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    Dragon Kings of Mythistory

    Ancient China was a land where gods and mortals lived in tandem and created a divinely inspired culture. 

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      Mythistory: The Legend of the Jade Rabbit

      Not the Easter bunny, but the Eastern bunny.

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      Fun With Chinese Characters: V

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      Fun With Chinese Characters: VII

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      Mighty Mom of Mythistory

      Out of the myriad divinities from China’s Mythistory, who is the one goddess...

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      Meet the Great Jade Emperor

      Becoming the Emperor of Heaven is no small task.

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      Mythistory’s Divine Farmer

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      Mythistory Makes Music

      How did Chinese music begin? An ancient legend says it happened like this…

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      Mythistory Begins

      The Chinese tale of creation stars a selfless giant who did all he could do before...

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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

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      Houyi and Chang'e - the Goddess of the Moon

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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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      The Monk Who Endured

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    Shen Yun Performing Arts is the world's premier classical Chinese dance and music company, established in New York in 2006. It performs classical Chinese dance, ethnic and folk dance, and story-based dance, with orchestral accompaniment and solo performers. For 5,000 years, divine culture flourished in the land of China. Through breathtaking music and dance, Shen Yun is reviving this glorious culture. Shen Yun, or 神韻, can be translated as: “The beauty of divine beings dancing.”

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