Crosswords of Legends
Across
- 7. emerges to help farmers plow fields during famine
- 9. Sun wukong = born from stone, gained incredible powers, and rebelled against heaven
- 10. a woman (4th to 6th century CE) disguised herself as a man to take her father’s place in the army
- 13. Used the __ to defeat oppressive landlords and protect his village
- 14. Observes each family’s behavior and reports it to the jade emperor before the lunar new year
- 15. Significance: hard work, respect for nature, importance of rice
Down
- 1. __ connects those who are destined to meet regardless of time, place, or circumstances
- 2. Linked to the mid autumn festival, reunion, joy of storytelling under the moonlight
- 3. A fox spirit in Japanese folklore
- 4. A symbol of power, wisdom, and good fortune
- 5. Alpha
- 6. A brave man defeats it with the help of the local gods
- 8. Often depicted on dong son bronze drums
- 11. Gods took their voices and replaced them with croaks as punishment
- 12. Chang’e (wife) accidentally drank the elixir and floated to the moon