins

　　    The Pangu Village Ruins are situated in Mugangsi Village, Dongxiating Town, approximately 20 kilometers northeast of Xihua County. According to legend, Pangu, the mythological figure who created the heavens and the earth, is said to be buried here. The village was historically known as “Pangu Village,” and its ruins are located to the southeast of the current settlement. Over the centuries, floods carried silt that gradually filled the village, turning it into a low-lying area. Residents eventually moved away, and today the site presents as a pond covering an area of about ten acres. To the east of the village lies the site of Pangu’s Tomb, stretching 2,500 meters from north to south and 500 meters from east to west. Due to repeated flooding by the Yellow River, the tomb mound has long been leveled. Beside the tomb is the “Pangu Well,” which has never been filled even during heavy rains and floods over the years, and is now a sunken hollow. Many years ago, a stone brick carving inscribed with the words “Pangu Village” from the Song Dynasty was unearthed here and has since been preserved. In ancient times, the area had both Pangu’s Tomb Mound and a once-flourishing temple complex of over a hundred acres (now defunct), leading to its later name “Mugangsi” (Tomb Mound Temple). The character “墓” (tomb) in the village name was later considered inauspicious, so it was changed to “木” (wood), becoming “Mugangsi,” the name that has endured to this day. In ancient times, this was one of the key centers for ancestral worship and sacrificial ceremonies by both common people and emperors throughout the dynasties. Before the founding of the People’s Republic of China, over a hundred imperial sacrificial steles were preserved here, but they were later destroyed.

　　     The Pangu Village Ruins are located 10 kilometers west of Nüwa City and 30 kilometers east of Fuxi Taihao Mausoleum. They are among the very few remaining Pangu cultural heritage sites in China and hold significant importance for the study of ancient cultures in both China and the world.

　　    Source: Office of the People's Government of Xihua County