This painting shows Fuxi and Nüwa from the Chinese myth of the creation of heaven and earth. The two deities in the middle have the upper half of a human and the lower half of a snake. The one on the left is Nüwa, and the right one is Fuxi. They hold a compass and a bent ruler, respectively. These tools are related to the cosmological view of a round heaven and a square earth. In the background are the sun, moon, and constellations, including the Big Dipper, all of which depict a microcosm. This painting is based on a Chinese theme, but the shading in the faces and hands and the representation of the sun and moon demonstrate Central Asian conventions.