This is a PDF of the creative PowerPoint Presentation of Ancient Chinese folktales. It features the popular Butterfly Lovers, Madame White Snake, Dragon Princess, and Journey to the West (or Monkey King). Unfortunately, I can't seem to upload the actual presentation with video clips, but you can email me if you want a copy of those clips for educational purposes.

1. Ancient Chinese Folklores

2. Butterfly Lovers
• ZhuYingtaidisguises herself as a man to enter an academic institution;
unexpectedly, she falls in love with LiangShiangbo.
• A tragic story
• The spirits of the two lovers become butterflies
• They fly into the sky, together and free

5. Madame White Snake

6. Madame White Snake
• Baisuzhenis a white snake demon who fell in love with a human,xuxian.
• Fahai, a monk, sensed the true nature ofbaiand convincedxuxianto have
her drink wine to reveal her demon form.
• In some versions,baisuzhenand her companion, the green snake
Xiaoqing, defeatedfahaiand she was reunited with her husband and son.

7. Madame White Snake
• In other versions, however, wife and husband were not
reunited:baisuzhenbecame an immortal –-no longer a demon- but she
could no longer be withxuxian.
• In some, white snake was imprisoned for 1000 years; this version hints on
reincarnation
• “demons falling in love with humans and becoming good because of
human love interests is a popular theme in ancient folklores.

10. Chinese zodiac

11. Chinese zodiac
• One version of how the 12 zodiac signs came to be:
• 1st- rat: he and cat got a ride from the ox, but rat pushed cat into the
water and jumped on the ground before the ox could finish the race.
• 2nd-ox
• 3rd-tiger

12. Chinese zodiac
• 4th-rabbit: had hopped on stepping stones and rode a floating log to the
shore
• 5th-dragon: came in late because he had to send down rain for people
and animals; he was also responsible for blowing the wind to carry the log
that rabbit was on to shore
• 6th-snake: frightened the horse and sneaked into sixth place

13. Chinese zodiac
• 7th-horse
• 8th-goat
• 9th-monkey the three of them rode on
• 10th-rooster a raft together
• 11th-dog: took a bath in the clean water
• 12th-boar: got hungry and stopped to eat; had a short nap afterwards

14. The four dragons
• The four dragons wanted to help the people who needed rain for their
crops
• They went to the jade emperor for help, but even after many days, there
was no rain.
• The dragons decided to carry the water from the sea in their mouths and
pour it down from the sky.
• This angered the jade emperor who had the dragons imprisoned.

15. The four dragons
• The four dragons were imprisoned under mountains, but they did not
regret what they did.
• Still wanting to help the people, the four dragons became the four great
rivers of china.
• Yellow dragon, long dragon, black dragon, and pearl dragon

16. The four dragons

17. The dragon princess
• A fisherman fell down a hole and found a dragon castle; however, he was
not allowed to enter.
• Eventually, he found another way out. He told an official about the cave
and the dragons.
• The official informed the emperor, who called for a wise man.
• The wise man advised the emperor in his desire to obtain treasure from
the dragon.

18. The dragon princess
• A messenger was sent to the dragon princess with jade caskets and 400
roasted swallows
• The dragon princess, with the help of a 1000- year-old dragon who could
transform into a human, gave the messengers a gift in return.
• The messengers delivered the gifts to the emperor.
• The gifts were pearls of different kinds

19. The dragon princess
• A wishing pearl, black dragon pearl, serpent-pearl, sea-crane pearl, and
mussel-pearl
• Since the serpent-pearl and the sea-crane pearl were similar in
appearance, the emperor asked the wise man to help him differentiate the
pearls.
• The wise man told him to bring a serpent and a sea-crane. The serpent
went to the serpent-pearl, while the sea-crane went to the sea-crane
pearl.

20. The dragon princess
• This version tells us the advantage of being “wise. Throughout the course
of the story, many people did not believe the wise man and thought that
he was making things up.
• It was only when the messengers delivered the treasure to the emperor
that the people realized that the wise man had been telling the truth.

21. The dragon princess
• Another version of the story of the dragon princess: the rescue of the
dragon princess
• The legend of Liu Yi delivering a letter for the dragonprincess
• A Youngscholar Liu Yiwason his way to Beijing to take the annual imperial
examination for a civil servant position.
• Moving along, he heard someone weeping.

22. The dragon princess
• He saw a young woman, surrounded by sheep.
• She was holding a whip in her hand.
• He asked her why she had been crying
• She told him that she was the third daughter of the Dong Ting Lake
dragon king and the third princess in the Dong Ting Lake palace. Her
father had married her off to the youngest son, the last of 10 princes, of
theJingheRiver dragon king.

23. The dragon princess
• Her husband was ruthless and cruel.She tried to change his wicked
attitude, but he became annoyed and angry at her. Her parents sided with
her husband and they banished her. They turned her into a shepherdess.
• They took away the magical instrument that could help her keep in touch
with her family.
• The young woman asked the man if he could deliver a letter to her
parents.

24. The dragon princess
• She was hesitant to press him for help, considering that he still had
someplace to go, but Liuyiwanted to help.
• she tore off a piece of her dress and wrote with a small amount of blood
from her finger.
• Father: Your third daughter is living in misery, belittled and treated badly.
She might die at any moment because of the circumstances she has to
live under. Please come and rescue your daughter as soon as possible.”

25. The dragon princess
• Liuyiwent to the dong ting lake and stood by the sacred orange tree at the
lakeside. He knocked 3x, clapped 3x and called 3x: dong tingjun, I have a
message for you.
• The water of the lake separated and a crab-like creature asked him his
purpose.
• He followed the creature into the lake.
• He saw a beautiful palace with gardens.

26. The dragon princess
• The dragon king wept at the fate of his daughter, but he had to consider
his friendship with thejingheriver dragons.
• But his court wanted to take action.
• Qiantangjun, brother of the dragon king was short-tempered but warm
and loving. He decided to rescue his niece.
• In no time, he changed into a dragon and fought thejingheriver dragons.

27. The dragon princess
• The dragon princess was restored to her family.
• A banquet was prepared forliuyi, but he was humble and wanted no
reward.
• When the dragon princess came to thank him, he was so astounded at
her beauty.
• Qiantangjuntoldliuyithat the dragon princess wanted to marry him.

28. The dragon princess
• Butliuyisaid that he did not want the world to think that he helped her only
because of her beauty.
• He left the palace without taking any of the gifts offered to him
• When he had arrived home, he told his mother all that had happened.
• After one year had passed, his mother declared her wish to see him get
married.

29. The dragon princess
• His mother had chosen a match for him. The daughter was from
thelufamily.
• On the night of the wedding,liuyuwas surprised to see that his bride
looked exactly like the dragon princess.
• He told his bride the real story. She was deeply touched and revealed that
she really was the dragon princess.

30. The dragon princess
• Liu Yi stands as an example for the old, traditional Chinese saying that a
gentleman does not look for arewardwhen giving help or benefits to
others. This saying provides a standard for those who do good deeds to
live up to.

32. The monkey king
•sunwukong
-awakened to emptiness

33. The monkey king
• Also known as journey to the west
• A novel written bywuchengen
• Sanzangortripitaka, whose name means 3 baskets, is abuddhistmonk
tasked to retrieve the sutra or religious scrolls fromindia.
• Buddha revealed to him that he needed companions to protect him in his
journey

34. The monkey king
• Sandy orshawujing
is a sand demon
• Pigsyorzhubajie
is a demon pig who
eats people
• Sunwukong
isthe monkey king,
thestrongest and most
skilledmonkey warrior
inthe entire realm.

35. The monkey king
• Although the story is about the journey ofsanzangorxuanzangto retrieve
the sutra, the novel actually focuses on sunwukong

36. The monkey king
• Sunwukongwas born from the earth and lived in the mountain of fruits and
flowers
• He was taught by a master scholar and warrior, from whom he obtained
hisnyo-boorbostaff and from whom he learned to use clouds as means of
transportation
• Sunwukongwas very proud and rebellious

37. The monkey king
• He disrupted a banquet of the gods and ate their fruits and drank their
wine
• The heavenly army tried to burn him, but because he had drank from their
cups, he had become immortal. The attempt had only made his eyes look
like gold coins
• To try to contain his naughty behavior,buddhastruck a deal with him

38. The monkey king
• If he could travel a specific distance in only one leap, he will become the
great sage of heaven
• Monkey agreed and leapt. He landed on a pillar and peed on it.
• When he looked up he sawbuddhaand realized that he was still
inbuddha’spalm.

39. The monkey king
• Because he lost the deal, monkey was
imprisoned in the five-fingers mountain
untilsanzangcame to free him.
• Sunwukongthen became his
bodyguard and friend.

40. Let’s think...
• Compare and contrasteuropeanandasiandragons
• Describe the protagonists of butterfly lovers, white snake, and rescue of the
dragon princess
• Why do you think there are many stories about human-animal transformations
inchinesestories?
• What makes sunwukongan interesting and unique protagonist?
• How different are these folktales from our ownphilippinefolklore?
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