Introduction: Sacred Travelers .................................. 1
PART ONE: THE NORTH ............................................ 21
XI'AN AND THE ROUTE WEST
Guan Yin ................................................... 22
The Golden Millet Dream .................................... 27
White Horse ................................................ 33
Fan Yuqi and the First Emperor ............................. 38
The Foreign Monk ........................................... 46
BEIJING
Assassination .............................................. 50
The Grand Secretary and the Obscene Book ................... 55
The Annoying Ghost ......................................... 61
SHANDONG
Followed by Good Ghosts .................................... 69
Words in Blood ............................................. 78
PART TWO: YANGTZE DELTA ........................................ 85
HANGZHOU
Crazy Ji ................................................... 86
The Courtesan and the Immortal ............................. 93
Lady White ................................................ 101
The Girl in the Temple .................................... 109
SUZHOU AND THE CANAL TOWNS
The Garden in the Dream ................................... 113
Snowy Night ............................................... 119
The Grandee and the Storyteller ........................... 122
The Fox Wife .............................................. 132
The Emperor and the Useless Ghosts ........................ 135
PUTUOSHAN AND NINGBO
Miao Shan ................................................. 139
The Old Library ........................................... 143
PART THREE: MOUNTAINS OF THE SOUTH ............................ 149
HUANGSHAN
The Tiger Fairy ........................................... 150
GUILIN
The Woman Warrior ......................................... 158
Cai Jing and the Sorceress ................................ 162
The Sea-Toad Immortal ..................................... 171
YANGTZE GORGES
Qu Yuan ................................................... 175
PART FOUR: THE EARTH, THE SUN, THE MOON ....................... 183
The Creation of the World ................................. 185
The Goddess of the Sun Xi He .............................. 186
Archer Yi and the Goddess of the Moon Chang E ............. 188
Sources for Stories ........................................... 191
The Photographers ............................................. 194
Picture Credits ............................................... 196
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