As a country with ancient civilization, China has rich and colorful mythical folktales. These folktales express Chinese people's wishes for happy lives, illustrate the evils and sing the praise of the justice, from which we can learn the string spirit and cherishment of beautiful life.

The third set of Chinese Mythical Folktales Commemorative Colored Gold and Silver Coins issued in 2003 have four categories. The themes are The Heavenly Maiden Scattering Flowers, Goddess of Luo River, Liu Hai Playing with a Gold Toad and Magpie Bridge Meeting. The set consists of four coins, one in gold and the other three in silver.