Shi Lin, a Chinese artist born in 1989, uses an ancient classic, his knowledge of animal anatomy and his imagination to feed the imagination. Guo Ying reports. What did China's mythical beasts look ...
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Monsters of Chinese folklore

Chinese mythology is populated by powerful dragons, shape-shifting spirits, guardians, and chaotic beasts. Each creature ...
A still image from "Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore" shows protagonist Newt Scamander holding a deer-like baby Qilin. [Image courtesy of WarnerMedia in China] The Qilin, a legendary ...
The first Marvel solo-feature about an Asian American superhero, “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings,” which hits Disney+ on Friday, is an origin story that introduces plenty of new characters ...
Dragons several hundred metres long snake their way down pastoral roads and through country hamlets, part of centuries-old Chinese folk celebrations for a mythical creature revered as a blessing. The ...
Journey to the West’s most well known character is arguably Sun Wukong, the monkey king who joins the monk on his pilgrimage to retrieve sacred buddhist texts in the Chinese novel. For English ...