Chinese Myths & Legends by Chen LianshanMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
Surprisingly interesting. A compendium of China's main myths and legends. Oddly enough it is very hard to find something like this, since mainland China tried to eradicate all "superstitions" during communism and only relatively recently are the old myths and customs resurfacing. I knew some of these from Taiwan, but much of it seems to be quite regional to other places. It's too bad that the English version doesn't seem to have been taken very seriously. It is worth re-editing and republishing.
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