Cover art for Chinese Myths and Folk Tales
Published
Barnes & Noble, February 2020
ISBN
9781435169852
Format
Hardcover, 704 pages
Dimensions
24.1cm × 15.9cm

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Chinese culture is rich with marvelous folklore, and this exquisitely designed collection draws on that magnificent historical repository.

It features more than 200 fables and tales chosen from Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio and other classic compendiums. Here are legends of ancient demons, strange ghosts, magic swords, evil sorcerers, diabolical transformations, flying ogres, fairy foxes, powerful gods, and more.

They include: The Painted Wall, The Flower Nymphs, The Boatmen of Lao-lung, The King of the Nine Mountains, The Disowned Princess, and dozens more.

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