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Eight dragons on the roof and other tales : traditional dragon stories from China /

Title
Eight dragons on the roof and other tales : traditional dragon stories from China / compiled by Feng Yan ; [edited by Haiyan Chen and Fang Li].
Publication
South San Francisco, CA : China Books, 2012.

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Additional Authors
  • Chen, Haiyan, 1945-
  • Li, Fang.
  • Yan, Fang.
Description
154 p.; 21 cm.
Summary
"Collection of traditional folktales from China dating from myths and legends to the 19th Century; all stories feature a dragon theme or motif"--
Subjects
Contents
Li Jing -- The Dragon King's Daughter -- The Monk Xuan Zhao -- Liu Guanci -- Madam Wei -- Ren Xu -- The Old Dame by the Fenshui River -- The Rakshas and the Sea Market -- The Princess of the West Lake -- Legend of the Four Dragons -- Dragon Dance at Lantern Festival Time -- The Bright Pearl -- The Looking-to-Mother Shoal -- The Dragon Eye -- Eight Dragons on the Roof -- Geshan and Dragon Pearl -- Two Magic Gourds -- Princess Anpo -- The Story of White Dragon Mountain -- The Gorge Opened by Mistake -- Baotu Spring -- The Legend of Green Dragon Pond -- Dragon Mother's Temple -- Tripod Lake and Golden Lotus Flowers -- Meidan the Dragon's Daughter -- The Dragon King's Daughter and Guanyin -- The Nine Dragons and the Tiantai Mountains -- The Copper Kettle with the Leaky Bottom -- Dragon-Lions and Dragon Pearls -- The Yanyu Herb and the Greedy Dragon -- Carving Dragons -- The Dragon Tablet -- A Dragon and Phoenix Match -- Dragon Girl
ISBN
  • 9780835100045 (pbk.)
  • 0835100049 (pbk.)
LCCN
2011038953
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library