Eight dragons on the roof and other tales
Subtitle: traditional dragon stories from China
By: [edited by Haiyan Chen and Fang Li ; translated from the Chinese by Li Hong, ... [et al.]]
Publisher: China Books
Published: 2012
Place of publication: South San Francisco, CA
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780835100045
Subjects: Tales; JUVENILE FICTION / Animals / Mythical; JUVENILE FICTION / Fairy Tales & Folklore / Country & Ethnic; Folklore; Dragons
Description: "Collection of traditional folktales from China dating from myths and legends to the 19th Century; all stories feature a dragon theme or motif"--
Table of contents: title: Li Jing; title: The Dragon King's Daughter; title: The Monk Xuan Zhao; title: Liu Guanci; title: Madam Wei; title: Ren Xu; title: The Old Dame by the Fenshui River; title: The Rakshas and the Sea Market; title: The Princess of the West Lake; title: Legend of the Four Dragons; title: Dragon Dance at Lantern Festival Time; title: The Bright Pearl; title: The Looking-to-Mother Shoal; title: The Dragon Eye; title: Eight Dragons on the Roof; title: Geshan and Dragon Pearl; title: Two Magic Gourds; title: Princess Anpo; title: The Story of White Dragon Mountain; title: The Gorge Opened by Mistake; title: Baotu Spring; title: The Legend of Green Dragon Pond; title: Dragon Mother's Temple; title: Tripod Lake and Golden Lotus Flowers; title: Meidan the Dragon's Daughter; title: The Dragon King's Daughter and Guanyin; title: The Nine Dragons and the Tiantai Mountains; title: The Copper Kettle with the Leaky Bottom; title: Dragon-Lions and Dragon Pearls; title: The Yanyu Herb and the Greedy Dragon; title: Carving Dragons; title: The Dragon Tablet; title: A Dragon and Phoenix Match; title: Dragon Girl