China

Episode 222: Spoon Spirit

A large part of Chinese folklore is related with animism that everything possesses a distinct spiritual essence. We have talked many stories about it. Today we will tell a story...
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Episode 221: Flower Face

Today we will talk about a kind of flower from the book Miscellaneous Morsels from Youyang 酉阳杂俎 from the Tang dynasty 唐朝 around the 9th century. In the book, it says...
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Episode 220: God Food

People sacrifice to gods in temples. I sometimes think do gods really need these sacrifice or it is just the way to show the piety. But I mean if you...
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Episode 219: Ball Game

Today we will talk about a story of two kids. The story is from the book ErShiLu 耳食录 from the Qing dynasty around the 18th century. In the book, it says...
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Episode 218: Patrolling Gods

Today we will talk about two gods in Chinese folklore that literally paroling like policemen called RiYeYouShen 日夜游神, patrolling god of day and night. By the name, you probably already...
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Episode 217: Anger Fire

This story is from the book QingShi 情史 from the Ming dynasty, around the 17th century. In the book, it says in the Kingdom Shu 蜀, a little princess was born....