For
centuries River Kingdoms were in power and by use of the DRAGONS to
fight over for the control of China. Such is the story of Dragon Min, a
boy who became a River Dragon and helped the villagers. While becoming a
Dragon Min made mud banks around the river to hold shrimps, crabs,
eels, and fish and the river irrigated the crops and vegetables.Thus,
Dragon Min, like many others, is honored and respected for bringing
change, good fortune, and wealth to the river, the villagers, and the
farmers.
The First Dragon, P’angu, died after creating China. He left the Dragons, the Phoenix, the Unicorn, and the Tortoise, who tells the people P’angu’s dreams. The White Jade Dragon and the Golden Phoenix stayed in the Milky Way and created a magic Pearl, which the Queen Mother of the West steals for a 3,000-year party when her peaches ripen.
The first dragon, P'angu, is a traditional story in 'Dragons Shaped China', which is short, I mean scant, a simplified analogy of Chinese history - re-imaged, enhanced, and elaborated as any excellent storyteller does. This will be a Book, soon at Amazon and Smashwords.com.
When telling stories at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco, I had the opportunity of my life, to be immersion in the ancient and modern history of art and stories inEast Asia.
AMBITIOUS - now I am to write the stories and posts to my pages on the internet.
During the month of April 2017 in theA to Z Blog Challenge,I will tell a story a day, either a folktale, faerytale, legend, myth,or a cautionary tale that fits my AtoZ Challenge--> Asian Stories.
My theme for each is the story attribute.
How Dragons Shaped China, a short history of Dragons, The Ramayama from Sita's point of view, King Rama and Demon Ravana, Tiger's Sage, a fast short history of tiger's involvement in mythology.