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 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 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…
Chinese Folktale: Wangdi Turning into a cuckoo
很Hěn久jiǔ很hěn久jiǔ以yǐ前qián ， 蜀shǔ国guó的de第dì一yī个gè国guó王wáng是shì蚕cán丛cóng 。 Long, long ago, the first king of Shu was Cancong. 他Tā教jiāo大dà家jiā怎zěn么me养yǎng蚕cán ， 四sì川chuān的de养yǎng蚕cán业yè因yīn此cǐ变biàn得de非fēi常cháng发fā达dá 。 He taught…
Chinese Folk Tale: The Lamplighter Girl
明Míng朝cháo年nián间jiān ， 有yǒu位wèi名míng叫jiào沐mù定dìng的de妇fù女nǚ住zhù在zài会huì泽zé县xiàn鲁lǔ机jī村cūn 。 In the Ming Dynasty, a woman named Mu Ding lived in Luji Village, Huize County. 她Tā勤qín劳láo但dàn生shēng活huó贫pín困kùn…
Chinese Folktale: Gan Jiang and Mo Ye
春Chūn秋qiū时shí期qī ， 有yǒu对duì铸zhù剑jiàn高gāo手shǒu夫fū妇fù ， 名míng叫jiào干gān将jiāng和hé莫mò邪yé 。 In the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a couple of skilled swordsmiths named…
Chinese Folktale: Meng Jiang Nu Wept Down the Great Wall
从Cóng前qián ， 秦qín朝cháo时shí有yǒu两liǎng位wèi邻lín居jū ， 孟mèng老lǎo汉hàn和hé姜jiāng老lǎo汉hàn 。 Once upon a time, there were two neighbors during the Qin Dynasty, Old Man…
Chinese Folktale: He Bo Takes a Wife
战Zhàn国guó时shí期qī ， 西xī门mén豹bào做zuò了le邺yè县xiàn的de县xiàn令lìng 。 During the Warring States period, Xi Men Bao became the magistrate of Ye Cheng County. 他Tā上shàng任rèn后hòu…