The Round Door

This episode is fully in mandarin (中文版). Also available as an English episode.

Who is truly the mightiest one in the whole wide world?

Papa Mouse sets out to find the mightiest husband in the world for his daughter. The sun sends him to the cloud, the cloud to the wind, the wind to the wall, and each one turns out to be afraid of something else.

A playful retelling of the beloved Chinese folktale 老鼠嫁女儿 | 老鼠嫁女兒 (The Marriage of the Mouse's Daughter), about family, humility, and learning to see the worth of what is right in front of you.

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This episode is fully in English. Also available as a Mandarin episode.

Who is truly the mightiest one in the whole wide world?

Papa Mouse sets out to find the mightiest husband in the world for his daughter. The sun sends him to the cloud, the cloud to the wind, the wind to the wall, and each one turns out to be afraid of something else.

A playful retelling of the beloved Chinese folktale 老鼠嫁女儿 | 老鼠嫁女兒 (The Marriage of the Mouse's Daughter), about family, humility, and learning to see the worth of what is right in front of you.

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This episode is fully in mandarin (中文版). Also available as an English episode.

If one taste of immortality meant leaving behind the person you love, would you take it?

Hou Yi brings home one capsule of immortality and a warning: half each and the couple stays together forever, the whole thing alone and one of them rises into the sky. Then a greedy apprentice comes knocking while Hou Yi is out hunting.

A tender retelling of the beloved Chinese myth 中秋节传说 第二集：嫦娥奔月 | 中秋節傳說 第二集：嫦娥奔月 (Legend of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Part 2: Chang'e Flies to the Moon), about love, longing, and the full-moon reunion behind the Mid-Autumn Festival.

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This episode is fully in English. Also available as a Mandarin episode.

If one taste of immortality meant leaving behind the person you love, would you take it?

Hou Yi brings home one capsule of immortality and a warning: half each and the couple stays together forever, the whole thing alone and one of them rises into the sky. Then a greedy apprentice comes knocking while Hou Yi is out hunting.

A tender retelling of the beloved Chinese myth 中秋节传说 第二集：嫦娥奔月 | 中秋節傳說 第二集：嫦娥奔月 (Legend of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Part 2: Chang'e Flies to the Moon), about love, longing, and the full-moon reunion behind the Mid-Autumn Festival.

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This episode is fully in mandarin (中文版). Also available as an English episode.

What happens when ten suns decide to climb into the sky all at once?

Ten sun brothers rise together and scorch the earth below. The Emperor of Heaven sends the archer Hou Yi down with a red bow and one strict order: frighten his sons, but do not harm them. What Hou Yi chooses saves the world and costs him everything.

A sweeping retelling of the beloved Chinese myth 中秋节传说 第一集：后羿射日 | 中秋節傳說 第一集：后羿射日 (Legend of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Part 1: Hou Yi Shoots Nine Suns), about courage, consequences, and the hero standing behind the Mid-Autumn moon.

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This episode is fully in English. Also available as a Mandarin episode.

What happens when ten suns decide to climb into the sky all at once?

Ten sun brothers rise together and scorch the earth below. The Emperor of Heaven sends the archer Hou Yi down with a red bow and one strict order: frighten his sons, but do not harm them. What Hou Yi chooses saves the world and costs him everything.

A sweeping retelling of the beloved Chinese myth 中秋节传说 第一集：后羿射日 | 中秋節傳說 第一集：后羿射日 (Legend of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Part 1: Hou Yi Shoots Nine Suns), about courage, consequences, and the hero standing behind the Mid-Autumn moon.

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This episode is fully in mandarin (中文版). Also available as an English episode.

If good luck strikes once, is it worth giving up everything to wait for it to strike again?

Farmer Ah-Ding trusts that the land will care for him as long as he cares for it, until a runaway rabbit dashes into the stump at the edge of his field and hands him a feast. Convinced his luck has turned, he sets down his hoe to wait for the next one, while the season quietly slips away.

A lively retelling of the classic Chinese idiom 守株待兔 (The Farmer Who Waited for the Rabbit), about hard work, patience, and why we cannot count on lucky accidents to happen twice.

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This episode is fully in English. Also available as a Mandarin episode.

If good luck strikes once, is it worth giving up everything to wait for it to strike again?

Farmer Ah-Ding trusts that the land will care for him as long as he cares for it, until a runaway rabbit dashes into the stump at the edge of his field and hands him a feast. Convinced his luck has turned, he sets down his hoe to wait for the next one, while the season quietly slips away.

A lively retelling of the classic Chinese idiom 守株待兔 (The Farmer Who Waited for the Rabbit), about hard work, patience, and why we cannot count on lucky accidents to happen twice.

Read-alongs, vocabulary, discussion prompts, and family activities: visit our website.

Round Door Studio — Mandarin and English stories for bilingual families. rounddoorstudio.com

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This episode is fully in English. Also available as a Mandarin episode.

When the whole sky stands between two people who love each other, who will help them meet again?

The Weaver Girl has been torn back up into the sky, leaving the Cowherd and their children weeping below. With one last gift from the old ox, he races into the clouds to bring her home, toward a river of stars, a bridge of magpies, and the tender origin of the Qixi festival.

A tender retelling of the beloved Chinese folktale 牛郎织女 | 牛郎織女 (The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, Part Two), about devotion, family, and the once-a-year Magpie Bridge reunion behind the Qixi festival.

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This episode is fully in English. Also available as a Mandarin episode.

When the whole sky stands between two people who love each other, who will help them meet again?

The Weaver Girl has been torn back up into the sky, leaving the Cowherd and their children weeping below. With one last gift from the old ox, he races into the clouds to bring her home, toward a river of stars, a bridge of magpies, and the tender origin of the Qixi festival.

A tender retelling of the beloved Chinese folktale 牛郎织女 | 牛郎織女 (The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, Part Two), about devotion, family, and the once-a-year Magpie Bridge reunion behind the Qixi festival.

Read-alongs, vocabulary, discussion prompts, and family activities: visit our website.

Round Door Studio — Mandarin and English stories for bilingual families. rounddoorstudio.com

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