Inspired and adapted from one of the stories in the famous miscellany Youyang Zazu compiled by Duan Chengshi in the Tang Dynasty (618 – 906), The Flying Fairy tells an interesting encounter between a Monk “Ya” and a group of mysterious flying fairies. Meticulously depicted in the style of traditional Chinese realistic painting (Gongbi), the book is a perfect combination of light-hearted storytelling and exquisite traditional Chinese painting.