Category Archives: Chinese folktales

Stories and origin of Spring Festival 春节 chun jie, Chinese New Year Eve 除夕 chu xi, How to say “I wish you have a happy Lunar Chinese New Year, and may all your hopes be fulfilled ” in Chinese. Phrases – door god, red envelope, reunion meal, Teresa Teng 鄧麗君 恭喜恭喜 gong xi, gong xi Congratulations Congratulations New Year song

[audio:http://www.chinesetolearn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/listen-to-sentence1.mp3|titles=listen to sentence] How to say “I wish you have a happy Lunar Chinese New Year, and may all your hopes be fulfilled ” in Chinese: 祝你农历中国新年快乐,万事如意。Zhu4 ni3 nong2 li4 zhong1 guo2 xin1 nian2 kuai4 le4, wan4 shi4 ru2 yi4. … Continue reading

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Chinese folktale Bai2 she2 zhuan4 白蛇传 The legend of white snake / Madame white snake: English story version, Chinese story version and youtube video

This story was adopted from “Madame White Snake Jailed Eternally in the Leifeng Pagoda” in Jing Shi Tong Yan by Feng Menglong (1574-1646 AD). During Southern Song Dynasty two snakes transformed into women after 1,000 years of magic practice. They … Continue reading

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