Chinese Folktale: Huang Di Xuan Yuan
The Three Emperors and the Five Emperors （三皇五帝） are all legendary tribal leaders in ancient China, and the most familiar of them is Huang Di (the Yellow Emperor, 黄帝). The…
Chinese Mythology: Marriage of Fu Xi and Nu Wa
On the earth, there were many people and animals originally, but due to a great catastrophe, they all disappeared, leaving only Fu Xi （伏羲） and Nu Wa （女娲）.What kind of…
Chinese Mythology: The Legend of HeTu Luo Shu
He Tu and Luo Shu （河图洛书）, consists of black and white dots, two mysterious patterns handed down from ancient China, contain profound cosmic astrological theory, known as the “magic formula…
Chinese Folk Tales: The Legend of the Wordless Heavenly Book
The word “heavenly book （天书）” was born in ancient times, and it is said that the He Tu and Luo Shu were heavenly books, and there are also many folk…
Chinese folklore: Money tree and treasure basin
Money tree （摇钱树） and treasure basin （聚宝盆） are unique phenomena in Chinese culture, which are products of people’s conceptual consciousness. They retain the primitive worship of trees and also symbolize…
Chinese Folk Tales: The Legend of the Chinese Zodiac
The twelve signs of the Chinese zodiac, also known as the phases of the genus, are the twelve animals in China that match the twelve earthly branches with the year…
Chinese Folk Tale: The Marriage of the Goddess
“The Marriage of the Goddess” mainly tells the story of the beautiful and kind-hearted Seven Immortals who fell in love with the simple and honest young man Dong Yong on…
Chinese Folk Tale: The Swan Fairy and the Toad God
This is a folk legend of the Bai people circulating in Yunnan Province. It not only tells about the cruelty and selfishness of human beings who shoot swans, but also…
Chinese Mythology: The Four Divine Beasts – Qing Long, Bai Hu, Zhu Que, Xuan Wu
The four divine beasts （四大神兽） are important symbols in ancient Chinese culture, namely the Qing Long （青龙）, the Bai Hu （白虎）, the Zhu Que （朱雀） and the Xuan Wu （玄武）.…
Chinese Folk Tale: Shi Gan Dang Getting Rid of Demons
Shi Gan Dang （石敢当）, also known as Tai Shan Shi Gan Dang （泰山石敢当）, is a deity in ancient Chinese folk beliefs, with the symbolic meaning of driving away evil spirits…