Chinese Folktale: Jiang Tai Gong Fishing
Jiang Tai Gong was a Chinese militarist, statesman, tactician and thinker at the end of the Shang Dynasty, and a founding father of the Western Zhou Dynasty, who lived to…
Chinese Mythology: Guan Yin Delivering Paintings
Guan Yin Bodhisattva （观音菩萨）, everyone calls her Guan Shi Yin （观世音）, meaning she can hear all the voices in the world. She is a very merciful Bodhisattva in Buddhism, with…
Chinese Mythology: Ma Zu
Ma Zu （妈祖）, known as the “Sea Goddess （海神娘娘）” by everyone, is the patron saint of sea navigation. She was originally a girl named Lin Mo from Meizhou Island in…
Chinese Folktale: The Legend of Alishan
Long ago, there was a bare mountain called Bald Mountain. There was nothing on it. In the Bald Mountain lived a young hunter called Ali. One day, while hunting, he…
Chinese Folktale: Wangdi Turning into a cuckoo
Long, long ago, the first king of Shu was Cancong. He taught everyone how to raise silkworms, and the silkworm industry in Sichuan became very developed as a result. The…
Chinese Mythology: Liuhe Filling the River
Long, long ago, there lived a bad-tempered Long king in the Qiantang River. He and his shrimp soldiers and crab generals always bullied the people, causing the tides to rise…
Chinese mythology: Lei Shen (the Thunder God)
Legend has it that Lei Shen (the god of thunder, 雷神) lives in Leize （雷泽）, which has the head of a man and the body of a Long （dragon, 龙）.…
Chinese Mythology: The Legend of the Year (Nian)
Legend has it that in ancient China, there was a monster called “Nian （年）” that was extremely fierce and would come ashore every year to harm people and livestock. Every…
Chinese Folk Tale: The Lamplighter Girl
In the Ming Dynasty, a woman named Mu Ding lived in Luji Village, Huize County. She was diligent but lived in poverty due to heavy taxes. Mu Ding was clever…
Chinese myth: Yue Lao
In the second year of Yuanhe in the Tang Dynasty, a scholar named Wei Gu went to Qinghe to visit a friend. On the way, he stayed at the Nandian…