Legends of the Sun Moon Lake

Legend has it that the fish in the Sun Moon Lake was transformed from a white deer, and it’s why indigenous people started to eat fish. A large serpent living inside an ancient camphor tree was said to be the guardian of the lake. Also famous are the Buddhist relics of the monk Xuanzang enshrined in the eponymous Temple, and the over 400 peacocks kept in the local bird park... Here, intriguing folktales keep unfolding one after another.

• Wu HuanDirector

Release date

January 1, 1975

Status

Released

Original language

Chinese

Runtime

25m

Genres

Documentary