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The Moon That Shone on the Porcelain Pagoda 
A Baba Indaba Story

Baba Indaba narrates the story of the Porcelain Pagoda. A story about the high pagoda that stood outside the Red Bird Gate, the southern entrance to the city of Chin-ling. In the light of the full moon the pagoda glowed like porcelain in sunlight. A story of two boys and a nighttime adventure and a story of how the Emperor wanted to know what the moon was made of. This is a story within a story…… Narrated by Baba Indaba, the famous Zulu story teller. Each Baba Indaba story has a geographic lookup challenge with young readers asked to find a place on map of the world near to where the story originated. Tip to parents, suggest your children use Google Maps!