Chinese Short Stories 1 (Second Edition)

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Chinese fairy tales are very important part of China's rich folk literature. These fairy tales and fables are extremely rich cultural heritage and precious moral wealth created by the Chinese ancestors for thousands of years and have been verbally circulated since ancient times. They carry emotions, moral traditions, personality characteristics, myths, cohesion and affinity. The supernatural tales often tell various relationships between human and nature in the form of bizarre language and symbols. Their themes are usually broad and include fantasy narrative stories. Folktales are certainly not limited to the actual real-life situations and what would people think as true and reasonable. Rather, they often contain natural and whimsical ingredients. Understanding these stories are indispensable for learning Chinese culture and to gain a better knowledge of Mandarin Chinese language.

The current book volume, Chinese Short Stories 1, is a Level 1 Chinese reading practice book. It would introduce you to 8 famous Chinese folk stories. The 1st volume in the Selected Chinese Short Story Series (中国短篇小说精选) includes both the Chinese text (simplified characters) and pinyin Romanization. With about over 500 unique Chinese characters, the volume would be suitable for the beginners, lower intermediate and advanced level Chinese language learners (HSK 1-6). Overall, the reading series offers you a variety of elementary level books (Level 1/2/3/4/5/6) to understand China as well as practice Chinese reading fast.

The book has 8 chapters in the following order:
Chapter 1: Pangu Breaks the Ground (第一章：盘古开天辟地)

Chapter 2: Nuwa Creates Humans (第二章：女娲造人)
Chapter 3: Gonggong Angrily Touched Buzhou Mountain (第三章：共工怒触不周山)
Chapter 4: Nuwa Replenishing the Sky (第四章：女娲补天)
Chapter 5: Hou Yi Shoots the Sun (第五章：后羿射日)
Chapter 6: Chang'e Flying to the Moon (第六章：嫦娥奔月)
Chapter 7: Filling the Sea with Pebbles (第七章：精卫填海)
Chapter 8: Race with the Sun (第八章：夸父逐日)

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