
The Chinese Cinderella
Chinese Folk Tales
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The Chinese Folk Tales Podcast Special
The golden shoe was sold to a neighboring kingdom, which ruled over dozens of small islands in the south. The king was very taken with this mysterious golden shoe and asked all the young ladies in the kingdom to try it on. As we all know, the shoe wouldn't fit on anyone else's feet. So the king sent out a search team to find the owner of the shoe. And eventually they found yesen, who not only could slip into the shoe easily, but also brought out the other golden shoe. She then put on her feather dress and stunned everyone in sight with her beauty. This sounds very much like the cinderella story, which can be traced back to italy in
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