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