[Download] 59 Chinese Folklore Illustrations

Chinese black magic amazing paintings of demons and mythological creatures of the chinese folklore hungry ghost festival images traditional paintings of chinese dragons and other legendary creatures diyu the chinese hell.

Chinese folklore illustrations. Diyu the chinese hell. Diyu or naraka in sanskrit. China is an ancient country its civilization is nearly 4000 years old. The other world features the expressive works of fifty distinguished illustrators who are passionate about asian myths and folklore. Along with chinese mythology it forms an important element in chinese folk religion. Werner the jade emperor he was charged with running the three realms. Like japanese folklore experts believe chinese folk tales were influenced by west asia and india.

It s essentially based on the indian naraka with elements derived from chinese life after death folklore. Many stories regarding characters and events of the distant past have a double tradition. Ones which present a more historicized or euhemerized version and ones which presents a more mythological version yang an. Along with chinese folklore chinese mythology forms an important part of chinese folk religion yang an turner 2005 p. Chinese folklore encompasses the folklore of china and includes songs poetry dances puppetry and tales it often tells stories of human nature historical or legendary events love and the supernatural the stories often explain natural phenomena and distinctive landmarks. Our favorite the goddess of luop by ye luying. Pangu the first man is said to have been created out.

Heaven hell and the realm of the living. The supernatural also frequently is encountered. The magic pot is a folktale from china about a hardworking woodcutter and his wife. The animals in chinese folk tales often have human characteristics and can speak reason and perform tasks in the same manner. It tells of a powerful female white snake demon bai suzhen and a green snake demon of lesser powers xiao qing that take on human form and become two beautiful women. Madam white snake is a chinese legend folklore which existed as oral traditions before any written compilation. The story of panku aka pangu is probably the closest chinese version of a creation myth.

Chinese folklore is influenced by the country s religions such as the beliefs of taoism confucianism and buddhism. Dragon gods from myths and legends of china 1922 by e. Chinese tales often explain human nature historical or legendary events. China is the most heavily populated country in the world with over 1 3 billion people living there. The book contains single illustrations and for the featured stories a series of illustrations and an interview with each artist. Includes black raven white swan by qu lan. The chinese dragon considered to be the most powerful and divine creature as well as the controller of the waters.

The story retold by pleasant despain describes how the poor woodcutter stumbles upon a magic pot lying by the.