Di Jun and Xihe bore the ten suns, and each morning Xihe bathes one sun-crow in the Tanggu Pool and drives it across the sky in her chariot, giving the world its ten-day week.
The ten suns roosted among the branches of Fusang, the colossal mulberry tree rising from the boiling waters at the world's eastern edge, and each morning Xihe bathed one sun-crow in the pool at its roots before driving it across the sky.
Houyi shot down nine of the ten suns, who were the children of Xihe, ending their scorching rampage across the sky.
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