The Dung Beetle Who Wanted to be King & Gumiya

US$19.95 

DVD [Home Use Only]
This DVD contains 2 animated Chinese folktales.

The Dung Beetle Who Wanted to be King: A Chinese Folktale

Retold by Siyuan Liu
English Translation by Zongxiang Hu
Illustrated by Shounan Tang

Do you know the origin of man? And do you know who was once the king of the world? This legend from the Wa Tribe of Yunnan tells all. The round-body dung beetle always considers himself the king of the world. But intelligent man, by digging, building, and sometimes burning on the land begins to threaten its standing. The beetle is determined to seek help to eliminate mankind. Its effort to condescend to man fails miserably and the beetle ends up working in its own waste.

Dialog in Mandarin, English. Subtitle in English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese with Pinyin. Region code ALL.

Gumiya: A Chinese Folktale

Retold by Siyuan Liu
English Translation by Zonghua Hu
Illustrated by Bingyan Wang

This Creation story is originated from the Bulang Tribe of Yunnan. It depicts how Gumiya, a self-conceived giant, creates the world using a rhinoceros - its hide for sky, its meat for dust, its blood for water..., and its brain for mankind. This colorful story is uniquely different from all other Creation stories.

Dialog in Mandarin, English. Subtitle in English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese with Pinyin. Region code ALL.