For 10 points, name thiscountry, home to the mythical Xia Dynasty, whose mythology was folded into Taoism.
One figure from this location's folklore is a deformed beggar who carries a vapor-emittingcalabash and walks on an iron crutch. In one story from this place, an oxhide-wearing herderannually crosses a magpie bridge to reunite with his love. This region's mythology says that ahalf-snake female figure created mankind from clay, while the world itself was made from the bodyof an 18,000-year-old-giant who hatched from an egg. In this country's mythology, an era ofscorching heat ended when an (*) archer shot down nine suns. Dragons from this country lived in oceansand operated outside a strict celestial bureaucracy headed by the Jade Emperor. For 10 points, name thiscountry, home to the mythical Xia Dynasty, whose mythology was folded into Taoism.
One figure from this location's folklore is a deformed beggar who carries a vapor-emittingcalabash and walks on an iron crutch.
China [or Republic of China; or People's Republic of China; or Zhongguo]