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<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" width="95%" align="center"> <tr bgcolor="#234c6f"><td> <table border="0" width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1"> <tr bgcolor="#234c6f"> <td colspan="2" align="left"> <font size="3" color="#FFFFFF" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>T O P I C ��� R E V I E W</b> </font></td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#A3B9CC"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>Shik</b> <br /><small>Member # 343</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(2000,10,5,1,22,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">November 05, 2000</span> <span class="timeformat-0">01:22 AM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> Hey, Tora....was hopin' you (or anyone else who knows anything on the subject who might read this) can help me with something.<P>I applied & was accepted to an <A href="http://www.saucybard.com/muse/">email RPG</A> run by "The One" & one of my 2 characters is � Chinese. Because of that, I had part of her background be that her maternal grandmother who immigrated from China after WW2 taught her some of the "traditional ways" from the mainland, including cooking, mythology, & tales.<P>I can get the cooking from an infinite number of books & wwwebsites, but the mythologies & tales & whatnot are less than readily available. I was wondering if you (or anyone else) might have any insight or whatever into the areas.<P>I can be reached by email or AIM at Shikishima@aol.com if y'wanna discuss this in private. Thanks...<P>------------------<BR>"Omigod. Singing meat. This is altogether too much."<BR> <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#E5EAEF"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>TSN</b> <br /><small>Member # 31</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(2000,10,5,2,31,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">November 05, 2000</span> <span class="timeformat-0">02:31 AM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <a href="http://www.pantheon.org/mythica/areas/chinese/" target="_new">Chinese mythology</a>.<P>------------------<BR>"Yeah...apparently Sizer is very hard to say, so they replace it with 'Is Mr. Caeser home?'<BR>Sometimes I'll say that no, he has, in fact, passed away.<BR>'My apologies.'<BR>'Oh, that's ok, I'm over it. Brutus is still a wreck though.'<BR>Then I hang up."<BR>-Simon Sizer on telemarketers, 1-Nov-2000 <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#A3B9CC"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>Shik</b> <br /><small>Member # 343</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(2000,10,5,2,33,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">November 05, 2000</span> <span class="timeformat-0">02:33 AM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> Yeah, I live over at Mythica....& I've scoured OccultSearch & AvatarSearch...but nothing has anything about the folktales as well, & the mythology is somewhat "homogenized"...<P>------------------<BR>"Omigod. Singing meat. This is altogether too much."<BR> <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#E5EAEF"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>Diane</b> <br /><small>Member # 53</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(2000,10,5,13,58,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">November 05, 2000</span> <span class="timeformat-0">01:58 PM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> Er...I remember some folktales, but not really in detail and certainly not the names in English spelling. There's the myth about a destructive beast whose name is Nian or "Year", and people celebrate new year's because he passed (or was that because they killed him?). Real detailed, I know. The most famous tale I remember is the "Journey to the West" or something like that, where a monk, a human-monkey who rides on a cloud and owns a staff that shrinks to fit in his ear (that's who Goku is based on), a pig-headed(literally) fat guy with a trident, and a couple of others. I think there's a bunch of stories about their exploits, some of which are about the monkey-man making mischief in the celestial palace or the underwater palace of the sea king/god.<P>Here's a web page I found with two stories and a list of suggested readings. <A HREF="http://www.interlog.com/~fccs/culture.htm" TARGET=_blank>http://www.interlog.com/~fccs/culture.htm</A> <P>I've heard both the tales, though for the second one the old man DID move the mountains in the versions I read. I can recognize these folktales if I see them, but I can't really come up with many.<P>------------------<BR>"The distinction between past, present, and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion."<BR>--Albert Eistein<BR> <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#A3B9CC"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>Shik</b> <br /><small>Member # 343</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(2000,10,5,14,1,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">November 05, 2000</span> <span class="timeformat-0">02:01 PM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> Bitchin'....thanks, babe!<P>------------------<BR>"Omigod. Singing meat. This is altogether too much."<BR> <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#E5EAEF"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>First of Two</b> <br /><small>Member # 16</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(2000,10,5,22,9,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">November 05, 2000</span> <span class="timeformat-0">10:09 PM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> Try your local library for folktales:<P>"Lon Po Po" - Won the Caldecott award, and is a Chinese version of Red Riding Hood<BR>"The Seven Chinese Brothers" and "The Five Chinese Brothers" (two similar versions of a story)<BR>"Beautiful Warrior: The Secret of the Nun's Kung Fu"<BR>and "Ming Lo Moves the Mountain"<P>Those should get you started.. and any decent librray ought to have at least a couple books on Chinese mythology.<P>------------------<BR>"Ed Gruberman, you fail to grasp Ty Kwan Leap. Approach me, that you might see." -- The Master<P><BR> <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#A3B9CC"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>Lee</b> <br /><small>Member # 393</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(2000,10,6,6,33,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">November 06, 2000</span> <span class="timeformat-0">06:33 AM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> Alternatively you could catch a few repeats of "The Water Margin" or "Monkey." <IMG SRC="http://flare.solareclipse.net/smile.gif"><P>------------------<BR>"I do prefer the arse, but you can't dismiss the leg. They're joined at the hip, so to speak."<P>- Liam Kavanagh<BR> <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#E5EAEF"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>PsyLiam</b> <br /><small>Member # 73</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(2000,10,8,9,33,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">November 08, 2000</span> <span class="timeformat-0">09:33 AM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> Monkey!<P>Isn't Dragon Ball based on the Chinese "Monkey" folk-tale?<P>------------------<BR>"If every vampire who said he was at the Crucifixion was actually there it would've been like Woodstock. I was at Woodstock. I fed off a flower person and I spent six hours watching my hand move." - <I>Spike, BtVS</I> <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#A3B9CC"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>Diane</b> <br /><small>Member # 53</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(2000,10,8,14,19,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">November 08, 2000</span> <span class="timeformat-0">02:19 PM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> There's a monkey character in it, but the folktale isn't called "Monkey." Not in Chinese, anyway.<P>------------------<BR>"The distinction between past, present, and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion."<BR>--Albert Eistein<BR> <br /> </font> </td></tr> </table></td></tr></table> <br /> <br />
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