Shen Yun Collections Blogs

Introducing Our New 'Treasured Tales of China' Series

Ceramic Culture Behind New Porcelain Charm Design

Shen Yun Collections’ Porcelain in the Balance Charm is inspired by the blue-and-white porcelain vase in Shen Yun’s dance Porcelain in the Balance....

Stories Behind the Alternative Names of the Mid-Autumn Festival

With a history stretching back thousands of years, the Mid-Autumn Festival is like a long, unending song, with each year’s event like a melodious n...

Three Residents of the Moon Palace You Should Meet

Every Mid-Autumn Festival, the moon glows at its fullest, casting a luminous veil over the earth. For thousands of years, poets and dreamers have l...

Nongyu and Xiao Shi: A Marriage of Immortals

What do the dragon and phoenix have to do with marriage and seeking immortality through cultivation? Read this famous legend from Chinese civiliza...

Father's Day: Stories of Exemplary Filial Piety

Filial piety is the best gift to give your parents. We hope these moving stories of filial devotion throughout history bring everyone joy and peace...

The Story of Zhongli Chun, One of Four Great Ugly Woman

Zhongli Chun lives to be an old maid and then decides she must serve the emperor by helping him. But will he accept her offer?

The Mother of Ouyang, One of the Four Virtuous Mothers

Discover how Zheng, one of China's four great virtuous mothers, raised literary giant Ouyang Xiu through poverty with reeds, sand, and timeless mor...

The Mother of Mencius, One of the Four Virtuous Mothers

Meng's mother, praised in The Three Character Classic, raised her son through wise choices and firm lessons — shaping the great Confucian sage Menc...

The Legend of the Scholar and the Dragon Princess

An ancient legend tells of a dragon princess and a scholar who need each other in spite of circumstances in life that at first keep them apart.

Finding the Peach Blossom Beauty

Ancient Chinese history records tell of a mysterious and unusual romance that seemed to be arranged by Heaven.

Spiritual Guidance within a Gourd

After traveling into the world in his gourd, a Daoist decides to never return to the human world and fakes his own death. But can he succeed in his...

The Gourd Sage Helps the World

This Daoist legend tells how a medicine man was able to jump into his gourd and enter another world. A local official sees this, which leads to an ...