The Ultimate Fight: Red Child Vs. Monkey King
The Monkey King is by far one of the most powerful figures in Chinese folklore, singlehandedly taking on entire legions of celestial generals and felling the mightiest of monsters with a single blow.
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The Four Beauties
If you’ve ever strolled through the aisles of a Chinese supermarket, you may have...
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Get to Know: Colorful Characters from Outlaws of the Marsh
Outlaws of the Marsh is one of the greatest and most action-packed classics of...
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A Lady’s Guide to Manchurian Etiquette
Six tips if you ever find yourself transported back to the Qing Dynasty...
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A Story of Selfless Beauty
One of ancient China’s Four Beauties is often depicted atop horseback with a...
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Traditional Chinese Artistic Motifs: The Skies and Heaven Beyond
A look at traditional Chinese artistic motifs inspired by heavenly realms.
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How a Beauty Trap Ended a Brutal Dictatorship
The story of Lady Diao Chan, from Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
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The Story of Liang and Zhu
One of China’s best-known folktales, the story of Liang and Zhu can be traced back a...
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Monkey King in the Queendom
The four pilgrims arrive in a land of only women...and one scorpion demon.
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The Cold Cave: A Tale of Devotion
The ultimate tale of a young woman's perseverance and endurance...
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The Phoenix of the Orient
What we know of the oriental phoenix, or fèng huáng (鳳凰), comes from...
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Monkey King at Fire Mountain
Monkey King versus Princess Iron Fan: a tale of humor and trickery.
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Mythistory’s Divine Farmer
Meet the demi-god emperor with a man’s body, an ox’s head, a transparent...
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Mythistory: Great Yu Controls the Waters
It was around 3,000 B.C.E., when a great flood plagued the Middle Kingdom...
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The Goddess of Compassion: Bodhisattva Guan Yin
This goddess of mercy can help solve any problem, but only for those who lead a life of...
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Pigsy from Journey to the West
Pigsy's is a story of a man-pig embarking on a sacred journey. But how did that come...
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The Four-Faced Yellow Emperor of Mythistory
Was he real or a myth? Emperor and inventor, or Taoist cultivator and...
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Mythistory Makes Music
How did Chinese music begin? An ancient legend says it happened like this…
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Mighty Mom of Mythistory
Out of the myriad divinities from China’s Mythistory, who is the one goddess...
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Mythistory Begins
The Chinese tale of creation stars a selfless giant who did all he could do before...
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