Chinese Folklore Illustrations

Diyu or naraka in sanskrit.

Chinese folklore illustrations. China is an ancient country its civilization is nearly 4000 years old. Werner the jade emperor he was charged with running the three realms. The story of panku aka pangu is probably the closest chinese version of a creation myth. Ones which present a more historicized or euhemerized version and ones which presents a more mythological version yang an.

The animals in chinese folk tales often have human characteristics and can speak reason and perform tasks in the same manner. 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. Chinese tales often explain human nature historical or legendary events. Chinese folklore is influenced by the country s religions such as the beliefs of taoism confucianism and buddhism.

Many stories regarding characters and events of the distant past have a double tradition. The magic pot is a folktale from china about a hardworking woodcutter and his wife. The supernatural also frequently is encountered. Along with chinese folklore chinese mythology forms an important part of chinese folk religion yang an turner 2005 p.

Pangu the first man is said to have been created out. Pangu is the central figure in the chinese taoist legends of creation. Includes black raven white swan by qu lan. 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.

Momotaro the peach boy by doyoon kim. The chinese dragon considered to be the most powerful and divine creature as well as the controller of the waters. 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. Our favorite the goddess of luop by ye luying.

Diyu the chinese hell. The book contains single illustrations and for the featured stories a series of illustrations and an interview with each artist. Heaven hell and the realm of the living. Dragon gods from myths and legends of china 1922 by e.

Like japanese folklore experts believe chinese folk tales were influenced by west asia and india. The other world features the expressive works of fifty distinguished illustrators who are passionate about asian myths and folklore. It s essentially based on the indian naraka with elements derived from chinese life after death folklore. The story retold by pleasant despain describes how the poor woodcutter stumbles upon a magic pot lying by the.

China is the most heavily populated country in the world with over 1 3 billion people living there.