Enlight Eight Immortals Ba Xian (“Eight Immortals”) is the most popular group of heroes in Chinese Taoist mythology. It included Lü Dongbin, Li Tieguai, Zhongli Quan, Han Xiangzi, Cao Guojiu, Zhang Guolao, Lan Caihe and He X... Myths Myths of Ancient China
Enlight Where are the fruits of immortality? The descendants of the Lunbo giants, who had become very small, sailed from their tiny country to the shores of the Celestial Empire to catch fish, crabs and small turtles. They conveyed information t... Myths Myths of Ancient China
Enlight Five floating mountains Yuqiang was the lord of the bottomless abyss, into which earthly and heavenly rivers flowed. Five great mountains floated in this abyss. The abyss had no bottom, and the bases of the mountains had not... Myths Myths of Ancient China
Enlight Lights of the country Suiming One day a sage went on a long journey to the west. He walked for a very long time through the desert. And finally he found himself in a place where neither the rays of the sun nor the light of the moo... Myths Myths of Ancient China
Enlight How Fuxi taught people to fish From the day when Fusi and Nuwa revived humanity, there were more and more people every day. And soon their villages again filled the banks of rivers throughout the Celestial Empire. People then only ... Myths Myths of Ancient China
Enlight How the human race survived Nüwa and her brother Fusi were tired of living in heaven. They decided to go down to the people and live like everyone else. But brother and sister were different from people. Above the waist, everyth... Myths Myths of Ancient China
Enlight Modest Nuiva The Celestial Empire was very grateful to Nuiva, who repaired the sky and leveled the earth. Everyone felt very good. People repopulated the river valleys. A happy life began for them. The seasons fol... Myths Myths of Ancient China
Enlight Why is the sea not overflowing? People were very concerned: so many rivers flow into the sea. Day and night they carry a lot of water there. The sea, of course, is very large, but what if it ever overflows and floods everything? Wha... Myths Myths of Ancient China
Enlight How Nuiva repaired the sky ear of fire Zhurong, who had the eyes of a bee and a pig's snout, once rode in a chariot drawn by two dragons to earth and created there the son of the water spirit Gonggun. He was completely differen... Myths Myths of Ancient China
Enlight How did man appear One day Nuiva sat down on the shore of a pond, having nothing better to do, took a handful of yellow clay in her hands, moistened it and, looking at her reflection in the water, sculpted a figurine. A... Myths Myths of Ancient China
Enlight Bird government The fairy Huang'e lived in the heavenly palace. From dawn to dusk she diligently wove cloth. And when her eyes could no longer distinguish the thin threads, she got into the boat and went for a walk a... Myths Myths of Ancient China
Enlight Good Yan-di, nicknamed Shen-nong The ruler of the South was the god of the sun and fire, Yan-di. Every year there were more and more people in the country, their life was getting worse, since there were not enough animals and birds o... Myths Myths of Ancient China
