Do you know what's the story behind Chinese Valentine's Day? It's about a common man fell in love with a beautiful goddess. Wanna read? Let's read it!

Theme: Love、Fable, Mythology、Festival

Dynasty: Other

Main Vocabularies: 牛、一边、另外、神仙、结婚

Grammar: 就、被

Level of Difficulty:

Words Count: 573

Words Level: HSK4

A tiger lived in the cage, having big meals every day. Another tiger lived in the forest, running freely in the forest every day. Two tigers envied each other’s life, and they decided to change it. In the end, two tigers…….

Theme: Fable, Mythology、Life、、

Dynasty: Other

Main Vocabularies: 发现,以后,虽然,动物,除了,离开,老虎,羡慕,老虎,无聊,笼子,有时候,没办法,来不及,又,半,地

Grammar: 得(děi)/虽然…但是…

Level of Difficulty:

Words Count: 497

Words Level: HSK4

Several blind men are trying to figure out just exactly how elephants look like, and do you think they all agree with each other on the shape of elephants?

Theme: Idiom、Joke、Life、

Dynasty: Other

Main Vocabularies: 瞎子、叶子、样子、以后、大象

Grammar: 让

Level of Difficulty:

Words Count: 464

Words Level: HSK4

Monkey has discovered a new way to use bamboo basket, but can it use the basket for everything?

Theme: Fable, Mythology、Joke、Life、

Dynasty: Other

Main Vocabularies: 一直、奇怪、盘子、起来、猴子

Grammar: V起来

Level of Difficulty:

Words Count: 533

Words Level: HSK4

Target Age Group: For age over 13

Little turtle thinks it deserves a better job with the many talents it has. Will it succeed in the end?

Theme: Fable, Mythology、Life、

Dynasty: Other

Main Vocabularies: 青蛙、老虎、陆地、池塘

Grammar: 不管,..还是、像…一样

Level of Difficulty:

Words Count: 521

Words Level: HSK4

Target Age Group: For age over 13

In Chinese fable, a man asked a fox for its skin, so that he could make clothes with it. Do you think the fox would agree to that?

Theme: Idiom、Fable, Mythology、

Dynasty: Zhou Dynasty(1111-256 B.C.)

Main Vocabularies: 虎、皮、狐狸、当然

Grammar: 就是…

Level of Difficulty:

Words Count: 244

Words Level: HSK4

Zhaungzi’s dream about becoming a butterfly has always been an interesting story about existentialism. Are we just butterflies having a dream?

Theme: Character、Philosophy

Dynasty: Spring Autumn Period、Warring States Period(700-221 B.C.)

Main Vocabularies: 花、梦、明白、蝴蝶

Grammar: 一下…一下

Level of Difficulty:

Words Count: 267

Words Level: HSK4

Target Age Group: For both above

Two vendors who sold blankets and steamed buns were taking shelter in a crummy house. How would they survive the night with one vendor starving and the other chilled to the bones?

Theme: Life、

Dynasty: Other

Main Vocabularies: 还、盖、包子、被子

Grammar: 于是

Level of Difficulty:

Words Count: 520

Words Level: HSK4

What’s your definition of a good friend? Is intelligence a must, or, is loyalty the most important thing to you? Let’s find out what the donkey's definition of a good friend!

Theme: Fable, Mythology、Joke、Life、

Dynasty: Other

Main Vocabularies: 扔、拉、猪、应该、绳子

Grammar: 于是、不管…都

Level of Difficulty:

Words Count: 511

Words Level: HSK4

A farmer is passing time by throwing stones from a bag he just finds by the riverbank. But then he finds out they were something else, what would he do?

Theme: Fable, Mythology、Life

Dynasty: Other

Main Vocabularies: 钻石、剩下、利用、石头、袋子

Grammar: 虽然…但是

Level of Difficulty:

Words Count: 564

Words Level: HSK4

Fan Zhongyan was a man of integrity, but when facing the dilemma between keeping his integrity and being fed and warm, what would he choose? Let’s find out!

Theme: Character、

Dynasty: Song Dynasty(960-1279)

Main Vocabularies: 还、拿、把、有名、金子

Grammar: 虽然…但是

Level of Difficulty:

Words Count: 551

Words Level: HSK4

A blind person is trying to wrap his head around the idea of the sun from the description of other people, as he has never seen it before. Lets read what happens together!

Dynasty: Mythical Period

Main Vocabularies: 聊、盲人、其中、太阳、声音

Grammar: 却、就

Level of Difficulty:

Words Count: 748

Words Level: HSK4

A child is very curious when he first hears the echo on the mountain. Other than the scientific theory, his mother also teaches him a valuable life lesson through echoes.

Theme:

Dynasty: Modern(1911-)

Main Vocabularies: 对、又、一直、生气、对面

Grammar: 先…再、于是

Level of Difficulty:

Words Count: 531

Words Level: HSK4