本书介绍了30个中国传统民间故事，按神山、大川、城市等地理区域编写，展示了地域及大自然如何影响中国传统民间故事的形成，以及这些神话传说对中国的历史文化的意义。全书分为五部分：导言、北方、扬子三角洲、南方的山、地球和日月。配有80多幅精美的图片。

本书为英文版本。

Takc a journey in this book to a land that is both stunning and subtle, back to the places wherc tales of magic were born. In the Realm of the Gods is the first book to tell China's rich folk traditions and talcs of the natural and supernatural in a unique way--by geographic region. The result is a Grand Tour through China.

The stories of China's ancient capitals, its sacred mountains, rivers, tradc routes and caravans, lush gardens, and mysterious grottoes, all serve as the setring for a magical journey through all points on the compass. Here are the stories of kings, ghosts, spirits, warriors, scholars, and magical realms in a landscape potent with history.

In the Realm of the Gods also goes where no other book on China's myths and legends has gone before by featuring stunning photography from some of China's most critically acclaimed landscape photographers. Their studies of abandoned villas, vertiginous cliffs, night-time pathways and temples at dusk give us an unprecedented visual setting of the tales themselves, showing us where mortals, demons and gods have for centuries .belonged.

Introduction: Sacred Travelers

PART ONE: THE NORTH

   XI'AN AND THE ROUTE WEST

       Guan Yin

       The Golden Millet Dream

       White Horse

       Fan Yuqi and the First Emperor

       The Foreign Monk

   BEIJING

       Assassination

       The Grand Secretary and the Obscene Book

       The Annoying Ghost

   SHANDONG

       Followed by Good Ghosts

       Words in Blood

PART TWO: YANGTZE DELTA

   HANGZHOU

       Crazy Ji

       The Courtesan and the Immortal

       Lady White

       The Girl in the Temple

   SUZHOU AND THE CANAL TOWNS

       The Garden in the Dream

       Snowy Night

       The Grandee and the Storyteller

       The Fox Wife

       The Emperor and the Useless Ghosts

  PUTUOSHAN AND NINGBO

       Miao Shan

       The Old Library

PART THREE: MOUNTAINS OF THE SOUTH

   HUANGSHAN

       The Tiger Fairy

   GUILIN

       The Woman Warrior

       Cai Jing and the Sorceress

       The Sea-Toad Immortal

   YANGTZE GORGES

       Qu Yuan

PART FOUR: THE EARTH, THE SUN, THE MOON

       The Creation of the World

       The Goddess of the Sun Xi He

       Archer Yi and the Goddess of the Moon Chang E

Sources for Stories

The Photographers

Picture Credits