Chinese Folk Tales: The Legend of the Wordless Heavenly Book
Preface: The word “heavenly book” was born in ancient times, and it is said that the He Tu and Luo…
Chinese folklore: Money tree and treasure basin
Preface: Money tree and treasure basin are unique phenomena in Chinese culture, which are products of people’s conceptual consciousness. They…
Chinese Folk Tales: The Legend of the Chinese Zodiac
Preface: The twelve signs of the Chinese zodiac, also known as the phases of the genus, are the twelve animals…
Chinese Folk Tale: The Marriage of the Goddess
Preface: “The Marriage of the Goddess” mainly tells the story of the beautiful and kind-hearted Seven Immortals who fell in…
Chinese Folk Tale: The Swan Fairy and the Toad God
Preface: This is a folk legend of the Bai people circulating in Yunnan Province. It not only tells about the…
Chinese Folk Tale: Shi Gan Dang Getting Rid of Demons
Preface: Shi Gan Dang, also known as Tai Shan Shi Gan Dang, is a deity in ancient Chinese folk beliefs,…
Chinese Folktale: The Goddess of Salt Water
Preface: The Goddess of Salt Water is the leader of the Salt Water tribe, and the Tujia people respectfully refer…
Chinese Folk Tale: Du Kang, the Wine Immortal
Preface: Legend has it that Du Kang, the inventor of winemaking in ancient Chinese legend, was, according to one theory,…
Chinese Folk Tale: Zhong Kui Catching Ghosts
Preface: Zhong Kui is the god of Chinese folklore who drives away ghosts and evil spirits. Legend has it that…
Chinese Folklore: Ji Gong, the Living Buddha
Preface: Ji Gong, commonly known as Li Xiuyuan, Daoji, today’s Zhejiang Province, Tiantai County) Yongning village people, the Southern Song…