The folktales in this collection, with a genuine Chinese flavour, carry readers back to the building of Beijing as the Ming-dynasty capital in 1421. Dealing with the city''''s layout, some of its chief monuments, place names and different legends, they give readers fascinating glimpses of the life of rulers as well as ordinary people.開本 36開頁數(shù) 141頁
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Preface The Eingt-Armed Nezzha City How the Black Rock Went to Lu Gou Qiao Gao Liang;s Race for Water Bei Xin Qiao——New North Bridge The Centipede Wills The Cricket Cage Peklar Tian An Men;s Stone Lions Shi Cha Hai Tht Bell Goddess Jiu Xian Qiao——Liquor Immortal Bridge Brimful Well The Stone Statues at the Ming Tombs Black Dragon Lake The Folwer Goddess Swallow Terrace Urm Hill Iron Screen Wall The Motherwort in the Temple of Heaven Lushi and His Dragon Disciples Topsyturvy Temple The Tired Pagoda Discriminating Bell Temple The Black Monkey The Stone Monkeys on Broken Rainbow Bridge How Masted Vessels Passed Under Eingt Li Bridge The Crescent Moon on Tip of a Plum Tree