π Legends of China
οΌ File legend4 legends and folk tales from China, mapped to where they were born and retold one by one.
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π Nian, the New Year Beast
The noise, red decorations and fireworks of Chinese New Year all trace, in legend, to a fearsome monster called Nian. Storytellers describe him as ...
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π Chang'e, Goddess of the Moon
Every Mid-Autumn Festival, families across China raise mooncakes to the sky in memory of Chang'e, the lady who dwells on the Moon. In the age of le...
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π The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl
Chinese lovers gaze at the summer sky to find the sorrowful lovers of the Qixi legend, said to have first been told in the ancient heartland along ...
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π The Legend of the White Snake
Beside the misty waters of West Lake in Hangzhou unfolds one of China's four great folk romances. A white snake spirit named Bai Suzhen cultivates ...