There are many things that we don't have in reality. In fact, "Shan Hai Jing" may be more difficult for me because it is very abstract. Throughout the creative process, Chen Xin was not only in charge of photography, she took care of everything from the drawing of the manuscripts to the costumes and makeup, to the production of props and the layout of the scene. Recently, in Wangjiang Park, Chengdu, Chen Xin is preparing to take a group of personification photos of the strange beast "Yong" in "The Classic of Mountains and Seas". Over 30 groups of anthropomorphic works of "Shan Hai Jing" have been shot. It records the bifang who gave birth to only one foot, the shark who weeping pearls, the fox with nine tails, and many other very mysterious A sense of spirit and beast.īeginning in 2017, Chen Xin, a female photographer from Chengdu, Sichuan, who was born after the 95s, reintroduced her own understanding through character modeling and image restoration, and created a beautiful world of "Shan Hai Jing" twice. It records a large number of myths and legends. Instead, I’ll read English translations or watch very loose TV renditions, lol."The Book of Mountains and Seas" is an ancient book full of mythology. (The books in this post are far too difficult for me to translate myself. I’m retired and finding myself looking into far more things than I ever thought I would look into, including Chinese history at times. In the case of Once Promised, she drew history from 山海经 Shanhai Jing Classic of the Mountains and Seas. Her novels are a mix of romance and history. According to, Tong Hua is one of the most famous contemporary romance novelists in China. It was the xianxia novel Once Promised ( 曾许诺) by Tong Hua (pen name of Ren Haiyan 任海燕). My thought was that there was so very very much going on in the story that the TV series mustn’t have been able to do justice to the book that it was adapted from. How did my ignorant self get here, lol? I recently watched the 2017 Chinese TV series A Life Time Love ( 上古情歌), starring Huang Xiaoming ( 黄晓明) and Victoria Song ( 宋茜) (on Viki), because Victoria Song is one of my favorite actresses. …the consensus among modern Sinologists is that the book was not written at a single time by a single author, but rather by numerous people from the period of the Warring States to the beginning of the Han dynasty.” “The exact author(s) of the book and the time it was written are still undetermined. It is largely a fabulous geographical and cultural account of pre-Qin China as well as a collection of Chinese mythology.” Early versions of the text may have existed since the 4th century BCE, but the present form was not reached until the early Han dynasty. I’m the most curious about what it may have to say about core Chinese principles and culture.Īccording to Wikipedia, 山海经 Shanhai Jing Classic of the Mountains and Seas “is a Chinese classic text and a compilation of mythic geography and beasts. This and other things I’ve read on the internet about the very many different categories that the book has been put into are part of what has drawn my interest to the book. It is not known why it was written or how it came to be viewed as an accurate geography book.” In fact, the information in the book is mythological. Regarding 山海经 Shanhai Jing Classic of the Mountains and Seas, according to Wikipedia, “Earlier Chinese scholars referred to it as a bestiary, but apparently assumed it was accurate. It’s apparently more accessible to general people than its preceding English translation The Classic of Mountains and Seas by Anne Birrell, published in 2000. His book is apparently written for general people and not just academics. Strassberg, is a Professor of Chinese at the University of California, Los Angeles. Search for “ 山海经 Classic of Mountains and Seas.”Ī Chinese Bestiary weaves together translations from 山海经 Shanhai Jing Classic of the Mountains and Seas with information from other texts. 山海经 Shanhai Jing Classic of the Mountains and Seas can also be downloaded for free at. Strassberg, published in 2002.Ī Chinese Bestiary can be downloaded for free at the following link. I recently stumbled across an English translation of the ancient book 山海经 (Shanhai Jing Classic of the Mountains and Seas) for free! It’s A Chinese Bestiary: Strange Creatures from the Guideways Through Mountains and Seas by Richard E. I’m new to all this, so please pardon my extreme ignorance on all levels.
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