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Hi! I'm Yihua Xia from China. You can call me Olivia^_^. I intend to double major in Math and Philosophy, but I am not sure if my English is good enough for Philosophy >.< I am also interested in Politics. Debating over social issues sounds very exciting and interesting to me. I want to be a future leader and to do something to change the world. I also like Arts. I am a fork dancer since I was four and know a little bit of Chinese Opera dancing. I love to see beautiful and creative paintings, architectures, and sculptures, but I can't draw at all and don't want to major in them. I also like to read about creative ideas and little new inventions, which make me excited.
There are two stories I want to share. The first one is the formation of a lake called "Namucuo" in Tibet. I searched online so hard but didn't find any English edition, so I am going to try my best to summarize and translate the Chinese edition. Namucuo is the daughter of God, she fell in love with Dangla, who was a hero and killed the devil. They decided to stay in Tibet to protect the local people. Thus, namucuo became Lake Namucuo, and Dangla became Dangla Mountains, and their love lasts forever.
Here is the picture of Namucuo:
http://www.google.com/images?um=1&hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&biw=1280&bih=607&tbs=isch%3A1&sa=1&q=namucuo&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=
The other story is the Tibetan Creation Myth:
http://www.crosby-lundin.com/tibet/culture/folktales/creation.html
I love those stories so much because, unlike other creation stories, Tibetan stories are full of love and care from God. The main characters are always trying to help human beings, trying to protect them, and giving them peace, which I find really interesting and different.