Mythical beasts come alive

Shi Lin, a Chinese artist born in 1989, uses an ancient classic, his knowledge of animal anatomy and his imagination to feed the imagination. Guo Ying reports.

What did China's mythical beasts look like? A recently published book offers a glimpse.

Mythic Beasts, illustrated by Shi Lin, a Chinese artist born in 1989, contains more than 30 pictures of mythical beasts, such as the nine-tail fox as well as a horse-like animal with a horn on its head and a dog-like nine-headed animal.