Ellie姐姐讲故事

"吴刚伐桂"出自唐朝段成式的《酉阳杂俎·天咫》，距今一千一百多年，原文只有短短几句：月亮上的桂树高五百丈，树下有一个人一直在砍它，可是砍开的口子马上就合上了；这个人叫吴刚，因为学仙的时候犯了错，被罚来砍树。本集没有写"被罚"，改成了师父和吴刚的约定："你把这棵桂树砍倒，我就把仙术全都教给你。"吴刚学仙三心二意，是民间常见的讲法；他是山里最厉害的砍柴人、浇仙草时追蝴蝶、看丹炉时听山歌，是本集新编的；原文说口子"随合"，本集写成他一停下斧头，口子就长好。回响里的唐诗"桂子月中落，天香云外飘"，出自宋之问的《灵隐寺》，写的是中国杭州灵隐寺的桂花；"折桂"原本出自晋朝郤诜"桂林之一枝"的话，比喻考试考得最好，后来人们把它和月亮上的桂树连在一起，才有了"蟾宫折桂"。 山里砍柴的人那么多，谁也比不过吴刚：别人砍一棵树要砍一上午，他"咚！咚！咚！"三下，大树就"哗啦"一声倒了。"天底下，没有我砍不倒的树！"有一天，他看见白云上站着一位白胡子老爷爷，就跑进深山，拜他做师父学仙术。可是浇仙草，他追七彩蝴蝶去了；看丹炉，他听山歌去了。师父摇摇头，带他飞上月亮，递给他一把斧头："你把这棵桂树砍倒，我就把仙术全都教给你。"砍树？这可是吴刚最拿手的！他砍倒了吗？这棵桂花树，又有什么奇怪的地方？ 用温暖的声音和慢慢的节奏，陪 4-10 岁的小朋友听中国神话故事。适合睡前、旅途中和亲子时间收听，也欢迎所有正在学中文的大朋友一起来听哦！ 吴刚伐桂。兒童睡前故事、兒童故事、中國神話、親子中文、中文學習、海外華人。 --- "Wu Gang Chops the Moon Tree" (吴刚伐桂, wú gāng fá guì) comes from Youyang Zazu, a Chinese book written more than 1,100 years ago in the Tang dynasty. The old text is only a few lines long. On the moon there is a sweet-smelling osmanthus tree, more than a kilometer tall. A man named Wu Gang keeps chopping it, but every cut closes right up again. The old book says he made mistakes while learning magic, so he was sent there as a punishment. In our story it is not a punishment. It is a promise from his teacher: "Cut down this tree, and I will teach you all my magic." Wu Gang is the best woodcutter in the mountains. Other people need a whole morning to cut down a tree. Wu Gang needs three swings — CHOP! CHOP! CHOP! "There is no tree in the world I can't cut down!" One day he sees an old man standing on a cloud, and he asks to learn magic. But when he waters the magic plants, he runs after a rainbow butterfly. When he watches the fire, he runs off to hear a song. So his teacher flies him to the moon and hands him an axe: "Cut down this tree." Easy, right? Can Wu Gang do it? And what is so strange about this tree? A warm voice and a gentle pace, bringing classic Chinese myths and legends to little ones ages 4-10 — perfect for bedtime, travel, and family time. Chinese learners big and small are very welcome to tune in too!

月亮上有一只白兔在捣药，这个说法很早就有了：汉朝的乐府诗里就写到"白兔捣药"，晋朝的傅玄问"月中何有？"，答案也是"白兔捣药"，距今将近两千年。兔子是怎么到月亮上去的，本集讲的是唐朝玄奘在《大唐西域记》里记下的一个古印度佛经故事，距今一千三百多年：天神变成一个饿坏了的老人，来试狐狸、猴子和兔子。原文里，兔子什么也没找到，就跳进火里，把自己献给老人，天神很感动，把兔子的样子放进了月亮；本集改成老人在兔子跳下去的那一刻接住了它，带它去了月亮。原文里的兔子并没有捣药，捣药是中国自己的说法，本集把两个故事接在一起讲；嫦娥陪着玉兔，也是民间的讲法；狐狸和猴子每到月亮圆圆的晚上抬头看好朋友，是本集新加的。 森林里住着三个好朋友：机灵的狐狸，灵活的猴子，还有个子最小的小白兔。有一天，一位饿坏了的老爷爷坐在大树底下："你们能帮我找点吃的吗？"狐狸"哗啦"一扑，叼回来一条大鲤鱼；猴子"噌噌噌"爬上树，摘回来满满一怀果子。可是小白兔找呀找，从早上找到太阳落山，什么也没找到……它最后给了老爷爷什么？这位老爷爷，又是谁？ 用温暖的声音和慢慢的节奏，陪 4-10 岁的小朋友听中国神话故事。适合睡前、旅途中和亲子时间收听，也欢迎所有正在学中文的大朋友一起来听哦！ 玉兔捣药。兒童睡前故事、兒童故事、中國神話、親子中文、中文學習、海外華人。 --- "The Jade Rabbit" (玉兔捣药, yù tù dǎo yào) is one of China's oldest moon stories. Chinese poems from almost 2,000 years ago already say a white rabbit on the moon is making medicine. How did the rabbit get there? Our story comes from an old tale from India. The Chinese monk Xuanzang wrote it down about 1,300 years ago. In the old tale, the rabbit jumps into a fire to feed a hungry old man, and the old man, who is really a god, puts the rabbit's picture on the moon. In our story, the old man catches the rabbit just in time. Deep in a forest live three friends: a clever fox, a quick monkey, and a little white rabbit. One day a hungry old man sits down under a tree. "Can you find me something to eat?" The fox jumps at the river — SPLASH! — and brings back a big fish. The monkey climbs a tree and brings back an armful of fruit. But the little rabbit looks and looks, from morning until the sun goes down, and finds nothing at all... What will the rabbit give the old man? And who is this old man, really? A warm voice and a gentle pace, bringing classic Chinese myths and legends to little ones ages 4-10 — perfect for bedtime, travel, and family time. Chinese learners big and small are very welcome to tune in too!

欢迎来到Ellie姐姐讲故事-原创故事系列，小小旅行家。 这一集里，Max和爸爸妈妈坐上高铁，来到中国黑龙江的哈尔滨。一出车站，他的鼻子里就结了小冰渣，妈妈的睫毛挂上白霜，爸爸的眼镜全是雾。他在中央大街看见像小面包一样的石头路，零下二十几度还站在街上吃冰棍；又走上冻得硬邦邦的松花江，看马拉爬犁、打冰嘎和采冰。爸爸还讲起老冰灯的来历：从前江边的人把一桶水冻成空心的冰罩子，里面放上蜡烛，风再大也吹不灭。晚饭时，Max尝了锅包肉和硬得像石头的冻梨；第二天清早，他也亲手做出了一盏亮晶晶的冰灯。 哈尔滨这个名字，有一种说法是一种大鸟的名字，你还记得是什么鸟吗？从前松花江边的人怎样用一桶水做出冰灯？Max吃的黑色“石头水果”又叫什么？ 哈尔滨这个名字的来源至今没有定论，本集讲了其中两种说法。冰灯原本是东北民间的冬季照明工具，哈尔滨第一届冰灯游园会于1963年举办。锅包肉为招待俄国客人改成酸甜口的来历是民间流传，所以故事里用了“据说”。 用温暖的声音和慢慢的节奏，陪小朋友跟着Max走进不同的城市：看名胜、听故事、尝美食。适合睡前、旅途中和亲子时间收听，也欢迎所有正在学中文的大朋友一起来听哦！ 小小旅行家：哈爾濱篇。兒童睡前故事、兒童故事、原創兒童故事、親子中文、中文學習、海外華人、哈爾濱。

"夸父逐日"出自《山海经·海外北经》，距今两千两百年以上，原文只有短短几句：夸父追着太阳跑，渴了喝黄河、渭河的水，还不够，往北去找大泽，半路上渴死了，扔下的手杖变成了一片树林。手杖变成的"邓林"，古人注解说就是桃林，本集照这个讲法。夸父住在"载天山"上，出自《山海经·大荒北经》，原文叫"成都载天"，本集只用"载天山"，也没有讲他是土地神后土的孙子。原文的"道渴而死"，本集写成他太累了，慢慢躺下、闭上眼睛，像睡着了一样。桃林在今天中国河南一带、那里有一座夸父山，是古人的说法；二〇二二年中国发射的太阳观测卫星叫"夸父一号"，是真的。"夸父逐日"今天也是一个成语。 北方的载天山上住着一群巨人，夸父是里面最高的一个，站起来头顶着云。他最喜欢看太阳，可是怎么也想不明白：太阳晚上到哪儿去了？它住在什么地方？有一天早上，他拿起大手杖，说："我去追太阳。"他一步跨过一座山，两步跨过一条河，追了一整天，太阳越来越大，越来越红，也越来越近了。可是他渴呀，把黄河喝干了，把渭河也喝干了，还是渴。太阳就在他的手前头，只差一点点，夸父伸出手去……他追上了吗？他手里的那根大手杖，后来变成了什么？ 用温暖的声音和慢慢的节奏，陪 4-10 岁的小朋友听中国神话故事。适合睡前、旅途中和亲子时间收听，也欢迎所有正在学中文的大朋友一起来听哦！ 夸父逐日。兒童睡前故事、兒童故事、中國神話、親子中文、中文學習、海外華人。 --- "Kuafu Chases the Sun" (夸父逐日, kuā fù zhú rì) comes from the Classic of Mountains and Seas, a Chinese book more than 2,200 years old. The old text is only a few lines long: the giant Kuafu runs after the sun, drinks two rivers dry, and dies of thirst on the way north. His walking stick turns into a forest, which people say was a peach forest. In our story Kuafu does not die on the road. He is too tired, lies down, and closes his eyes as if he is falling asleep. In 2022 China launched a satellite to study the sun, and it is really named Kuafu-1. On a high mountain in the north lives a group of giants. Kuafu is the tallest. His head touches the clouds. He loves to watch the sun, but he cannot work it out: where does the sun go at night? One morning he picks up his big stick and says, "I am going to chase the sun." He crosses a mountain in one step and a river in two. All day he runs. The sun gets bigger, redder, and closer. But he is so thirsty. He drinks the Yellow River dry. He drinks the Wei River dry. The sun is right in front of his hand. Does he catch it? A warm voice and a gentle pace, bringing classic Chinese myths and legends to little ones ages 4-10 — perfect for bedtime, travel, and family time. Chinese learners big and small are very welcome to tune in too!

"八仙过海"出自明朝吴元泰《东游记》第四十六回到五十六回，距今四百多年：八仙赴宴回程，吕洞宾提议不乘云、各凭宝贝渡海，各显神通。原书后半段八仙和东海龙王打了起来，本集不讲，只讲渡海。原书里铁拐李扔进海里的是铁拐，本集按民间"暗八仙"的讲法让他用葫芦；其余七样宝贝（纸驴、芭蕉扇、宝剑、荷花、花篮、笛子、玉板）照传说。八仙在蓬莱阁上喝酒看海是山东蓬莱一带的民间讲法，蓬莱阁是北宋建的真实建筑，蓬莱海上的海市蜃楼也是真的；八位神仙专程去看海上升起的月亮，是本集新写的。"八仙过海，各显神通"是今天常用的歇后语；八仙桌因为四边各坐两人、共坐八人得名，说它和八仙有关是民间的附会，本集只说了桌子坐八个人。 八位神仙约好一起去蓬莱看月亮。月亮从海里升上来，他们看了一整夜，天亮该回家了。楼下就是大海，平常踩一朵云就飞过去了，可是吕洞宾说：今天别踩云，每个人用自己的宝贝过海，比一比！铁拐李把葫芦往海里一扔，葫芦变成了小船；张果老倒骑着小驴踩着浪尖跑；汉钟离躺在大扇子上，扇一扇风就飘起来；吕洞宾站在飞剑上；何仙姑的荷花开成了一朵粉红色的花船；蓝采和坐在花篮里唱歌；韩湘子一吹笛子，海水就让开一条路；曹国舅站在玉板上稳稳地滑过去。八个人，八种办法，一个都没落下。到了对岸，谁的本事最大呢？ 用温暖的声音和慢慢的节奏，陪 4-10 岁的小朋友听中国神话故事。适合睡前、旅途中和亲子时间收听，也欢迎所有正在学中文的大朋友一起来听哦！ 八仙過海。兒童睡前故事、兒童故事、中國神話、親子中文、中文學習、海外華人。 --- "The Eight Immortals Cross the Sea" (八仙过海（下）, bā xiān guò hǎi) comes from a Chinese novel written about 400 years ago. In the book, the immortals fight the Dragon King after crossing the sea. We do not tell that part; we only tell the crossing. In the book Iron-Crutch Li throws his iron crutch into the sea; we follow the folk pictures and let him use his gourd. The tower on Penglai island is real, and so is the sea mirage people see there. Today "the Eight Immortals cross the sea, each showing their own power" is a common Chinese saying: everyone has a different skill, and every skill gets the job done. The eight immortals go to the island of Penglai to watch the moon rise out of the sea. In the morning it is time to go home. Usually an immortal just steps on a cloud, but Lü Dongbin says, "No clouds today! Everyone cross with your own treasure." Li throws his gourd into the sea and it turns into a boat. Zhang Guolao rides his donkey backwards across the waves. Han Zhongli lies on his big fan and floats. He Xiangu's lotus opens into a pink flower boat. Han Xiangzi plays his flute and the sea opens a road. Eight immortals, eight ways — who has the greatest power? A warm voice and a gentle pace, bringing classic Chinese myths and legends to little ones ages 4-10 — perfect for bedtime, travel, and family time. Chinese learners big and small are very welcome to tune in too!

本集讲八仙里的后四位。张果老倒骑白驴、驴能折成纸放进箱子里、要骑时喷水复活，见于唐代《明皇杂录》等记载；"倒骑驴是为了往后看"是民间讲法。何仙姑梦中得仙人指点吃云母粉、身轻如飞、采果奉母，是广州增城一带流传最广的版本，本集把"云母"写成"亮晶晶的石头磨成的粉"；吕洞宾送桃是后世传说。蓝采和的样子（破蓝袍、一脚穿鞋一脚光着、拿拍板唱歌、夏穿棉冬卧雪、把钱串在绳上散给穷人）照唐末《续仙传》，原文写他在酒楼上听见鹤鸣"乘云而去"、鞋子掉在地上，本集改成骑上仙鹤、飞得太急掉了一只鞋，吕洞宾捡鞋和派鹤来接是本集新写的。韩湘子让牡丹顷刻开花出自唐代《酉阳杂俎》，原文花瓣上还有字，本集不写。四位和吕洞宾的关系按《东游记》的讲法：韩湘子、何仙姑、蓝采和是吕洞宾的徒弟，张果老是他的朋友。年画上只画八样宝贝的"暗八仙"是真实的民间图案，张果老的那一样是鱼鼓，本集叫它"长长的鼓"。 第五位张果老，老得连自己多少岁都不记得，倒骑着一头小驴——为什么倒着骑？他说：往前走的时候，我想看看走过的路。他的驴还能叠成一张纸放进箱子里，喷一口水就活了。第六位何仙姑，妈妈身体不好，家里的事全靠她；她梦见仙人说山上有一种亮晶晶的石头，吃了粉身子就会变轻，从此她从树梢跳到树梢，每天早上飞上山顶摘一篮果子给妈妈。第七位蓝采和，一只脚穿鞋一只脚光着，在街上敲着木板唱歌，钱串在绳子上拖着走，掉了也不捡；有一天酒楼上飞来一只仙鹤，他跳上去飞走了，一个不小心，鞋掉了一只……第八位韩湘子，大雪天搬来一个花盆，盖上布问大家：你们想要什么颜色的？布一掀—— 用温暖的声音和慢慢的节奏，陪 4-10 岁的小朋友听中国神话故事。适合睡前、旅途中和亲子时间收听，也欢迎所有正在学中文的大朋友一起来听哦！ 八仙過海。兒童睡前故事、兒童故事、中國神話、親子中文、中文學習、海外華人。 --- "The Eight Immortals, Part 2" (八仙过海（中）, bā xiān guò hǎi) tells the stories of the other four immortals. Zhang Guolao rides his donkey backwards and can fold it into a piece of paper, a tale from Tang dynasty records. He Xiangu, the only woman among the eight, ate a powder made from a shining stone and became light as a leaf. Lan Caihe sang in the streets and gave his money away; an old book says he rose into the clouds and dropped a shoe, and we let him ride a crane. Han Xiangzi made a peony bloom in the snow. In the old stories these three were Lü Dongbin's students, and Zhang Guolao was his friend. Zhang Guolao is so old that he cannot remember his own age. He rides his little donkey backwards. Why? "When I go forward," he says, "I like to look at the road behind me." When he does not need the donkey, he folds it into a piece of paper! He Xiangu jumps from treetop to treetop and picks fruit for her mother every morning. Lan Caihe wears one shoe and sings in the street, until a white crane comes to carry him into the sky — and one shoe falls off. Han Xiangzi covers a flowerpot with a cloth on a snowy day and asks, "What color do you want?" What is under the cloth? A warm voice and a gentle pace, bringing classic Chinese myths and legends to little ones ages 4-10 — perfect for bedtime, travel, and family time. Chinese learners big and small are very welcome to tune in too!

八仙的故事定型于明朝吴元泰的小说《东游记》，距今四百多年；八位神仙各自的来历，是从唐宋以来的传说里一点一点攒起来的。本集讲前四位：铁拐李"魂游华山、七日不归、借身还魂"的传说；汉钟离兵败入山、遇东华帝君的传说（见《列仙全传》）；吕洞宾"黄粱一梦"（唐代《枕中记》原本讲的是书生卢生，八仙传说把这个梦安在了吕洞宾身上，煮小米的人就是汉钟离，本集采用这个版本）；曹国舅"问道指天、问天指心"的传说。给小朋友讲的改编：铁拐李借的身体只写"路边一个没有人要的身子"，不写谁去世了；徒弟那边写成"把师父的身体收起来"；汉钟离打仗一句带过，东华帝君那一夜说的话是本集新写的；曹国舅家里人作恶的细节不展开。吕洞宾的纯阳剑和"砍烦恼、砍坏念头"的说法出自后世传说；药店门口挂葫芦是古时候的习俗，本集只说葫芦和药有关，没有把它的来历安在铁拐李身上。 天上有八位神仙，从前都是普通人，一个带一个才成了神仙。第一位李玄，魂能离开身体去很远的地方，他去华山做客，叫徒弟看好身体七天，徒弟第六天就跑回了家……魂回来找不到身体，只好钻进路边一个瘸腿的身子里，从此叫铁拐李。第二位汉钟离，本来是个打了败仗的将军，在山里遇见一位烤火的老人，老人问他：有没有一种本事，能让打仗的两边都不哭？第三位吕洞宾，在小店里等一锅小米饭，睡着了，梦里当了大官、儿孙满堂，又忽然什么都没有了，一叹气醒过来——饭还没熟。煮饭的那个胖胖的人是谁？第四位曹国舅是皇后的弟弟，把钱全分给了穷人，一个人进了山，两个人问他：道在哪儿？天在哪儿？他指了指什么？ 用温暖的声音和慢慢的节奏，陪 4-10 岁的小朋友听中国神话故事。适合睡前、旅途中和亲子时间收听，也欢迎所有正在学中文的大朋友一起来听哦！ 八仙過海。兒童睡前故事、兒童故事、中國神話、親子中文、中文學習、海外華人。 --- "The Eight Immortals, Part 1" (八仙过海（上）, bā xiān guò hǎi) tells how the first four of China's Eight Immortals came to be. The Eight Immortals were fixed as a group in a novel from about 400 years ago, but each one has older folk tales. We tell four: Iron-Crutch Li, whose soul left his body and had to borrow a lame beggar's body; Han Zhongli, a general who lost a battle and met an old immortal in the mountains; Lü Dongbin and his famous "millet dream"; and Cao Guojiu, who gave all his money to the poor. For young listeners we do not talk about death in the body story, and we keep the war to one line. Long ago, eight immortals lived in heaven, but they all started as ordinary people. Li Xuan could send his soul far away while his body stayed home. He told his student, "Watch my body for seven days." On day six, the student ran home. When the soul came back, the body was gone! Han Zhongli was a general who lost a battle and got lost in the mountains, where an old man by a fire asked him a strange question. Lü Dongbin fell asleep in a little inn while millet cooked on the stove. In his dream he lived a whole life, then woke up. Was the millet done yet? A warm voice and a gentle pace, bringing classic Chinese myths and legends to little ones ages 4-10 — perfect for bedtime, travel, and family time. Chinese learners big and small are very welcome to tune in too!

欢迎来到Ellie姐姐讲故事-原创故事系列，小小旅行家。 十二月，墨尔本放暑假，热得柏油路都软了，妈妈往箱子里装的却全是毛衣棉裤——他们要去的中国，正是冬天。飞到山东，奶奶已经在机场等着，这一回她要跟着一起去泰山。走出机场，Max踩下了这辈子第一脚雪："咯吱。" 泰山是五岳里的东岳，两千两百多年前秦始皇就登上去举行过大典，后来一个又一个皇帝也跟着来。皇帝为什么非要爬到山顶上去？爸爸说，他们觉得泰山离天最近，站在山顶上说话，天能听得见。冬天不爬台阶，一家四口坐索道上山：缆车正下方，一千六百级的十八盘像一架梯子靠在山上，梯子上的人小得像蚂蚁；奶奶恐高，紧紧抓着扶手，Max把手放在她手上。爸爸指着下面的松树讲了一个故事：秦始皇在树下躲了一场雨，就给这棵树封了一个官，叫五大夫——树也能当官？山顶零下十几度，树枝上开满"白花"，一碰是冰；南天门里头竟然有一条街。大石头上刻着四个红字，Max念到第四个字卡住了，那个字他没学过：尊，五岳独尊。旁边整面崖壁的金字，是一千多年前一位皇帝写给天的一封信，信里还写了一个心愿。山顶的庙里供着碧霞元君，北方人叫她泰山奶奶——泰山也有奶奶？晚饭是泰山三美，白菜一美，豆腐一美，第三美是什么？煎饼卷大葱辣得Max把葱抽了出来。第二天天还黑着，一家四口裹着租来的绿大衣，站在日观峰上等。灰云横在天边一动不动，Max想回去了；奶奶往他怀里塞了个热水袋，他说再等一小会儿。然后，太阳的一个小边冒了出来。Max想起李白的诗，抬起手朝云推了一下。奶奶轻轻说，上一回看这个太阳，她才二十出头，那时候是顺着十八盘一级一级爬上来的。四十多年了，泰山一点儿都没变。 泰山是五岳里的哪一岳？给挡雨的松树封官的皇帝是谁？泰山三美，第三美到底是什么？ 本集里的地方和事都是真的：秦始皇公元前219年封禅泰山，"五大夫松"的故事出自《史记》，原树早已不在，现在的两棵是清朝雍正年间补种的；山顶崖壁上的金字是唐玄宗726年写的《纪泰山铭》，"实欲报玄天之眷命，为苍生之祈福"是铭文原句；"五岳独尊"四个字刻于1907年；"登泰山而小天下"出自《孟子》，"平明登日观，举手开云关"出自李白《游泰山》；泰山三美指白菜、豆腐和泰山泉水。奶奶四十多年前登泰山的经历是故事里的情节。 用温暖的声音和慢慢的节奏，陪小朋友跟着Max走进不同的城市：看名胜、听故事、尝美食。适合睡前、旅途中和亲子时间收听，也欢迎所有正在学中文的大朋友一起来听哦！ 小小旅行家：泰山篇。兒童睡前故事、兒童故事、原創兒童故事、親子中文、中文學習、海外華人、泰山。

嫘祖是黄帝的妻子，《史记·五帝本纪》里写她是"西陵之女"，这是两千一百年前的记载；"嫘祖发明养蚕"则是后世流传的传说，宋代以后才见于书里，民间一直把她当作蚕神来纪念。这个传说各地讲法不一，最有名的一段是"蚕茧掉进热水（有的版本说是热茶）里，抽出了一根拉不完的丝"，本集采用这一段，只把"热茶"改成"热水"——那时候茶还没有出现（第 5 集里神农才刚发现茶）。本集的其他改编：茧里的蚕后来怎么样了，缫丝的细节本集不展开，只写"放进热水里泡软，把线抽出来"；留一部分茧让蛾子飞出来生卵，是养蚕的真实做法，用它把蚕的一生讲完整；"蚕""丝""丝绸"三个词在故事后段才由大家起名，前面跟着嫘祖的眼睛叫"小虫子""小白球"。丝绸之路的名字是十九世纪一位德国学者起的，但这条路两千多年前就有商队在走。嫘祖的老家在哪里，四川和湖北等地各有说法，本集不写。 很久很久以前，人们还不会织布做衣服，天冷披兽皮，天热围树叶。黄帝的妻子嫘祖最喜欢去桑树林。有一年春天，她在树林里听见一个细细的声音：沙沙，沙沙，沙沙沙——桑叶上趴着好多白白胖胖的小虫子，正一口一口地啃叶子。嫘祖天天来看它们。小虫子越吃越胖，忽然有一天，它们不吃了，嘴里吐出一根亮亮的线，把自己一圈一圈包成了一个小白球。嫘祖觉得太神奇了，摘了几颗带回家。这天晚上，她一边喝热水，一边拿着一颗小白球翻来翻去地看，手一滑，"扑通"，小白球掉进了热水碗里。嫘祖赶紧拿树枝去捞——捞上来的，是一根细细的、怎么拉也拉不完的线…… 用温暖的声音和慢慢的节奏，陪 4-10 岁的小朋友听中国神话故事。适合睡前、旅途中和亲子时间收听，也欢迎所有正在学中文的大朋友一起来听哦！ 嫘祖養蠶。兒童睡前故事、兒童故事、中國神話、親子中文、中文學習、海外華人。 --- "Leizu and the Silkworms" (嫘祖养蚕, léi zǔ yǎng cán) is the story of how people found silk. Leizu was the wife of the Yellow Emperor. A history book from 2,100 years ago names her, but the silk story itself is a folk legend told much later. The most famous part is a silkworm cocoon falling into a bowl of hot water, and a thread coming out that goes on and on. We keep that part. We do not talk about what happens to the worm inside the cocoon. We do show the real way silk farmers keep some cocoons so the moths can come out and lay eggs for next spring. Today, silk is still one of the softest and most precious cloths in the world. Long ago, people did not know how to make cloth. Leizu loved to walk in a mulberry grove. One spring she heard a tiny sound: sha-sha, sha-sha. Fat little white worms were eating the leaves! She came back every day to watch. One day the worms stopped eating and wrapped themselves in shiny thread, making little white balls. Leizu took a few home. That night, one ball slipped from her hand into her bowl of hot water. She fished for it with a twig — and out came a thread, thin as a hair, that would not stop. She pulled and pulled, all the way out the door. What was inside that little white ball? A warm voice and a gentle pace, bringing classic Chinese myths and legends to little ones ages 4-10 — perfect for bedtime, travel, and family time. Chinese learners big and small are very welcome to tune in too!

《大禹治水》是中国流传最久的传说之一，距今约四千年。最早的记载见于《尚书》，《史记·夏本纪》里写禹"居外十三年，过家门不敢入"，"三过其门而不入"这句话出自《孟子》。这个故事一半是传说、一半是很早的历史，本集按传说来讲。几处取舍：禹的父亲鲧曾经用"堵"的办法治水、失败后被处置，本集只说"以前的人试过筑堤拦水"，不提鲧，也不讲后面的事；"三过家门"在古书里只有一句话，本集里的三个场景——听见孩子的哭声、孩子在妈妈怀里挥手、孩子追着喊爸爸——是民间讲这个故事时常有的加工；"一条大龙用尾巴划地"出自《山海经》和《拾遗记》里"应龙画地"的传说，本集只取这一个画面；禹凿龙门是后世流传的讲法，《尚书·禹贡》里有"导河积石，至于龙门"，与第 9 集《鲤鱼跳龙门》呼应。舜把首领的位置传给禹，是《史记》里的记载；禹后来建立夏朝的事，本集不讲。大禹陵在中国的浙江绍兴，"九州"出自《尚书·禹贡》，今天仍是中国的别称。 很久很久以前，天下发了一场大水，水漫过了田地和村子，人们只好躲到高山上去。以前的人搬来泥土和石头筑起堤坝，可是堤坝越高，水涨得越高，哗啦一声就塌了。首领舜请来了禹。禹没有马上动手，而是先走了很远很远的路，去看水从哪里来、该往哪里去。他发现：水是拦不住的，可是水总往低的地方流。于是禹带着大家挖河道，给水挖一条路，让它一直流到大海里去。他在外面治水，一共治了十三年，三次路过自己家的门口，一次都没有进去。第一次，他听见屋里传来小娃娃的哭声——他的孩子出生了。禹站在门口，很想进去看一眼……你猜，他进去了吗？ 用温暖的声音和慢慢的节奏，陪 4-10 岁的小朋友听中国神话故事。适合睡前、旅途中和亲子时间收听，也欢迎所有正在学中文的大朋友一起来听哦！ 大禹治水。兒童睡前故事、兒童故事、中國神話、親子中文、中文學習、海外華人。 --- "Yu the Great Tames the Flood" (大禹治水, dà yǔ zhì shuǐ) is about 4,000 years old. It is part legend and part early history. The old books say Yu worked on the flood for thirteen years, and passed his own door three times without going in. We leave out the story of Yu's father, who tried to block the water and failed. The three scenes at Yu's door — a baby crying, a baby waving, a child calling "Daddy!" — come from later retellings; the old books give only one line. The dragon that draws a river with its tail is from an old legend too. Today "passing his door three times without going in" is a Chinese saying for someone who works so hard for everyone that they cannot go home. Long ago, a great flood covered the fields and villages. People climbed up the mountains to stay safe. Others had tried to stop the water with high walls, but the water only rose higher, and the walls fell down. So the leader Shun asked a man named Yu for help. Yu did not start digging right away. First he walked a long, long way to see where the water came from. He found out: you cannot stop water, but water always flows downhill. So Yu and the people dug rivers, to give the water a road all the way to the sea. It took thirteen years. Three times Yu passed his own door — and did not go in. Can you guess why? A warm voice and a gentle pace, bringing classic Chinese myths and legends to little ones ages 4-10 — perfect for bedtime, travel, and family time. Chinese learners big and small are very welcome to tune in too!

欢迎来到Ellie姐姐讲故事-原创故事系列，小小旅行家。 离开马六甲，Max和爸爸妈妈坐车往北走了大半天，去这趟旅行的最后一站——槟城。槟城是一座岛，进岛要走一座十几公里长的大桥：开了五分钟还是桥，开了十分钟还是桥，两边全是海。岛上的老城叫乔治市，跟马六甲是一起上的世界遗产名单；老城里差不多每两个人里就有一个华人，大多是福建人。 老街的墙上画着一个姐姐载着弟弟骑自行车，Max走近了才发现，那辆自行车是真的，旧旧的一辆钉在墙上。他爬上后座拍了一张照片发给奶奶，奶奶说：你爸爸小时候，就是这么坐在你爷爷的自行车后座上的。巷口排长队的煎蕊端上来，刨冰上趴着一堆绿色的小条条，Max叫起来："绿色的小虫子！"——不是虫子，是米粉做的，绿色来自班兰叶；最后淋上去的那勺深褐色糖浆，他一舔就认出来了，是马六甲的椰糖。第二天坐小火车上升旗山，车厢的地板像楼梯，陡得人往后仰；山顶凉得要穿外套，树上坐着几只戴"白眼镜"的猴子。下午到海边，一排木头长桥直直伸进海里，每座桥口一块牌子：姓林桥、姓周桥、姓陈桥——桥也有姓？一百多年前，中国福建同安的渔民坐船来到这儿，把木桩打进海里，把房子架在水上，同一个姓的人家搭同一座桥，到今天还有人住在桥上。桥上的老奶奶跟Max打招呼，说的是福建话"食饱未"——吃饱了没有。天黑前在桥口的小吃店吃炒粿条，角落里一个跟Max差不多大的女孩正在写华文作业。她的学校每天都用华文上课；Max的中文学校，是星期六上的。 墙上那幅骑自行车的画里，有一样东西不是画上去的，是什么？煎蕊上那堆绿色的"小虫子"到底是什么做的？槟城海边的木头长桥，为什么每一座都有一个姓？ 本集里的地方和事都是真的：槟威大桥1985年通车，长13.5公里；乔治市2008年和马六甲一起列入世界文化遗产；姓氏桥由十九世纪末从福建同安来的闽南渔民搭建，现存七座，姓周桥最大、约有七十五栋木屋，至今有人居住；老街那幅《姐弟共骑》是立陶宛画家Ernest Zacharevic在2012年画的，自行车是真的，画中的姐弟是当地小朋友，当年六岁和四岁；升旗山的索道小火车1923年通车；山上的郁乌叶猴眼周有一圈白毛，幼崽出生时是橘黄色的；马来西亚有一千三百多所以华语教学的华文小学。故事里的小吃店女孩和桥上的老奶奶是虚构的人物。 用温暖的声音和慢慢的节奏，陪小朋友跟着Max走进不同的城市：看名胜、听故事、尝美食。适合睡前、旅途中和亲子时间收听，也欢迎所有正在学中文的大朋友一起来听哦！ 小小旅行家：檳城篇。兒童睡前故事、兒童故事、原創兒童故事、親子中文、中文學習、海外華人、檳城。

《精卫填海》出自《山海经·北山经》，流传了两千两百年以上。原文只有几十个字：发鸠山上有一种鸟，样子像乌鸦，头上有花纹，白嘴壳，红脚，名叫精卫，叫声就像在喊自己的名字。她本来是炎帝的小女儿，名叫女娃，在东海游玩时被海水淹没，再也没有回来，就变成了精卫鸟，常常衔着西山的树枝和石子，要把东海填平。本集有几处改编：原文里小姑娘的名字"女娃"和第 2、3 集的"女娲"读音几乎一样，音频里容易听混，所以正文不用这个名字，只叫她"小姑娘"；她看日出、想去看太阳住的地方、划小船出海，是本集为故事加的前情，原文只说她"游于东海"；落水一笔带过，写成"被大浪卷到了海底"，紧接着就写她化作小鸟从浪花里飞出来；原文衔的是"木石"，本集只取石子，一颗一颗，更整齐也更好听；大海和精卫的对话是后世讲这个故事时常用的加工，《山海经》原文里没有，精卫"不想让大海再带走更多的人"的心意，也是后人讲出来的——原文没有说她为什么要填海。炎帝就是神农，是汉代以后慢慢合成一个人的讲法，正文用"传说里"带过。发鸠山是真实存在的山，在中国的山西，漳河就是从那里发源的，《山海经》原文里就写着"漳水出焉"。"精卫填海"今天也是一句成语，形容认定了目标就不放弃的人。 很久很久以前，炎帝有一个爱跑爱笑的小女儿。她最喜欢去东边的海边看日出：天还没有亮就坐在大石头上等，等到太阳"呼"的一下从海水里跳出来。太阳是从海里出来的吗？爸爸说，是从更远更远的地方。有一天早上，小姑娘偷偷解开一条小船，想去看看太阳住的地方。可是到了中午，风变了，大浪像一群凶猛的野兽扑过来，把小姑娘和小船一起卷到了海底。可是，她没有不见——就在那一天，她变成了一只小鸟，从浪花里飞了出来，骄傲地叫着自己的名字："精卫——精卫——"从那以后，精卫每天都往大海里丢小石子。大海笑她："你就是填一万年，也填不满我。"你猜，精卫是怎么回答的？ 用温暖的声音和慢慢的节奏，陪 4-10 岁的小朋友听中国神话故事。适合睡前、旅途中和亲子时间收听，也欢迎所有正在学中文的大朋友一起来听哦！ 精衛填海。兒童睡前故事、兒童故事、中國神話、親子中文、中文學習、海外華人。 --- "Jingwei Fills the Sea" (精卫填海, jīng wèi tián hǎi) is more than 2,200 years old. It comes from the *Classic of Mountains and Seas* (《山海经》). The old story is very short: a little girl, the daughter of the Flame Emperor, drowned in the Eastern Sea. She became a small bird with a white beak and red feet. Her call sounds like "Jingwei," so that is her name. Every day she carries pebbles to fill up the sea. We added a few things for young listeners: the sunrise, the little boat, and the talk between Jingwei and the sea. We do not use the girl's old name, because it sounds just like the goddess Nüwa from episodes 2 and 3. Today "精卫填海" is a Chinese idiom for someone who never gives up. Long ago, the Flame Emperor had a little daughter. She loved to watch the sun rise out of the sea. One morning she took a small boat to find where the sun lives. At noon the wind changed. Big waves took the girl and her boat down to the bottom of the sea. But she did not disappear. That day she became a little bird, calling her own name: "Jingwei! Jingwei!" From then on, she dropped pebbles into the sea every day. The sea laughed: "You can never fill me up." What did Jingwei say back? A warm voice and a gentle pace, bringing classic Chinese myths and legends to little ones ages 4-10 — perfect for bedtime, travel, and family time. Chinese learners big and small are very welcome to tune in too!

《鲤鱼跳龙门》最早记载于汉代辛氏的《三秦记》，流传了约两千年。原书已经散失，今天能看到的是后人书里引的几句：黄河上有个地方叫龙门，水又急又险，鱼上不去；江海里的大鱼成千上万地聚在龙门下面，跳上去的就变成龙，跳不上去的"点额暴腮"——额头上被点一个记号，回到水里去。本集保留了"额头撞红"的画面，去掉了"被点记号"的意味：跳不过去的鱼歇一歇，再来一次。古书里跳龙门的本来是"江海大鱼"，专说鲤鱼是唐代以后的讲法（李白就写过"黄河三尺鲤……点额不成龙"）。《太平广记》引《三秦记》说鲤鱼跳过龙门时"有云雨随之，天火自后烧其尾"——**云和雨本集保留、放大成了结尾，"天火烧尾"不写**。本集还为小朋友加了两段古书里没有的情节：小鲤鱼一次次跳不上去之后，从一片被瀑布砸下去、又自己冒上来的桃花瓣里，发现瀑布底下有一股往上升的水流（这在真实的瀑布下面确实会发生——水砸到河底会翻涌上来）；她化成龙以后没有直接飞走，而是回到水里，把那条老鲤鱼带到了那股上升水流前面。龙门是真实存在的地方，在中国的山西和陕西中间的黄河上，传说是大禹开凿的，今天还叫龙门。唐代以后，"跳龙门"用来比喻考试考中，所以直到今天，大人还会用"鲤鱼跳龙门"祝福要上学、要考试的小朋友。日本每年五月挂的鲤鱼旗，一般也认为是从这个传说来的。 每年春天桃花开、河水涨的时候，黄河里所有的鲤鱼都出发了，一条跟着一条，逆着水往上游游。它们要去的地方叫龙门——两座大山中间一道窄窄的口子，黄河的水从上面砸下来，变成一道好高好高的大瀑布。一条胡子长长的老鲤鱼说：谁能跳过龙门，谁就会变成一条龙。大鲤鱼们一条接一条地跳，一条接一条地掉回水里。有一条小小的鲤鱼也想试试。第一次，她只跳起一点点；第二次，一大股水把她浇了回去；第三次、第四次、第五次……太阳从东边走到了西边，她的额头撞红了，尾巴也酸了。这一次，小鲤鱼没有马上再跳，只在瀑布下面慢慢地游来游去，看着，听着——然后，一片粉红色的桃花瓣飘了过来。你猜猜看，那片花瓣让她发现了什么秘密呢？ 用温暖的声音和慢慢的节奏，陪 4-10 岁的小朋友听中国神话故事。适合睡前、旅途中和亲子时间收听，也欢迎所有正在学中文的大朋友一起来听哦！ 鯉魚跳龍門。兒童睡前故事、兒童故事、中國神話、親子中文、中文學習、海外華人。 --- "The Carp Leaps the Dragon Gate" (鲤鱼跳龙门, lǐ yú tiào lóng mén) is about 2,000 years old. It comes from a Han dynasty book called *Records of the Three Qin* (《三秦记》). The old story says: on the Yellow River there is a place called Dragon Gate. The water there is very fast. Fish that jump over it become dragons. Fish that fail get a mark on the forehead. In our story, the fish that fall just bump their heads and try again. Two parts are new for this episode: the little carp finds a rising stream of water under the waterfall, and after she becomes a dragon she comes back to help the old carp. Dragon Gate is a real place in Shanxi, China. Today, Chinese families say "鲤鱼跳龙门" to wish a child good luck at school. Every spring, the carp of the Yellow River swim upstream to Dragon Gate. It is a huge waterfall between two mountains. An old carp says: whoever jumps over it will become a dragon. The big carp jump and fall, jump and fall. A very small carp wants to try too. She jumps once, twice, five times. Her head is red and her tail hurts. Then she stops and watches the water. A peach blossom petal drifts by — and she discovers a secret. Can you guess what it is? A warm voice and a gentle pace, bringing classic Chinese myths and legends to little ones ages 4-10 — perfect for bedtime, travel, and family time. Chinese learners big and small are very welcome to tune in too!

欢迎来到Ellie姐姐讲故事-原创故事系列，小小旅行家。 离开新加坡，Max和爸爸妈妈坐上飞机往北飞，一个多钟头就到了马来西亚的马六甲。飞机上，妈妈指着窗外那条窄窄的海：两边都是陆地，中间夹着一条海，这样的地方叫海峡。海面上的船一艘跟着一艘，排得像一长串等着进停车场的汽车。可六百多年前的船没有发动机，全靠风推着走——风向不对就走不了，只能停下来等风，一等好几个月。 落了地，热得跟新加坡一模一样，城却全变了：高楼比新加坡少得多，城当中是一整片暗红色的荷兰老房子，插满假花、载着大音响一路放歌的三轮车一辆接一辆。中午端上桌的鸡饭跟他在新加坡吃过的一模一样，饭却是一颗一颗圆圆的球。老街上的娘惹糕五颜六色，那层亮蓝不是画上去的，是蝶豆花泡出来的水染的，绿的那层来自班兰叶；旁边铺子里的椰糖，也不是椰子做的。他走进一户峇峇娘惹人家的老房子，看见祖先牌位旁边摆着马来式的花砖和瓷器，衣裳是马来样式的，上头绣的却是凤凰和牡丹。傍晚的青云亭里，正当中坐着观音，一边是关公，另一边那位娘娘，Max一眼就认出来了——是他前几天刚在新加坡的天福宫里见过的妈祖。最后一站是三宝山，山脚下有一口三宝井。六百多年前，中国明朝的皇帝派郑和出海，他带着当时全世界最大的船队七次下西洋，其中五次到过马六甲，为的就是在这儿等风。他没有占这儿的地方，也没有拿走什么，可这座城里的山、井、庙、街，到今天都还带着他的小名——三宝。 马六甲的鸡饭为什么不是盛在碗里，而是一颗一颗圆圆的？娘惹糕上那层蓝色是从哪儿来的？青云亭里观音旁边的那位娘娘，你还记得她是谁吗？ 本集里"喝过三宝井的水，将来一定还会再回到马六甲"，是马六甲当地流传的说法，不是史书记载的事实。鸡饭为什么捏成球，民间有两种说法——一说从前是挑着担子沿街卖的，捏成球好拿、也不容易凉；一说来自海南人过节祭祖的饭团。本集只讲了第一种。郑和下西洋的年代（中国明朝，1405到1433年）、七次出海、五次到马六甲，以及青云亭、三宝山、三宝井、鸡场街这些地方，都是真实的。 用温暖的声音和慢慢的节奏，陪小朋友跟着Max走进不同的城市：看名胜、听故事、尝美食。适合睡前、旅途中和亲子时间收听，也欢迎所有正在学中文的大朋友一起来听哦！ 小小旅行家：馬六甲篇。兒童睡前故事、兒童故事、原創兒童故事、親子中文、中文學習、海外華人、馬六甲。

《嫦娥奔月》最早记载于西汉的《淮南子·览冥训》，流传了约两千一百年，讲的是古人想象中"月亮上住着谁"。原文只有一句："羿请不死之药于西王母，姮娥窃以奔月"——**药是后羿向西王母求来的，嫦娥是偷偷吃下去飞走的**，后羿因此非常失落。本集采用的是后世民间流传最广、也对小朋友最友善的版本：坏人逢蒙趁后羿出门来抢仙丹，嫦娥不得已才吞了下去。另外，东汉张衡在《灵宪》里说嫦娥到了月亮上变成了蟾蜍，本集不写。嫦娥原本写作"姮娥"，因为要避汉文帝刘恒的名讳，后来才改成了"嫦娥"。逢蒙确有其人，《孟子》里写他跟羿学射箭，后来还害了师父——本集只取"抢仙丹"这一段，后面不讲。后羿在院子里摆供品思念嫦娥、大家跟着一起拜月，是民间关于中秋来历的传说；作为节日的中秋其实到唐代才形成，北宋才正式定在八月十五。故事里射日的这位"后羿"和夏朝那位有穷氏后羿本是两个人，很早就被后人混在了一起，今天大家都这么叫，本季两集都从俗。 后羿射下九个太阳以后，一位住在很远很远西边大山里的神仙——西王母，送给他一颗圆圆亮亮的小丸子。"这是一枚仙丹，吃了它就能飞到天上去，做神仙，永远永远不会老。"可是仙丹只有一颗。后羿摇了摇头：他不想一个人飞上天，把妻子嫦娥留在地上。于是他把仙丹交给嫦娥收着。八月十五这一天，后羿出门打猎，他的徒弟逢蒙装病留了下来，闯进家里要抢仙丹。情急之下，嫦娥把仙丹一口吞了下去——她的身子越来越轻，轻得像一片羽毛，慢慢飘上了天。天上有那么多地方可以去，她却一直回头往下看，最后停在了月亮上。你猜猜看，这是为什么呢？ 用温暖的声音和慢慢的节奏，陪 4-10 岁的小朋友听中国神话故事。适合睡前、旅途中和亲子时间收听，也欢迎所有正在学中文的大朋友一起来听哦！ 嫦娥奔月。兒童睡前故事、兒童故事、中國神話、中秋節、親子中文、中文學習、海外華人。 "Chang'e Flies to the Moon" (嫦娥奔月, cháng é bēn yuè) is the story of who lives on the moon. It was first written down about 2,100 years ago in a book called *Huainanzi* (《淮南子》). The old line is very short: Hou Yi asked the Queen Mother of the West for the elixir of immortality, and Chang'e **stole it** and flew to the moon, leaving Hou Yi heartbroken. We tell the kinder folk version, the one most people know today: a bad man named Feng Meng came to seize the elixir while Hou Yi was away, and Chang'e swallowed it because there was nothing else she could do. A later book by Zhang Heng says she turned into a toad on the moon — we leave that out. The tale that Mid-Autumn moon-gazing began with Hou Yi setting out offerings for her is folklore; the festival itself only took shape much later, in the Tang and Song dynasties. After Hou Yi shot down the nine suns, a goddess from the far western mountains — the Queen Mother of the West — gave him a small round shining pill. "Eat this and you can fly up to the heavens and never grow old." But there was only one pill. Hou Yi shook his head: he did not want to fly away alone and leave his wife Chang'e behind on earth. So he gave the pill to her to keep. On the fifteenth day of the eighth month, Hou Yi went out hunting, and his student Feng Meng, who had pretended to be sick, burst into the house to seize the pill. With no other choice, Chang'e swallowed it — and she grew lighter and lighter, light as a feather, and floated up into the sky. There were so many places she could have gone, but she kept looking back down, and in the end she stopped at the moon. Can you guess why? A warm voice and a gentle pace, bringing classic Chinese myths and legends to little ones ages 4-10 — perfect for bedtime, travel, and family time. Chinese learners big and small are very welcome to tune in too!

《后羿射日》最早记载于西汉的《淮南子·本经训》，流传了约两千一百年，讲的是古人想象中"天上为什么只有一个太阳"。原文写的是尧的时候"十日并出"，晒坏了庄稼，尧派羿"上射十日"——**射的是十个，"射下九个、留下一个"是后来民间流传的讲法**，本集采用大家最熟悉的这一版。另外，射太阳的这位神射手在古书里叫"羿"，和夏朝那位有穷氏"后羿"本是两个人，很早就被后人混在了一起；今天大家都说"后羿射日"，所以标题和故事里都从俗，称他"后羿"。十个太阳是羲和的孩子、住在东方汤谷的扶桑树上，这些出自《山海经》，和《淮南子》本是两个来源，是后人合起来讲的。原文里羿还除掉了六种害人的怪兽，本集不讲。 在很远很远的东方，大海边上长着一棵大树叫扶桑，树上住着十个太阳。他们长得像十只金色的大鸟，每天轮一个飞上天，从东边飞到西边，把光和暖送给大地。可是有一天早上，十个太阳一起醒了过来："天天一个人飞，多没意思呀，我们今天一起飞！"于是"呼"的一下，十个太阳全都飞上了天。河水一天比一天浅，禾苗黄了、卷了，地也裂开了口子。首领尧请来了当时最厉害的射手——后羿。后羿背上大弓爬到最高的山顶，"嗖"的一箭，一个太阳就散成千千万万点金色的光落了下来。射到第九个的时候，天上只剩下一个了。后羿又搭上一支箭，却忽然停住，慢慢把弓放了下来。你猜猜看，这是为什么呢？ 用温暖的声音和慢慢的节奏，陪 4-10 岁的小朋友听中国神话故事。适合睡前、旅途中和亲子时间收听，也欢迎所有正在学中文的大朋友一起来听哦！ 后羿射日。兒童睡前故事、兒童故事、中國神話、親子中文、中文學習、海外華人。 "Hou Yi Shoots the Suns" (后羿射日, hòu yì shè rì) explains why there is only one sun in the sky. It was first written down about 2,100 years ago in a book called *Huainanzi* (《淮南子》). The old book says the archer shot down *all ten* suns — the version where he leaves one behind came later, from folk retellings, and that is the one we tell here. Also, the archer in the old book is called simply "Yi," and he is not the same person as "Hou Yi" of the Xia dynasty; the two were mixed up long ago. Today everyone says "Hou Yi," so we use that familiar name throughout. The ten suns living on the Fusang tree come from a different old book, the *Classic of Mountains and Seas* (《山海经》). Far away in the east, by the great sea, grew a huge tree called Fusang, and ten suns lived in it. They looked like ten golden birds. Each morning one of them took a turn flying across the sky, from east to west, bringing light and warmth to the world. But one morning, all ten woke up at once. "Flying alone every day is so boring — let's all fly together today!" And whoosh — up went all ten suns. The rivers ran low, the young crops turned yellow and crumbled, and the ground cracked open. So the leader Yao sent for the finest archer of that time: Hou Yi. He climbed to the highest mountaintop with his great bow. Twang! — and one sun burst into thousands of golden sparks and drifted down. After the ninth, only one sun was left. Hou Yi set another arrow on the string... and then he stopped, and slowly lowered his bow. Can you guess why? A warm voice and a gentle pace, bringing classic Chinese myths and legends to little ones ages 4-10 — perfect for bedtime, travel, and family time. Chinese learners big and small are very welcome to tune in too!

小小旅行家：新加坡篇 - 原创儿童故事 欢迎来到Ellie姐姐讲故事-原创故事系列，小小旅行家。 假期结束，Max回到了他在澳大利亚墨尔本的家。过了一个学期，爸爸要去新加坡出差，一家人就一起飞到了这座赤道边上的小岛——这里一年到头都是夏天，四个人里差不多有三个是华人。 刚下飞机，Max就在路边看见三个他全认识、连起来却看不懂的字："巴刹"。这一路上，还有"德士"、"组屋"、"五脚基"。第二天，妈妈带他走进牛车水，看了一座一根钉子也没用过的老庙——天福宫。庙刚盖好的时候，门口就是大海；后来人们把海填成了陆地，海不见了，庙还朝着海本来在的方向。他吃了用鸡汤煮饭的海南鸡饭，喝了一碗没有茶叶的肉骨茶，还第一次尝到又臭又香的榴莲。最后一天在海边，他见到了一只世界上并不存在的动物：狮子头，鱼尾巴。 新加坡的唐人街叫"牛车水"，那条街上一头牛也没有，为什么会起这个名字？海南鸡饭的米饭为什么是香的？"新加坡"的意思是"狮子城"，可是这个地方从古到今一头狮子也没有过——那这个名字又是怎么来的呢？ 本集里"狮子城"的由来，出自马来古籍《马来纪年》，是流传下来的传说，不是史书记载的事实。故事里也如实说了：新加坡从来没有过狮子，那位王子多半是看错了。另外，肉骨茶到底是在新加坡还是马来西亚的巴生最先做出来的，至今没有定论，本集把两种说法都讲了。 用温暖的声音和慢慢的节奏，陪小朋友跟着Max走进不同的城市：看名胜、听故事、尝美食。适合睡前、旅途中和亲子时间收听，也欢迎所有正在学中文的大朋友一起来听哦！ 小小旅行家：新加坡篇。兒童睡前故事、兒童故事、親子中文、中文學習、海外華人、新加坡。

《仓颉造字》最早记载于两千多年前的《荀子》和《淮南子》，流传了约两千两百年，讲的是古人想象中汉字的来历。《淮南子》里的原文只有一句："仓颉造出字的那天，天上下起了小米雨，鬼在夜里哭了起来"，还带着一点警示的意味——本集取后世庆祝的讲法，只留"天雨粟"这场神奇的粮食雨，"鬼夜哭"不写。仓颉是黄帝的史官、长着四只眼睛、看鸟兽脚印受到启发，这些画面出自东汉《说文解字》《论衡》等后来的记载，本集按"传说"采用。 那时候的人还不会写字，要记事情，只能在绳子上打结。帮黄帝记事的聪明人仓颉，绳子上打满了大大小小的结，可是黄帝一问"上个月收了多少袋粮食"，他摸着绳结数了半天，怎么也想不起来了！冬天的雪地上，一位老猎人指着脚印笑呵呵地说：三个叉的是小鸟，圆圆的是小鹿——谁走过，一看脚印就知道。仓颉的眼睛一下子亮了：把万物的样子画下来，一个样子代表一样东西，不就谁都看得懂了吗？圆圈中间点一点，是"日"；弯弯的月牙，是"月"……仓颉造出字的那一天，天上还下了一场神奇的"雨"。你猜猜，落下来的是什么呢？ 用温暖的声音和慢慢的节奏，陪 4-10 岁的小朋友听中国神话故事。适合睡前、旅途中和亲子时间收听，也欢迎所有正在学中文的大朋友一起来听哦！ "Cangjie Invents Writing" (仓颉造字, cāng jié zào zì) is the myth of how Chinese characters began. It was first written down over 2,000 years ago, in books called *Xunzi* (《荀子》) and *Huainanzi* (《淮南子》). The old line says: on the day Cangjie made the characters, millet rained from the sky and ghosts cried in the night — a little spooky! We tell the happy folk version: we keep the wonderful rain of grain, and leave the ghosts out. The details that Cangjie was the Yellow Emperor's record-keeper, had four eyes, and got his idea from animal footprints come from later books, so we tell them as legend. Long ago, people could not write. To remember things, they tied knots in ropes — a big knot for a big thing, a small knot for a small thing. Cangjie kept records for the Yellow Emperor, and his ropes were full of knots. But when the Emperor asked, "How many bags of grain did we harvest last month?" — Cangjie counted his knots and just could not remember! Then one snowy day, an old hunter pointed at the ground: three-pronged prints mean a bird, round ones mean a deer — one look, and you know who passed by. Cangjie's eyes lit up: what if he drew the shape of each thing, one picture for one thing? A circle with a dot became "sun" (日). A curved crescent became "moon" (月)... And on the day the characters were finished, something amazing fell from the sky. Can you guess what it was? A warm voice and a gentle pace, bringing classic Chinese myths and legends to little ones ages 4-10 — perfect for bedtime, travel, and family time. Chinese learners big and small are very welcome to tune in too!

《神农尝百草》出自西汉的《淮南子》，流传了约两千一百年。古书里只有短短几句：神农教大家播种五谷，又亲口尝遍百草的味道和泉水的甘苦，让大家知道哪些能吃、哪些要躲开——最多的一天，中了七十次毒。本集里神农发现茶、给"茶"起名字的情节，最早的古书里并没有——"茶之为饮，发乎神农氏"是唐代陆羽《茶经》的记载；至于流传很广的"日遇七十二毒，得荼而解之"，托名《神农本草经》、出现得更晚，本集不采用：故事里的茶是解乏提神的清香叶子，解毒靠的是他认识的草药。另外，民间还流传神农最后尝到剧毒断肠草的结局，本集不讲。 满山满地长着数不清的草呀、叶子呀、果子呀，哪些能吃、哪些不能吃，谁也说不清。有人饿极了随手乱吃，吃得肚子疼得直不起腰。首领神农心疼大家，决定自己去尝：把每一样都尝一遍，再告诉大家！甜甜的红果子，能吃；苦苦的绿叶子，记住；清清凉凉的泉水，可以喝……可是危险也来了。有一天，神农尝了一棵小草，肚子疼起来了，头也晕乎乎的——中毒了！古书上说，最多的一天，他中了七十次毒，可是他一次也没有想过放弃。尝了一整天百草、又苦又累的时候，是什么神奇的小叶子，让他一下子又有了精神呢？ 用温暖的声音和慢慢的节奏，陪 4-10 岁的小朋友听中国神话故事。适合睡前、旅途中和亲子时间收听，也欢迎所有正在学中文的大朋友一起来听哦！ "Shennong Tastes a Hundred Herbs" (神农尝百草, shén nóng cháng bǎi cǎo) comes from *Huainanzi* (《淮南子》), a book written about 2,100 years ago. The old book tells it in just a few lines: Shennong taught people to plant grains, and tasted every plant and every spring himself, so everyone would know what was safe — on his worst day, he was poisoned seventy times. One note: the earliest book does not mention tea. The tradition that Shennong discovered tea goes back to the Tang-dynasty *Classic of Tea* (《茶经》); the famous line about tea curing his poisons appeared much later, so in our story tea is the fresh little leaf that lifts his spirits, while healing herbs do the curing. Some folk tales also give the story a sad ending with a deadly herb; we do not tell it that way. The mountains were full of plants — but which ones were safe to eat? Nobody knew. Some people got terrible tummy aches from eating the wrong ones. Shennong, the kind leader, made a brave decision: he would taste everything himself, then teach everyone! Sweet red berries — good to eat. Bitter green leaves — remember those. Cool spring water — sweet or bitter? Taste and see. But danger came too. One day, after tasting a little plant, his tummy hurt and his head spun — poison! The old book says he was poisoned seventy times in a single day, yet he never gave up. And after a long day of tasting bitter plants, what fresh little leaves made him feel bright and strong again? A warm voice and a gentle pace, bringing classic Chinese myths and legends to little ones ages 4-10 — perfect for bedtime, travel, and family time. Chinese learners big and small are very welcome to tune in too!

《燧人钻木取火》出自《韩非子》，流传了约两千三百年，讲的是人类的第一朵火苗是怎么来的。古书里只有短短几句：有一位圣人钻木取火，教会了大家用火，人们尊称他"燧人氏"。年轻人看到啄木鸟啄树冒出火星、受到启发的画面，是后来的传说里才有的——本集采用这个流传最广、也最好懂的讲法。 远古的人们没有火：果子和鱼肉只能生着吃，冬天冷得抖呀抖，晚上黑得什么也看不见。只有打雷的时候，树林里才会烧起大火——有人还在烧过的树林里捡到过被火烤熟的肉，香喷喷的，比生的好吃多啦！可是大雨一下，火就灭了，谁也不会自己生火。有一天，一个爱观察、爱动脑筋的年轻人发现，啄木鸟"笃笃笃"地啄树，竟然啄出了小小的火星！他想：我用木头钻木头，是不是也能钻出火来？第一次，木头只是热热的；第二次，只冒出一缕青烟；好不容易钻出了火星，风一吹，又灭了……年轻人能想出办法，把这颗小小的火星留住吗？ 用温暖的声音和慢慢的节奏，陪 4-10 岁的小朋友听中国神话故事。适合睡前、旅途中和亲子时间收听，也欢迎所有正在学中文的大朋友一起来听哦！ "Suiren Drills Wood for Fire" (燧人钻木取火, suì rén zuān mù qǔ huǒ) comes from *Han Feizi* (《韩非子》), a book written about 2,300 years ago. The old book tells it in just a few words: a wise man drilled wood to make fire, taught everyone how to use it, and people honored him with the name Suiren — "the one who brings fire." The woodpecker that inspires him in our episode comes from later retellings of the legend. Long ago, people had no fire. Fruit and fish could only be eaten raw, winters were freezing, and nights were pitch dark. Only lightning could set the forest burning — and once, someone found a piece of meat roasted by the wildfire. It smelled wonderful and tasted so much better than raw! But when the rain came, the fire went out, and nobody knew how to make a new one. Then one day, a curious young man saw a woodpecker pecking a tree — tok, tok, tok — and tiny sparks flew out! He wondered: if I drill wood against wood, can I make fire too? The first time, the wood only got warm. The second time, there was just a wisp of smoke. And when a spark finally jumped out, the wind blew it away... Can he find a way to keep that little spark alive? A warm voice and a gentle pace, bringing classic Chinese myths and legends to little ones ages 4-10 — perfect for bedtime, travel, and family time. Chinese learners big and small are very welcome to tune in too!