Category: Chinese Folktales

Ashima

Ashima is spread in the Yi Autonomous County , in Shilin of Yunnan Province. It is a long narrative poem of the Sani people who are a tributary of the Yi ethnic group. Generations after generations of the Sani people narrate or sing the story of Ashima with oral poem language.

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Butterfly Lovers 梁山伯与祝英台

Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai is one of the four Chinese folk legends and one of the most influential types of verbal art. Having been spread far and wide in China for over 1600 years, it was awarded the fame of "A faithful-love masterpiece through the ages" and the title of  "Oriental Romeo and Juliet".

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