Taiwei Chang

 Resources: 1. Introduction of Hundun (Dijiang).  / Wikipedia (Chinese Version) 2. Hundun lived in the  Celestial Mountain . Description of Hundun:  Hundun is one kind of divine bird, was like a yellow sack with an aura of cinnabar; People described it as bright red. It had six legs and four wings, but it has no eyes or facial features, living in a perpetual state of confusion. It was also fond of singing and dancing. It homeland called Celestial Mountain in ancient, now, people called that Tien Shan mountain. One of the biggest mountain ranges in the world.  About the plot:  According to the information from the Classics of Mountains and Seas and Wikipedia, I realized that Hundun is one kind of creature that represents fierce and scary, although they look lovely. In my storybook, it would stand at the opposite side of the Peach Blossom Paradise. For the citizens who live in the village, they uphold virtue, peace, and kindness. They hold totally differ...

This story is part of the Blackfoot unit . Story source: Blackfeet Indian Stories by George Bird Grinnell (1915). At this part, the most excellent story would be the  Bobcat and Birch Tree . In this part, several things have grabbed my attention. When the man met the prairie-dogs, when he go find the bobcat, and finally, when he was saved by a Birch tree, all those plots are funny and interesting for me. I think this is the reason that I could enjoy reading the story. At the beginning of this semester, I said that I would like to find the reason why mythologies and folk myths could exist for hundreds, even thousands of years. To some extent, I think this story could explain this question to us. For instance, it connects the story itself to reality. The man beat the bobcats' face and made that flat. The author mentioned, "It is for this reason that the lynxes to-day look like that". Next, when the man was saved by the Birch tree, he gashed the tree's bark and thank f...

This story is part of the Blackfoot unit . Story source: Blackfeet Indian Stories by George Bird Grinnell (1915). I really enjoy the story - The Wolf Man in this part. This little story is full of fantastic and impressive plots. Although there are no elegant or elaborate exist in this folklore, it still shows us some valuable contentions. The man's two wives tried him, and they tried to kill him. The man was saved by wolves, then the two women got punished.  Most importantly, the story reflects several profound points. First, wives chose to kill the men and get freedom. Also, at the beginning of the story, the author has mentioned that the two women are not kind people. I think this plot could be connected to reality, some people would choose to realize their desire by betraying the people around them. At the end of the story, the author put a classic good ending. Those two women had been punished, although such an end may not happen in the real world.  Second, the man had be...