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Stories of the manananggal, a creature said to split its body in two, and the tiyanak, which takes the form of an infant, are part of the folklore many children grow up hearing in...
A Vietnamese folktale of magic, redemption, and transformation The post The Tale of Mother Liễu Hạnh appeared first on Tricycle: The Buddhist Review.
Across Asia, festivals honoring ancestors take on different forms, but many share an enduring emphasis on filial devotion, remembrance, and maintaining ties between generations
In ancient China, royal families washed elephants to pray for good fortune – until one elephant went rogue and brought the tradition to an end. Elephants had been spotted and docum...
When Japanese people look at the moon, they often imagine a rabbit. Around the time of the Mid-Autumn Festival, depictions of the moon, the rabbit and the mokusei (osmanthus tree)...
A Qing collector wrote down a merchant's account of a city the height of a knee. It is not the only such record.
Hong Kong families paid tribute to their ancestors on the final day of the Chung Yeung Festival break, expressing their respects through everything from elaborate traditional ritua...
In ancient China, welcoming autumn could involve stealing pumpkins, sitting on giant hanging scales and eating extra meat – rituals reflecting how people connected seasonal change...
A girl sits at her kitchen table in northern China, waiting, and watching the bamboo steamer. When her mother lifts the lid, hot vapors rise into the air, carrying the warm, comfor...
A new translation of Vietnamese folktales and the Buddhist heritage it restores The post Born from Lotus Flowers appeared first on Tricycle: The Buddhist Review.
I never thought of documenting the Indigenous Tharu folklore until my grandmother left this world. Now she is no more with us, I yearn for those priceless words of wisdom.
A mainland Chinese Buddhist monk has been remanded in custody after allegedly stealing a statue of the Monkey King, a deity famed in classic Chinese novel Journey to the West, from...
It sometimes guards kingdoms and empires; other times, it hoards treasures within a hidden cave. The dragon frequently symbolises power, strength, and good fortune. In contrast, it...
A wailing fairy woman who appears in three forms, four children cursed into swans, and a boy who earned his name by killing a guard dog with a hurl and a sliotar.
Like people elsewhere in the world, Chinese people often have nicknames in addition to their official names. Some of these may surprise people from other cultures because they soun...
From ceramic goblin feet to furry disembodied legs, Korean-Chinese artist Woo Jin Joo is using London junk to inject the art world with a spirit of playfulness Woo Jin Joo’s studio...
Buddhist, Daoist and Confucian traditions have long guided the protection of plants and wildlife in a nature reserve on Tianmu Mountain in eastern China. Local temples enforced str...
From the Forest to the Festival: The Sacred Story of Majipa Lakhey in Nepal Who Is Lakhey? In the heart of Kathmandu Valley, amid the beating drums and swirling incense of Indra...
The New Year—not Jan. 1, but the Lunar New Year that’s celebrated in many Asian countries—“is not just a number… it’s also an animal. Each year is paired with one of twelve incredi...
A modern retelling of a ghost story about the legendary tea master Sen no Rikyu The post The Lantern of the Tea Master appeared first on Tricycle: The Buddhist Review.
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