Useful for understanding China
Like myths, a very large number of Chinese folktales are woven into the bloodstream of the Chinese people, influencing their thoughts and behaviors. Understanding these stories will enable you to understand China more smoothly and communicate with them effectively.
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…
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…
“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…
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…
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…
The Goddess of Salt Water is the leader of the Salt Water tribe, and the Tujia people respectfully refer to her as the Goddess of Deji. It is said that…
Legend has it that Du Kang （杜康）, the inventor of winemaking in ancient Chinese legend, was, according to one theory, the ruler of the Xia Dynasty, and according to another,…
Zhong Kui （钟馗） is the god of Chinese folklore who drives away ghosts and evil spirits. Legend has it that he was born in the early Tang Dynasty at the…
Ji Gong （济公）, commonly known as Li Xiuyuan, Daoji, today’s Zhejiang Province, Tiantai County) Yongning village people, the Southern Song Dynasty monks, later honoured as the ‘Ji Gong living Buddha’.…
The legend of the Acacia tree expresses the Chinese people’s praise and yearning for beautiful love. During the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a guest named Han Ping in…