Yeh-Shen, the true Cinderella. Chinese legend for children

Do you know the story of Cinderella? Maybe the Grimm brothers were inspired by this ancient Chinese legend. In fact, many know her as 'the true Cinderella'. Here you have the original legend of Cinderella, actually called Yeh-Shen . Yeh-Shen, the Chinese Cinderella Yeh-Shen was the daughter of a min

Do you know the story of Cinderella? Maybe the Grimm brothers were inspired by this ancient Chinese legend. In fact, many know her as 'the true Cinderella'.

Here you have the original legend of Cinderella, actually called Yeh-Shen.

Yeh-Shen, the Chinese Cinderella

Yeh-Shen was the daughter of a mining boss. When his mother died, he was left in the care of his stepmother, who already had another daughter. His stepmother, seeing that Yeh-Shen had many more virtues than his daughter, made his life impossible. He sent her the most difficult and tired jobs and he treated her very badly. The poor girl could never go out, or have fun.His only friend was a gold-eyed fish que, who lived in the river that passed by the house. Every time the fish saw Yeh-Shen approaching, he went out to greet her. But the evil stepmother found out. He caught the fish and got rid of it.

The poor girl went to the river and started crying. And suddenly, he heard a voice, and turning, saw an old man, with a long hair and dressed in a beggar's clothing. - 'Dear child,' said the old man. 'Your precious fish was magical. Here you have your thorns. Every time you need something, make a wish. But be careful: do not waste them. 'Yeh-Shen put the fish bones in a bag

. And the months passed. Also the years. Yeh-Shen grew older and spring came. In this season the Spring Festival took place, a party in which the young people knew each other and looked for a partner. But although she dreamed of going to the Festival, her stepmother forbade it, since she wanted to find a partner for her daughter.

As soon as the stepmother left home with her daughter, Yeh-Shen pulled out the thorns and made a wish ... Soon after, a beautiful young woman, wearing tiny gold shoes and small fish carved in precious stones, appeared at the party . When everyone crowded to observe her, due to her beauty, she decided to flee, overwhelmed.

But in his escape he left one of the shoes.

Eventually, a merchant found the lost shoe and decided to give it to a monarch in the area, called T'o Han. The monarch was captivated by the shoe insist and insisted on meeting the lady who was wearing it. So they decided to look for it. But when she found out, she preferred to go to the palace to retrieve her shoe. When he located it and was about to leave, it was discovered.The king at first did not believe his story, but when accompanying her to his house, Yeh-Shen put on the other shoe and again appeared a dazzling dress.

The king fell in love and married her . He also ordered the stepmother and his daughter to live in a cave forever.