Chinese Myth and Legend - Chinese Culture Series
Publisher:
China Pictorial Publishing House
Publication:
6/2014
Languages:
English
Binding:
Paperback
ISBN/SKU:
9787514610055
Pages:
152
Sizes:
260 x 185mm
Weight:
0.3500
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£13.62
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Regular Price
£14.95
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This book classified and sorted the Chinese myths and legends, then from the angle of culture, made an interpretation, especially focused on the comparison between the Chinese and western fairy tales and the backgrounds between the Chinese and western culture. The first chapter talked about the features of the myths and legends, the following chapters discussed the Chinese myths and legends from the aspects of the universe and the nature, nation and civilization, hero and disaster respectively, in the end, this book pointed out that the myths and legends had a great effect on the culture and art and folk customs.
