
By Haiwang Yuan
This booklet fills a spot within the folklore literature by way of supplying consultant folktales from China's minorities, in addition to history details on all the ethnic teams. you can find greater than 50 outstanding and fascinating stories, equivalent to Princess Peacock, A Golden Deer, and The Toad normal. The tales are equipped via type―Animal stories, ethical tales, stories of Deities, Legends, and so on―with the gang of starting place famous for every story. moreover, the booklet includes ancient history at the minority teams, recipes, video games, crafts, a map, a word list of phrases, colour images, and black & white layout motifs.
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