Even though his head was cut off yet Punish Heaven did not die. Instead, he began searching for his head. As he searched, he smashed trees and boulders and caused great destruction. Now, the Celestial Emperor feared that, Punish Heaven would attack him if he found his head and put it back on his shoulders. […]
One day, the Celestial Emperor was sitting upon his throne. Suddenly, the guard entered. The Emperor asked him what happened. He told the Emperor that the palace has been attacked by a huge giant. The Emperor immediately seized his imperial sword and rushed outside. On the palace gate, stood a huge giant carrying a shield
Once upon a time, Emperor Yan had a beautiful and lovely daughter named Nyuwa. She was a strong-willed girl. Nyuwa loved swimming and often went to the East Sea, playing with the blue waves. She enjoyed being close to Nature. But one day, while swimming, she was drowned. Her soul, however, would not give in
In Qi, there were three fearless generals, but they were also arrogant and unruly. Once, they came across the Prime Minister and disrespected him. Annoyed, the Prime Minister went to the King of Qi and told him about the behaviour of the generals. The King remarked, “It is not so easy to deal with them,
A rich Chinese lady had a foolish son. One day, the son had to go to meet his future bride’s parents. So, his mother told him what to say. She did not want them to know how foolish he was. He was to carry a costly fan with some landscape painted on it. She taught
Once, there lived a scholar at the foot of Wu-Lian Mountain. One night, he was sitting up reading, outside his home. Suddenly, there was a huge storm, and a monster stretched out his claws and seized him by the hair. The monster lifted him up in the air and carried him away. When they were
At once, there was a great flapping of wings, and darkness spread all over. The crowd gathered was astonished and alleged that a huge bird, the roc, obscured the light of the sun. The bird swooped down with the speed of wind or falling rain, and, striking the serpent with its talons, tore his head
Once upon a time, two herons had built their nests on the roof of a temple at Tientsin. For long years, dust had accumulated in the shrine within which lived a huge serpent. Whenever the young ones of the herons were ready to fly, the serpent would creep towards the nest and swallow everyone of
When the Emperor saw how faithful his wife was, he revealed the truth and told her who he was. He gave her beautiful clothes and took her to the palace with him. Now, they lived in luxury and happiness. After a few days, the Emperor said to his wife, “We enjoy and have fun every
Through the years, the beggar found his fortune, and became the Emperor. He returned and came to meet his wife. She did not recognise him. She only knew that he was the powerful Emperor. The Emperor asked her how she was getting along. “Why do you ask me how I am getting along?” she replied.
The King could not tolerate this but the princess insisted. Angrily, he drove her out of the palace. So, the princess had to leave the palace with the beggar. She had to live in a small hut with the beggar and search for herbs and roots which she had to cook herself. At times, they
Long ago, there was a proud King who had a beautiful daughter. But she was a child of ill-luck. It was time to get her married. All the suitors assembled before the King’s palace. She would throw down a ball of red silk among the suitors, and whoever caught it, would be her husband. Now,
Fa Hein grew a coconut plantation on his ancestral land. The leaves were green and lush on the trees. Now, Fa Hein had to wait for the leaves to dry. Finally, the leaves dried and started falling off the trees. While Fa Hein was busy collecting the fallen leaves, his wife was busy selling the
Fa Hein wanted to turn copper into gold. All his experiments had failed badly but he still believed that one day, he would be able to turn copper into gold. He had wasted all his ancestral wealth on his foolish dreams. His wife was very worried. She consulted a friend of her late father. He
In the beginning, there was darkness and chaos. The heavens and the earth were intermingled. Within the darkness was a big crusty egg. The egg cracked and the giant Pangu came into being. The upper part of the egg floated upwards and formed the sky and the lower part sank downwards, to become the earth.