Chinese Folktale: The Long King Loses Chess
Preface: This is a folk tale of human beings’ victory over the immortal gods in chess, expressing the spirit of…
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Ao Guang (敖广) is the Long (dragon) King of the East China Sea, the king of the Longs in ancient Chinese mythology, the head of the “Four Long Kings”, and the king of all the water tribes. He ruled over the East China Sea and was responsible for rain, thunder, floods, tidal waves, tsunamis, etc. In Chinese mythology, the Long King of the East China Sea was the king of the Long tribe. In Chinese mythology, the Long King of the East China Sea resides in the crystal palace on the bottom of the East China Sea (Huaguo Mountain Waterfall can be reached directly to the Long Palace). Although it is the god of rain, it maintains a large special freedom, rainfall on earth by other rivers and lakes and wells Long King completed, rarely need the East China Sea Long King personally rain. The authority of the ocean is owned by the Long King, and the Heavenly Court is generally left to its autonomy.
Preface: This is a folk tale of human beings’ victory over the immortal gods in chess, expressing the spirit of…