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Traditional Chinese Story: The Magical Lotus Lantern

There is a traditional Chinese story about an immortal female named San Shengmu, who fell in love with a mortal scholar, Liu Yanchang. Against her brother Erlang’s will, San Shengmu escaped from her palace with a magical lotus lantern and came down to Earth. Liu Yanchang and San Shengmu married and had a son they named Chen ...

Emma Lu

The sparkling lotus flower.