is there any good and relatively easily digestible media on chinese

>>2352937
>Chinese mythology
An orgy of folk myths within China proper that are sometimes *sometimes* related to each other. The discussion is still fucking ongoing.

I mean take for example how the original Chinese (read: Han) mythology did not have a fire deity. But Southern China (read: influence from Nanman tribes) had one with Zhurong. Let's not even talk about Buddhist Syncretism.

The only agreement tends to be that 1) Ancestor Worship and 2) There is Heaven, which is the supreme deity/place/consciousness that runs the Universe. Whether or not you believe that the "gods" (shen would be an accurate translation since it meant "Manifestation" rather than "Deity" originally) run around heaven in a heavenly palace that mirrors a Chink court, or them "gods" are more primal beings, and whether you think Buddhist syncretism is present in the mix, depends on which region of China proper you are at.

One question I've always had about China. Are all the ethnicities related to each other? In Europe nearly every single country has indo-european roots. But what about China? Do most of the various people groups have a shared origin or are they unrelated?

>>2352986
>One question I've always had about China. Are all the ethnicities related to each other?
Tibetans, Han, and Southern Chinese tribals yeah. Linguistically and Genetically.
Austronesian Southern Chinese Tribals somewhat related.
Mongs are a distant relative.
Turkics depending on whether that particular Turk has Indo-Iranian genes of the Tarim Basin's original inhabitants or not.

Stories from a chinese studio is one of my favourite chinese books and definitely worth a read.
I'm a part of the chinese religious tradition by birth but I honestly think it's going to die in this generation of chinese diaspora.
If you're interested in chinese spirtuality you should read the works of taoism and buddhism since imo Confucianism's only appeal is knowing that your ancestors have been doing the same rituals for thousands of years. Pure land is particularly popular but I honestly don't know why.

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http://www.sacred-texts.com/cfu/spc/index.htm
http://www.sacred-texts.com/cfu/mlc/index.htm
http://www.sacred-texts.com/bud/cbu/index.htm
http://chine.in/fichiers/jourwest.pdf
https://en.m.wikisource.org/wiki/Portal:Investiture_of_the_Gods
https://archive.org/details/strangestoriesfr00pusuuoft

I recommend starting with "Chinese Myths and Legends"

>>2353096
Thanks anon, that's a lot of material.