Dai Folk Legends

Wenbian, Yan; Peng, Zheng and Qing Gu

ISBN 10: 0835119688 / ISBN 13: 9780835119689

Published by Foreign Language Press, Beijing China, 1988

About this Item

plasticized cover has heavy curling on the edges, interior tight and clean, 191 pages, 39 folk tales from the Dai people of south-western Yannan Province in China, bw sketch illustrations Size: 5.5 x 8.

Seller Inventory # 020321

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Dai Folk Legends
• Publisher: Foreign Language Press, Beijing China
• Publication Date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0835119688
• ISBN 13: 9780835119689
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Classic Literature

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Synopsis

The Dai nationality, inhabiting mainly southwestern Yunnan Province, China, has a rich and varied culture and art of its own. The thirty-nine folk tales in this book have long circulated among the Dai people and show their yearning for an ideal society and happy life. The book’s illustrations are also in characteristic Dai style.