China

Episode 209: Ghost Tenant

I like stories in Chinese mythology about people interact with ghosts or the unknown spirits and we have talked about some before like in Ep16. how to sell a ghost....
China

Episode 140: Moon Maker

Today we will talk about a story from the book Miscellaneous Morsels from Youyang 酉阳杂 俎, a book of legends and tales from the Tang dynasty 唐朝 from the 9th century....
China

Episode 118: Broken mirrors

In ancient China, you can find in a lot of literature, when people had to separate physically for certain reasons, especially a couple, they would have some objects which they...
China

Episode 115: Chinese Cinderella

Everyone knows about the story Cinderella and besides Disney most people probably know it from the German story called Aschenputtel from Brother Grimm published in 1812. There is a story...