Tales of a Chinese grandmother : 30 traditional tales from China
by Carpenter, Frances, 1890-1972.
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Summary
An aged Chinese grandmother tells thirty Chinese folk tales and legends to her grandchildren. Full description
Table of Contents:
- Inside the bright red gate
- How Pan Ku made the world
- The sisters in the sun
- Gentle Gwan Yin
- The god that lived in the kitchen
- Guardians of the gate
- The painted eyebrow
- Ting Lan and the lamb
- The daughter of the dragon king
- The big feet of the Empress Tu Chin
- The grateful fox fairy
- Lady with the horse's head
- The king of the monkeys
- Two dutiful sons
- The poet and the peony princess
- The first emperor's magic whip
- The wonderful pear tree
- How the eight old ones crossed the sea
- The white snake
- Prince Chu Ti's city
- Ko-Ai's lost shoe
- The spinning maid and the cowherd
- The lost star princess
- The mandarin and the butterflies
- Heng O, the moon lady
- Cheng's fighting cricket
- The maid in the mirror
- Miss Lin, the sea goddess
- /tSimple Seng and the parrot
- The old old one's birthday.