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Beijing - Cinderella is one of the most popular fictional characters in the world. The story first appeared in the animated film created by Walt Disney Pictures in 1950.
A fictional character, the protagonist was acknowledged to have made in the 17th century by Italian author, Giambattista Basile.
In the 18th century, a French writer, Charles Perrault, writing Cinderella with a slimmer version and become the most widely read edition.
But long before that, China also has the cast of "Cinderella" named Ye Xian. In the story, he is portrayed as a young girl who lived during the Qin and Han Dynasty (221-206 and 206-220 BCE).
As a child of a person who has a position, Ye Xian grow well. But his father died, and then he stayed with the evil stepmother.
Like a Cinderella story, Ye Xian has no other choice but to comply with his stepmother. The main character of the story is also very similar, such as the mother and half sister of evil, supernatural beings who can grant the request, and the chief men of the kingdom which took him to happiness.
Ye Xien mentally and physically always compared with his stepbrother, Jun-li. The stepbrother described as having such an ugly and has the nature of jealousy, while Ye Xien a beautiful and intelligent girl.
With the death of his father, Ye Xian is forced to become a servant of the family stepmother - who intend to destroy her beauty, quoted from Ancient Origin,
Moreover, because his father was a tribal chief China, the lack of male heirs makes others take control so that Ye Xian and his family impoverished.
protective Ye Xian
Ye Xian just had a friend, which is a fish that lived in the river near his home.
The fish turned out to be a patron who was sent from heaven by his birth mother to help Ye Xian through a
difficult time in her life.
However, his stepbrother, Jun-li, capture the animal and ate with her mother.
Like the story of Cinderella has a fairy godmother, as well as Ye Xian. After the death of his friend, he was visited by the spirits of ancestors who tells although the bodies of the fish was gone, but his spirit remains alive.
By burying a fish bone in the corner of her room, Ye Xian still can feel the power of the spirit and whatever she asked for would be granted.
End of Story Happy
When the new year celebration arrived, Ye Xian abandoned by his mother and his stepbrother, who was invited to the festival for fear the girl's beauty can rival Jun-li.
But with the help of the spirit of the fish, he left for the festival quietly, dressed, and wearing a silk dress and gold shoes.
At the party, Ye Xian admired for her beauty. However, he feared that his arrival known by his step family, until she ran away and accidentally left one of his golden shoes.
Through a trade, his golden shoes ended up in the hands of King To'Han, the leader of a great work that covers much of the island.
Small shoe size is considered as a symbol of ideal beauty. The king also said he asked the servants to find its owner.
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| Marriage in the Qing Dynasty (Photo: Wikimedia Commons). |
However, none of the women who wear shoes that fit.
The story ends when Ye Xian to where the shoes were kept and ensure that these objects belonged to her. He also tells of his life to the king.
The king then struck him and save Ye Xian cruel stepmother of the family. He later married and make the queen and they live happily ever after.
Similar is not the story of Cinderella?
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