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A guided journey through four great movements in Chinese mythology: the making of the world, the disasters that unmake it, the heroes who repair it, and the arts that build human civilization.
Before the pilgrimage west, the Monkey King challenged death, stole celestial treasures, and refused every limit heaven tried to impose.
At Broken Bridge, a transformed snake spirit meets a mortal scholar and begins one of China’s most enduring supernatural love stories.
Armed with a fire-tipped spear and wind-fire wheels, Nezha is a youthful protector shaped by conflict, sacrifice, and transformation.
Chinese dragons are creatures of water and weather, and the Dragon Kings connect local rivers with an immense celestial bureaucracy.
The tale of Chang’e brings immortality, separation, the jade rabbit, and the luminous symbolism of the Mid-Autumn moon together.
A creator goddess gathers five-colored stones to restore a damaged world—and becomes an enduring figure of repair and protection.
How the giant Pangu came to embody separation, growth, and the transformation of chaos into an ordered cosmos.