Handbook of Chinese Mythology

Name: Handbook of Chinese Mythology
Price: 14.01 USD
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ISBN: 9780195332636

ISBN-10: 0195332636

ISBN-13: 9780195332636

Edition: 2008

Authors: Lihui Yang, Deming An, Jessica Anderson Turner

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Every year, at the Wa Huang Gong temple in Hebei Province, China, people gather to worship the great mother, Nuwa, the oldest deity in Chinese myth, praising her for bringing them a happy life. It is a vivid demonstration of both the ancient reach and the continuing relevance of mythology in the lives of the Chinese people. Compiled from ancient and scattered texts and based on groundbreaking new research, Handbook of Chinese Mythology is the most comprehensive English-language work on the subject ever written from an exclusively Chinese perspective. This work focuses on the Han Chinese people but ranges across the full spectrum of ancient and modern China, showing how key myths endured and…

Book details

List price: $26.99
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/13/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 312
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.25" long x 0.63" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English