Chinese giants

Pangu or Pan Gu

thumb|Illustration from the Complete Classics Collection of Ancient China (early 18th century) thumb|Stone carving at the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor, with inscription "Kua Fu Chases the Sun" Kuafu () is a giant in Chinese mythology who wished to capture the Sun. He was a grandson of Houtu.

thumb|Xingtian as drawn by Jiang Yinghao, 17th century Xingtian (, also '''Hsing T'ien''') is a Chinese deity who fights against the Supreme Divinity, not giving up even after he was decapitated. Losing the fight for supremacy, he was beheaded and his head buried in Changyang Mountain. Nevertheless, headless, with a shield in one hand and a battle axe in the other, he continues the fight, using his nipples as eyes and his belly button as a mouth. ==Description== Xingtian was an official under Yandi. Yandi fought against Huangdi for the position of supreme god, but he lost the conflict. Xingtia

Fangfeng () is a character from Chinese mythology as well as a god in Chinese popular religion. As a mythological figure, Fangfeng is mostly known for arriving late for an assembly called by Yu the Great after the end of the Great Flood and then being executed at the orders of Yu. Because Fangfeng was a giant (of nearly 33 feet), the executioner had to build a large dike in order to reach his head. Modern myths and legends regarding Fangfeng in China tend to emphasize that Fangfeng was wrongly executed; that the reason Fangfeng was late for the assembly was that on his way there he encountered