What is the tradition of folk literature?

Tradition or "inheritance". Although folk literature is changeable, there are also a series of relatively stable factors, which have been passed down from generation to generation, forming its inherent artistic style and techniques, which are loved by the broad masses of the people. Without inheritance, folk literature will lose its own characteristics and value of existence. Folk literature, like customs and habits, is generally spread and passed down through actions and language. 16th century German folk story "John? Dr Faust's life was not only deeply loved by people at that time, but also circulated among the people and became the source of materials for later writers (such as Goethe).

This popular culture has great vitality. We now have some stories or proverbs, which were recorded by literati two thousand years ago, and can still live in the people's mouths in the same or similar form today.

The expression medium of folk literature is the most common, vivid and dynamic oral language. As long as language exists, folk literature will continue to produce, exist and inherit. In the past, because people were at an economic and political disadvantage, they could not record and preserve their own knowledge, experience and various cultures through words, but generally relied on actions and language to spread and inherit them. So are customs and habits, and so are folk literature. This popular culture may not last as long as literature or antiquities, but its vitality should not be underestimated. We have some stories or proverbs now. It was recorded by scholars two thousand years ago, but it can still live in the people's mouth in basically the same or similar form today. As for this kind of work, which has been produced for about 1000 years, it is still circulating among the people, not to mention. Naturally, this kind of oral story or ballad will inevitably change in form or content. But it is still alive and has become a part of our modern life culture.

Due to the great changes of the times and society, some genres of oral inheritance literature that used to be the only literary form of working people in history may gradually disappear, and the contents and forms of some genres have to change, and there will be new genres that we are not familiar with. All these are possible, even inevitable. However, the whole folk literature will never disappear. Because its expression medium is the most common, vivid and dynamic oral language. As long as language exists, oral literature that expresses people's thoughts, feelings and experiences through language will continue to produce, exist and pass on. In China, the Soviet Union and other countries, in addition to traditional folk literature, there are new folk literature, namely revolutionary legends, new jokes, new folk songs and new proverbs. From the historical past, in addition to their written works, the literati and scholars in the upper class who were able to use words in the past were still making and disseminating anecdotes, jokes and rhymes of those who verbally commented on people, such as some stories in Shi Shuo Xin Yu and jokes about some celebrities in the notes of the Tang Dynasty. In the past, because people were at an economic and political disadvantage, they could not record and preserve their own knowledge, experience and various cultures through words, but generally relied on actions and language to spread and inherit them. So are customs and habits, and so are folk literature. This popular culture may not last as long as literature or antiquities, but its vitality should not be underestimated. We have some stories or proverbs now. It was recorded by scholars two thousand years ago, but it can still live in the people's mouth in basically the same or similar form today. As for this kind of work, which has been produced for about 1000 years, it is still circulating among the people, not to mention. Naturally, this kind of oral story or ballad will inevitably change in form or content. But it is still alive and has become a part of our modern life culture.