Among the population of China, folk tales, which have a long history, are very popular. The first Chinese tales began to be recorded before our era. They expressed the dreams of ordinary people about happiness, wealth, justice.
A feature of Chinese folk tales is the large number of animals that can take the form of a person, serve the hero who saved them, or be a mythical embodiment of evil.

People actors do not always have a name; only their class affiliation with a particular social group (“farm laborer”, “landowner”, “emperor”) is indicated. Often the main character is despised by everyone, but his hard work and dexterity achieve success in life.

A distinctive feature of Chinese fairy tales is also that they often have a fantastic element of narration and a happy ending does not always happen.

We invite you to get acquainted with 12 famous Chinese folk tales:

"Liu Brothers"
“In search of pleasure”
"Silly husband"
"Yellow stork"
"Hare tail"
The Emperor and the Mouse
“He who is smarter is stronger”
"About how Cha turned into a dragon"
“About the bat”
"Elephant and Sparrow"
"Salt"
"Zong - Long Day"

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