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Every year, at the Wa Huang Gong temple in Hebei Province, China,
people gather to worship the great mother, Nuwa, the oldest deity
in Chinese myth, praising her for bringing them a happy life. It is
a vivid demonstration of both the ancient reach and the continuing
relevance of mythology in the lives of the Chinese people.
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 (Kunlun
Mountain), mythical animals and plants (the crow with three feet;
Fusang tree), and related items (Xirang-a kind of mythical soil; Bu
Si Yao-mythical medicine for long life). No other work captures so
well what Chinese mythology means to the people who lived and
continue to live their lives by it.
With more than 40 illustrations and photographs, fresh
translations of primary sources, and insight based on the authors'
own field research, Handbook of Chinese Mythology offers an
illuminating account of a fascinating corner of the world of myth.
An informative work of historical and contemporary Chinese myths,
including a useful collection of historical documents, detailing
myths as they live and change in China today. Compiled from ancient
and scattered texts and based on revelatory 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 ethnic 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 (Kunlun Mountain), mythical animals and
plants (the crow with three feet; Fusang tree), and appurtenances
(Xirang—a kind of mythical soil; Bu Si Yao—mythical medicine
for long life). No other work captures so well what Chinese
mythology means to the people who lived and continue to live their
lives by it.
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