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    Traditional Chinese Artistic Motifs: The Skies and Heaven Beyond

    A look at traditional Chinese artistic motifs inspired by heavenly realms.

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      The Great Classic: Romance of the Three Kingdoms

      One of the Four Great Classics of Chinese literature, this is a mega-saga of strategy...

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      Three Kingdoms: Capturing Arrows with Boats of Straw

      The story of how the brilliant strategist Zhuge Liang "borrowed" 100,000 arrows from...

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      Forced onto Mt. Liang, the Story of Lin Chong

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      The Good, the Bad, and the “Crazy”

      In China’s long history, one official stands out for his wickedness. Meet...

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      Ne Zha - The Most Unusual Boy in Chinese Mythology

      Meet Ne Zha, the boy deity who rides wheels of fire and brandishes a magic hoop. His...

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      The Emperor’s Journey to the Moon

      Who was the first man on the moon? How did he get there, and how do we know it...

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      A Contemporary Tale of Faith and No Regret

      This story, from Shen Yun’s 2011 No Regret, is based not on the tale of a...

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      The Shaolin Monks

      Buddhist monks represent peacefulness, serenity, and compassion. They are also awesome...

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      Yang Zhi Sells His Sword

      Among the 108 lively heroes from the classical novel Outlaws of the Marsh is...

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      The Yang Clan and Mu Guiying - China's Amazons

      Over a thousand years ago, the Northern Song Dynasty was constantly invaded and, ruled...

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      The Yuan Dynasty

      When the Mongol ruler Kublai Khan founded the Yuan Dynasty in 1271, he became the first...

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      The Qing Dynasty

      The Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), ruled by the Manchurians, was China’s last...

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      The Ming Dynasty

      The Ming dynasty’s first emperor did not begin life destined for royalty but,...

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      The Song Dynasty

      The Song dynasty lasted over 300 years, though its reign is divided into the Northern...

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      The Tang Dynasty

      The Tang Dynasty (618–907 C.E.) is widely considered the zenith of Chinese...

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      The Northern and Southern Dynasties

      The Northern and Southern Dynasties (420-589 C.E.) was a period of great turmoil.

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      The Han Dynasty

      The Han Dynasty (206 B.C.E.-220 C.E.) is often considered China’s first golden...

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      The Qin Dynasty

      If you have trouble remembering the long line of China’s dynasties, the Qin...

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      The Monk Who Endured

      One of Shen Yun’s earliest dance dramas tells the story of an exceptional...

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      Monkey King Captures Pigsy - From Journey to the West

      Pigsy, one of the most memorable characters from Journey to the West, was not always...

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      Monkey King Defeats the Demon - From Journey to the West

      The story of the Monkey King defeating the White Bone Demon, which comes from Journey...

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      A Vanished Dream

      This legend from the early Tang dynasty tells of a young scholar named Lu Sheng who...

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      Splitting the Mountain

      This Chinese legend begins with forbidden love between a goddess and a mortal, and ends...

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      Houyi and Chang'e - the Goddess of the Moon

      Legends are like the shifting sands of a desert—forever changing, hard to grasp....

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