Legends of White Horse Mountain (2024 forthcoming):
传说，白马山是由天马所变。很久以前十堰、竹山、郧县一带，有一黄龙兴风作浪，连年大发洪水，庄稼整日浸在水里，使百姓们不得安生，苦不堪言。。。
Legend has it that White Horse Mountain was transformed by a heavenly horse. A very long time ago on Mount Bamboo, in Shiyan, in the region around Yun County, there was a yellow dragon that stirred up trouble, causing great floods year after year. The farm crops were submerged in water for entire days, making the hundred family names unable to achieve a peaceful life and tranquillity, suffering bitterness beyond words…
-translated by Johan Hausen and Rachel Woo (this is an exciting project that I have taken on with my Cheng sister, one of three remaining projects anpai-ed 安排 by my teacher Li Shifu from Five Immortals Temple
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