The Dragon Daughter and Other Lin Lan Fairy Tales / / ed. by Juwen Zhang, Juwen Zhang.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022 English
• HerausgeberIn: Zhang, Juwen,
• MitwirkendeR: Zipes, Jack,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Oddly Modern Fairy Tales ; 24
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (240 p.) :; 12 b/w illus. 2 tables.

A delightful collection of modern Chinese talesThe Dragon Daughter and Other Lin Lan Fairy Tales brings together forty-two magical Chinese tales, most appearing for the first time in English. These stories have been carefully selected from more than a thousand originally published in the early twentieth century under the pseudonyms Lin Lan and Lady Lin Lan—previously unknown in the West, but now acclaimed as the Brothers Grimm of China.The birth of the tales began in 1924, when one author, Li Xiaofeng, published a set of literary stories under the Lin Lan pen name, an alias that would eventually be shared by an editorial team. Together, this group gathered fairy tales (tonghua) from rural regions across China. Combining traditional oral Chinese narratives with elements from the West, the selections in this collection represent different themes and genres—from folk legends to comic tales. Characters fall for fairies, experience predestined love, and have love/hate relationships with siblings. Cooking girls transform from garden snails and snakes, and dragon daughters construct houses. An introduction offers historical and social context for understanding the role that the Lin Lan stories played in modern China. Appendixes include information on tale types and biographies of the writers and contributors.A reflection of Chinese culture, history, and values, The Dragon Daughter and Other Lin Lan Fairy Tales is a captivating testament to the power of storytelling.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Introduction: Rediscovering Fairy Tales in China -- PART ONE Love with a Fairy -- 1 ■ The Dragon Daughter -- 2 ■ The Golden Pin -- 3 ■ The Fisherman’s Lover -- 4 ■ The Silkworm -- 5 ■ On the Celestial Riverbank -- 6 ■ The Flute Player -- 7 ■ The Pheasant Feather Cloak -- 8 ■ The Sea Dragon King -- 9 ■ The Celestial Fairy -- 10 ■ The Daughter of the Dragon King of the Sea -- PART TWO Predestined Love -- 11 ■ The Paper Bride -- 12 ■ The Human-Bear’s Death for Love -- 13 ■ The Snake Spirit -- 14 ■ The Garden Snake -- 15 ■ Spouses from Two Worlds -- 16 ■ The Peasant’s Wife -- 17 ■ The Marriage of a Human and a Ghost -- 18 ■ The Ghost Marriage -- 19 ■ Golden Frog -- 20 ■ The Toad Son -- 21 ■ The Chicken Egg -- 22 ■ No Giving Up before Seeing the Yellow River -- 23 ■ The Reward of the Snake -- 24 ■ Everyone Is Content -- PART THREE The Hatred and Love of Siblings -- 25 ■ The Two Brothers -- 26 ■ The Yellow Bag -- 27 ■ The Two Sisters -- 28 ■ The Elder Daughter -- 29 ■ The Three Brothers -- 30 ■ Elder Brother and Younger Brother -- 31 ■ The Melon King -- PART FOUR Other Odd Tales -- 32 ■ The Weird Brothers -- 33 ■ After Replacing the Heart -- 34 ■ The Hairy Girl on the Pine Tree -- 35 ■ The Shedding Winter Plum -- 36 ■ Old Wolf -- 37 ■ Old Wolf’s Wife -- 38 ■ Brother Moon and Sister Sun -- 39 ■ The Ghost Brother -- 40 ■ The One-Legged Child -- 41 ■ The Fairy Cave -- 42 ■ Increasing Fortune and Snatching Fortune -- Bibliographic Sources and Tale Types -- Bibliography -- Biographical Notes on Important Writers and Contributors