Chinese Myths & Tales

CHINESE MYTHS & TALES

In this section there are links to myths, tales, and other written materials translated. Most of them are about the China Ethnic Groups, my main focus of interest, but there will be occasionally other translations.

 

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Chinese characters

Chinese character 软 ruǎn – soft; flexible
Chinese character 软 ruǎn – soft; flexible

Main meanings: ① soft, weak ② flexible ③ timid HSK - STROKES - 8 RADICAL - 车   Etymology: Elements  ----  The soft 欠 part + a car 车. Phonetic series 欠. The soft 耎 (as the beard 而 of a man 大 changed to 欠), part of a chariot 车. Here soft 欠 replaces an old character...

Ethnic groups

Thoughts about the Yao history
Thoughts about the Yao history

Thoughts about the Yao history Two of the papers presented in the First International Congress of Yao Studies deal with the origin and meaning of the "King Ping's Charter", a kind of document that granted the Yao free pass across the mountains of the 15 southern...

Chinese culture

Basic Geography of China
Basic Geography of China

Basic Geography of China The People's Republic of China, with an area of more than 9,600,000 km2 is the third largest country on our planet, after Russia and Canada. The name China derives from the name given to it by its neighbors, because the Chinese call their own...