The tale of Yang Oerlang is about how the world became more inhabitable due to smashing nine out of ten suns in the sky with immense strength. How about a parallel story involving the moon? In a world where the darkness is uninhabitable, how did the moon gain its light?
There is also the tale of The Lady of the Moon which tells of a castle on the surface of the moon, an archer's housewife who became immortal and flew up there. Combining these stories into one sounds like a plausible idea. Coincidentally, it contains an archer who also shoots nine suns out of the sky so that only one remains.
I like the element of the horse wanting to marry a human girl in the tale of The Girl with the Horse's Head or the Silkworm Goddess, and felt disappointed it wasn't expanded upon in the story. I could spin a tale around this element. I'd love to incorporate elements of spiders into this, too.
The race in Why Cat and Dog are Enemies stirs up memories of the fantastical race trope I've become so fond of. So I could to build a story around a wacky race between a cat-themed racer and a dog-themed racer!
Specifically, I had memories of the cancelled video game Donkey Kong Racing's trailer, which would have used mounted animals as vehicles. I find this aspect to be appealing for an action-packed race. Different animals could have distinct advantages in some part of the race that others might not have, such as the dog's incredible swimming form or the cat's nimble athleticism.
A role reversal of The Favorite of Fortune and the Child of Ill Luck looks appealing to me as well, where the princess is the fortunate one and the beggar is unlucky. Or perhaps some other alteration? Like playing with the sign of dragons as fortunate creatures?
Bibliography
Chinese Fairy Tales, stories taken from Wilhelm's Chinese Fairy Book
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