Chinese Folktales: Mu Wang’s Journey to the West
Preface: Zhou Mu Wang was the fifth ruler of the Western Zhou Dynasty in China, ruling for 55 years, making…
Chinese Folktale: Fighting the Long King
Preface: This is a legendary story about the origin of the Qiantang Tide on the Qiantang River in China. 很Hěn久jiǔ以yǐ前qián…
Chinese Folktale: The Cat’s Bridge
Preface: The story of Cat’s Bridge took place in Hangzhou, and he told us: we should be a kind-hearted person,…
Chinese Folktale: Jinniu Lake
Preface: West Lake, also known as Qiantang Lake, located in Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, China, is one of the three…
Chinese Folktale: February 2nd Long Heads Up
Preface: Long Head Raising Festival (February 2 of the lunar calendar), also known as Spring Plowing Festival, Agricultural Festival, Green…
Chinese Mythology: The Legend of Fu Xi
Preface: Fu Xi is the legendary ancestor of Chinese civilization, also known as the “ Zu ‘, is honored as…
Chinese Folktale: Jiang Tai Gong Fishing
Preface: Jiang Tai Gong was a Chinese militarist, statesman, tactician and thinker at the end of the Shang Dynasty, and…
Chinese Mythology: Guan Yin Delivering Paintings
观Guān音yīn菩pú萨sà ， 大dà家jiā都dōu叫jiào她tā观guān世shì音yīn ， 意yì思sī是shì她tā能néng听tīng到dào世shì间jiān所suǒ有yǒu的de声shēng音yīn 。 Guan Yin Bodhisattva, everyone calls her Guan Shi Yin, meaning she can hear all…
Chinese Mythology: Ma Zu
妈Mā祖zǔ ， 大dà家jiā都dōu叫jiào她tā “ 海hǎi神shén娘niáng娘niáng ”， 是shì海hǎi上shàng航háng运yùn的de保bǎo护hù神shén 。 Ma Zu, known as the “Sea Goddess” by everyone, is the patron…
Chinese Folktale: The Legend of Alishan
很Hěn久jiǔ以yǐ前qián ， 有yǒu座zuò光guāng秃tū秃tū的de山shān ， 名míng叫jiào秃tū山shān ， 山shān上shàng什shén么me都dōu没méi有yǒu 。 Long ago, there was a bare mountain called Bald Mountain. There was…