Houyi and the Ten Suns
Author: Francis Gerard
Publisher: Classic Chinese Tales
Published: 2018-12-31
Total Pages: 56
ISBN-13: 9781912895021
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Chinese Myths for Early Childhood--Houyi Shot the Suns
Author: Duan Zhang Quyi Studio N/A
Publisher: A Day in the Life of the Gods
Published: 2022-10-15
Total Pages: 40
ISBN-13: 9781487809935
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The six books of "Chinese Myths for Early Childhood" as part of the series "A Day in the Life of the Gods" are excellent reading primers on traditional Chinese culture for young children. The stories are based on classical Chinese myths including "Pangu Split Heaven and Earth," "Nügua Created Humans," "Kuafu Chased the Sun," "Houyi Shot the Suns," "Shen Nong Tasted Herbs," and "The Yellow Emperor Beat Chiyou." With romantic painting techniques, simple texts, cute cartoon characters, bright colors, and pictures full of imagination, the books interpret classical Chinese mythology in a way that is accessible and beneficial to children.
The Shadow in the Moon
Author: Christina Matula
Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing
Published: 2018-07-17
Total Pages: 36
ISBN-13: 1580897460
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A unique blend of traditional folklore and contemporary customs brings the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival to life. Two sisters and their grandmother celebrate a popular Chinese holiday with family. Their favorite part? Mooncakes, of course--along with Ah-ma's story of the ancient Chinese tale of Hou Yi, a brave young archer, and his wife, Chang'E. A long, long time ago, Hou Yi rescued the earth from the heat of ten suns. The Immortals rewarded him with a magic potion that could let him live in the sky with them forever. But when a thief tries to steal the potion, what will Chang'E do to keep it out of dangerous hands? The sisters are mesmerized by Ah-ma's retelling and the fact that the very mooncakes they enjoy each holiday are a symbol of this legend's bravest soul.
Handbook of Chinese Mythology
Author: Lihui Yang
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 309
ISBN-13: 0195332636
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Compiled from ancient and scattered texts and based on groundbreaking new research, Handbook of Chinese Mythology is the most comprehensive English-language work on the subject ever written from an exclusively Chinese perspective. This work focuses on the Han Chinese people but ranges across the full spectrum of ancient and modern China, showing how key myths endured and evolved over time. A quick reference section covers all major deities, spirits, and demigods, as well as important places, mythical animals and plants, and related items.
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Myths & Legends of China
Author: Edward Theodore Chalmers Werner
Publisher: London, Harrap
Published: 1922
Total Pages: 562
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Offering a provocative glimpse into a world dominated by traditional rules of etiquette and inhabited by demons, dragon-gods, and spirits, this volume presents a wealth of information illuminating the ideas and beliefs that governed the daily lives of Chinese people long before the revolutions of the 20th century. Engrossing and informative, the book will appeal not only to lovers of folklore but to everyone interested in Chinese art, culture or philosophy. 32 b&w illustrations.
Dog Days
Author: Ivan Franceschini
Publisher: ANU Press
Published: 2019-04-05
Total Pages: 333
ISBN-13: 1760462934
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →According to the Chinese zodiac, 2018 was the year of the ‘earthly dog’. In the middle of the long, hot, and feverish dog days of the summer of 2018, some workers at Shenzhen Jasic Technology took their chances and attempted to form an independent union. While this action was met by the harshest repression, it also led to extraordinary demonstrations of solidarity from small groups of radical students from all over the country, which in turn were immediately and severely suppressed. China’s year of the dog was also imbued with the spirit of another canine, Cerberus—the three-headed hound of Hades—with the ravenous advance of the surveillance state and the increasing securitisation of Chinese society, starting from the northwestern region of Xinjiang. This Yearbook traces these latest developments in Chinese society through a collection of 50 original essays on labour, civil society, and human rights in China and beyond, penned by leading scholars and practitioners from around the world.
Dragons and Dynasties
Author: Ke Yuan
Publisher: Puffin Books
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 214
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →An introduction to Chinese mythology. Colourful, sometimes grotesque and imaginative, Chinese mythology is just as moving and compelling as anything to be found in the better-known Egyptian, Greek and Teutonic traditions. In this book, Yuan Ke has culled from ancient sources, rearranged in chronological order and retold the variant versions of the creation of the world, the origins of men, women and animals and the era of the five endlessly warring emperor-gods.
Chasing the Sun
Author: Richard Cohen
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2011-08-04
Total Pages: 659
ISBN-13: 0857209809
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Sun is so powerful, so much bigger than us, that it is a terrifying subject. Yet though we depend on it, we take it for granted. Amazingly the first book of its kind, CHASING THE SUNis a cultural and scientific history of our relationship with the star that gives us life. Richard Cohen, applying the same mix of wide-ranging reference and intimate detail that won outstanding reviews for By the Sword, travels from the ancient Greek astronomers to modern-day solar scientists, from Stonehenge to Antarctica (site of the solar eclipse of 2003, when penguins were said to sing), Mexico's Aztecs to the Norwegian city of Tromso, where for two months of the year there is no Sun at all. He introduces us to the crucial 'sunspot cycle' in modern economics, the religious dances of Indian tribesmen, the histories of sundials and calendars, the plight of migrating birds, the latest theories of global warming, and Galileo recording his discoveries in code, for fear of persecution. And throughout, there is the rich Sun literature -- from the writings of Homer through Dante and Nietzsche to Keats, Shelley and beyond. Blindingly impressive and hugely readable, this is a tour de force of narrative non-fiction.
Chinese Fables and Folk Stories
Author: Mary Hayes Davis
Publisher:
Published: 1908
Total Pages: 238
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A collection of Chinese folktales and fables reflecting home and school life.
