Why Snails Have Shells: Minority and Han Folktales from ChinaUniversity of Hawaii Press, 1993. jan. 1. - 73 oldal The twenty stories that comprise this collection reflect some of the ethnic diversity of China. Through a cast of familiar animals, we get a glimpse of the cultures from which the stories emanate. Besides their literary value, these tales convey moral instruction. Each tale is enhanced with an illustration by Li Ji. |
Gyakori szavak és kifejezések
ancestors anteater asked bamboo basket batik began birds bite Bouyeis brothers build a nest bull cake century China Chinese characters cloth colorful cried crops crowed culture dance drink drum Eastern Mountain ethnic fell Festival flew FOLKTALES forest frog Gansu goat Grandfather Goose Guangxi Guizhou Hani Hawaii heard Huis hungry hunter idea jumped kill king Kunming language family lesson Li Ji listened live mainly lolo long ago looked lusheng magpie MIAO TALE million Mongolian Mongolian language Mongols monkey mouth nine suns peddler pieces population Qinghai raven rice river rooster Sala shouted Sichuan Snails Have Shells snake song soon story thought TIBETAN TALE tiger tiger's tail told the rabbit tree village voice waited walked watch wear wild geese wolf's women written script Xishuangbanna Yaos Yi language Yunnan Province yurt Zhuang language Zhuang minority Zhuang-Dong