The Round Door

This episode is fully in mandarin (中文版). Also available as an English episode . When a stranger knocks after dark and calls herself family, what do you do? Mama leaves her two daughters for the night with one rule: no matter who knocks, do not open the door. Then a raspy voice claims to be their auntie. What steps inside has fur on its hands and teeth that glint in the lamplight. A suspenseful...

This episode is fully in English. Also available as a Mandarin episode . When a stranger knocks after dark and calls herself family, what do you do? Mama leaves her two daughters for the night with one rule: no matter who knocks, do not open the door. Then a raspy voice claims to be their auntie. What steps inside has fur on its hands and teeth that glint in the lamplight. A suspenseful retelling...

This episode is fully in mandarin (中文版). Also available as an English episode . Can five friends touch the very same elephant and each describe something completely different? Five friends who have been blind since childhood each reach out to touch the same elephant. One finds a pillar, one a rope, one a snake, one a fan, one a wall, and every one of them is certain he alone is right. A lively...

This episode is fully in English. Also available as a Mandarin episode . Can five friends touch the very same elephant and each describe something completely different? Five friends who have been blind since childhood each reach out to touch the same elephant. One finds a pillar, one a rope, one a snake, one a fan, one a wall, and every one of them is certain he alone is right. A lively retelling...

This episode is fully in mandarin (中文版). Also available as an English episode . What would you build for the person who took care of you first? An old carpenter has built nine hundred and ninety-nine beds for other families, but his mother still sleeps on a sagging plank. He climbs South Mountain for the treasure tree, saves a little phoenix, and the birds of the sky begin appearing whenever he...

This episode is fully in English. Also available as a Mandarin episode . What would you build for the person who took care of you first? An old carpenter has built nine hundred and ninety-nine beds for other families, but his mother still sleeps on a sagging plank. He climbs South Mountain for the treasure tree, saves a little phoenix, and the birds of the sky begin appearing whenever he needs the...

This episode is fully in mandarin (中文版). Also available as an English episode . If you cover your own ears, does the bell really stop ringing? A bright brass bell hangs on the grandest gate in the village, and a young man decides he must have it. The bell rings the instant it is touched, so he covers his own ears. It works beautifully, right up until he opens his eyes. A funny retelling of the...

This episode is fully in English. Also available as a Mandarin episode . If you cover your own ears, does the bell really stop ringing? A bright brass bell hangs on the grandest gate in the village, and a young man decides he must have it. The bell rings the instant it is touched, so he covers his own ears. It works beautifully, right up until he opens his eyes. A funny retelling of the beloved Ch...

This episode is fully in mandarin (中文版). Also available as an English episode . Who is truly the mightiest one in the whole wide world? Papa Mouse sets out to find the mightiest husband in the world for his daughter. The sun sends him to the cloud, the cloud to the wind, the wind to the wall, and each one turns out to be afraid of something else. A playful retelling of the beloved Chinese folkt...

This episode is fully in English. Also available as a Mandarin episode . Who is truly the mightiest one in the whole wide world? Papa Mouse sets out to find the mightiest husband in the world for his daughter. The sun sends him to the cloud, the cloud to the wind, the wind to the wall, and each one turns out to be afraid of something else. A playful retelling of the beloved Chinese folktale 老鼠嫁...

This episode is fully in mandarin (中文版). Also available as an English episode . If one taste of immortality meant leaving behind the person you love, would you take it? Hou Yi brings home one capsule of immortality and a warning: half each and the couple stays together forever, the whole thing alone and one of them rises into the sky. Then a greedy apprentice comes knocking while Hou Yi is out...

This episode is fully in English. Also available as a Mandarin episode . If one taste of immortality meant leaving behind the person you love, would you take it? Hou Yi brings home one capsule of immortality and a warning: half each and the couple stays together forever, the whole thing alone and one of them rises into the sky. Then a greedy apprentice comes knocking while Hou Yi is out hunting. A...

This episode is fully in mandarin (中文版). Also available as an English episode . What happens when ten suns decide to climb into the sky all at once? Ten sun brothers rise together and scorch the earth below. The Emperor of Heaven sends the archer Hou Yi down with a red bow and one strict order: frighten his sons, but do not harm them. What Hou Yi chooses saves the world and costs him everything...

This episode is fully in English. Also available as a Mandarin episode . What happens when ten suns decide to climb into the sky all at once? Ten sun brothers rise together and scorch the earth below. The Emperor of Heaven sends the archer Hou Yi down with a red bow and one strict order: frighten his sons, but do not harm them. What Hou Yi chooses saves the world and costs him everything. A sweepi...

This episode is fully in mandarin (中文版). Also available as an English episode . If good luck strikes once, is it worth giving up everything to wait for it to strike again? Farmer Ah-Ding trusts that the land will care for him as long as he cares for it, until a runaway rabbit dashes into the stump at the edge of his field and hands him a feast. Convinced his luck has turned, he sets down his ho...

This episode is fully in English. Also available as a Mandarin episode . If good luck strikes once, is it worth giving up everything to wait for it to strike again? Farmer Ah-Ding trusts that the land will care for him as long as he cares for it, until a runaway rabbit dashes into the stump at the edge of his field and hands him a feast. Convinced his luck has turned, he sets down his hoe to wait...

This episode is fully in English. Also available as a Mandarin episode . When the whole sky stands between two people who love each other, who will help them meet again? The Weaver Girl has been torn back up into the sky, leaving the Cowherd and their children weeping below. With one last gift from the old ox, he races into the clouds to bring her home, toward a river of stars, a bridge of magpies...

This episode is fully in English. Also available as a Mandarin episode . When the whole sky stands between two people who love each other, who will help them meet again? The Weaver Girl has been torn back up into the sky, leaving the Cowherd and their children weeping below. With one last gift from the old ox, he races into the clouds to bring her home, toward a river of stars, a bridge of magpies...

This episode is fully in mandarin (中文版). Also available as an English episode . What if the old ox in your field could talk, and change your whole life? Orphaned young and driven from home, the kindhearted Cowherd lives quietly with only a faithful old ox for company, until the ox astonishes him by speaking. It leads him to the Weaver Girl, granddaughter of the Queen Mother of Heaven, and a sin...

This episode is fully in English. Also available as a Mandarin episode . What if the old ox in your field could talk, and change your whole life? Orphaned young and driven from home, the kindhearted Cowherd lives quietly with only a faithful old ox for company, until the ox astonishes him by speaking. It leads him to the Weaver Girl, granddaughter of the Queen Mother of Heaven, and a single conver...

This episode is fully in English. Also available as a Mandarin episode . Three acorns in the morning and four at night, or four in the morning and three at night, which would you choose? The Monkey Keeper loves his troop so dearly that he understands their every call. When a dry autumn leaves him short on acorns, he offers the monkeys a clever little choice about their morning and evening portions...

This episode is fully in English. Also available as a Mandarin episode . Three acorns in the morning and four at night, or four in the morning and three at night, which would you choose? The Monkey Keeper loves his troop so dearly that he understands their every call. When a dry autumn leaves him short on acorns, he offers the monkeys a clever little choice about their morning and evening portions...

This episode is fully in mandarin (中文版). Also available as an English episode . What happens when ""good enough"" just is not good enough for you? Six retainers are rewarded with a single jug of fine wine, and they agree that whoever draws a snake fastest may drink it all. Quick-handed A-Xiang finishes first with ease, then decides his snake would look even grander with a fe...

This episode is fully in English. Also available as a Mandarin episode . What happens when ""good enough"" just is not good enough for you? Six retainers are rewarded with a single jug of fine wine, and they agree that whoever draws a snake fastest may drink it all. Quick-handed A-Xiang finishes first with ease, then decides his snake would look even grander with a few extra fe...

This episode is fully in mandarin (中文版). Also available as an English episode . Can two dots of ink really bring a painting to life? In the busy city of Jinling lived Zhang Sengyao, the most gifted painter of his age, whose birds looked ready to take flight. Asked to fill a temple wall, he paints four magnificent dragons but leaves every one of them without eyes, warning that the very last stro...