What books do I need to prepare for the folklore exam?

These books are classic works of folklore and anthropology, and several of them are reference books for graduate school and doctoral programs, and all of them are recommended if you are interested.

1, "The Golden Bough" is a study of primitive beliefs and witchcraft activities of the scientific work, the title of the book by the ancient Roman myths and legends, the Chinese version of the book is about 880,000 words, the author of the use of historical comparative research method, will be involved in the primitive beliefs of the world's various ethnic groups (including the concept of the soul, nature worship, the resurrection of God from the dead, in particular, sorcery, taboos and so on) of the wealth of information, a systematic comb, to A rigorous system has been extracted from it.

2. "Ancient Society" is the first meaningful attempt to summarize the actual process of cultural development from the origin of mankind to the more recent times, and the Chinese version of the book has about 1.18 million words. The author, on the one hand, chronicles the events that took place in human society from the time of its formation until the Greek and Roman eras; on the other hand, he explains these events in terms of concepts and principles. Engels wrote The Origin of the Family, Private Ownership, and the State based on Ancient Society.

3. "Folklore Explained" is the book of the famous American folklorist and anthropologist, Prof. Alan Dundes. This book is the essence of the writings of the famous American folklorist and anthropologist Prof. Alan Dundee for more than 40 years, *** including 12 articles from different periods, covering modern folklore, the theory and methodology of folklore and anthropology, the study of folktales and typology, as well as psychoanalytic interpretation of folk culture forms such as story, fairy tale, proverbs, sycophancy, legend, game, etc., which can accurately reflect the new achievements of the relevant areas in the contemporary international academic circles. The Chinese version of the book is roughly 250,000 words.

4. Fuxi Kao is Mr. Wen Yiduo's most representative mythological work and a masterpiece of research on the fundamental myths of the Chinese nation. This book integrates Chinese and foreign methods and makes outstanding contributions to the study of modern Chinese mythology, thus becoming a classic masterpiece of Chinese mythology. The Duanwu Kao and other seven articles are also representative works of Mr. Wen Yiduo's mythological research, representing the results of Chinese mythological research in the early part of the last century. The whole book is 154,000 words.

5. Arranged in the order of historical dynasties, through the images of excavated and handed-down cultural relics, and combined with 174 organic and continuous articles, Studies on Ancient Chinese Costume System and Its Relationship with the Material Life and Ideology of the Society at that Time makes a wide range of in-depth discussions on the evolution of ancient Chinese costume system and its relationship with the material life and ideology of the society at that time, and reflects the dress of the Chinese nation during the 3,000-year period from the Yinshang Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty. The book has unique insights in explaining and raising questions. The book contains 540,000 words.

6. Chinese Bird Beliefs: Reflections on a Birdized Cosmology is a book that describes the origins of Chinese bird beliefs, their current status, and a birdized cosmology using a triple cultural research method that combines literature, archaeology, and fieldwork. The book is detailed and interlocking, not only citing a large number of documents, but also interspersing rich first-hand field information, such as legends and stories, etc., in addition to as many as 373 beautiful pictures, which makes the reading of the book very interesting.

7. I think it is "The Examination of Windy Things", isn't it? This book is presented to the reader as a volume showing the Chinese customs. It has dealt with many aspects of people's clothing, food, housing, transportation, marriage, funeral, and social customs in ancient societies so far. It contains a wide range, involving many aspects of the history of science and technology, social history, customs, archaeology, ethnography, geography, as well as the canonical system and social evolution in ancient China, focusing on the history of material civilization, but also communicating the horizontal connection with the society and culture.

8, Ping Zhangqi edited "the study of the moral education function of the rite of passage" from the different periods of human historical development of the rite of passage into the primitive society of the rite of passage, the feudal society of the rite of passage and the modern society of the rite of passage. In line with this, according to the different kinds of ritual signs of the rites of passage, it is divided into different types such as body signs, clothing and ornaments and symbolic signs, and proposes that the primitive rite of passage is a ceremonial activity mainly based on body signs, the patriarchal rite of passage is an adulthood rite mainly based on the signs of clothing and ornaments, and the modern rite of passage is an adulthood rite mainly based on the signs of symbolic symbols. This book also examines the basic structure of coming-of-age rites and their functions of personality purification, status reversal and balance, and cultural identity from the three-dimensional structural perspectives of structure, non-structure, and anti-structure. The basic framework of this book starts from the structural-functional analysis of coming-of-age rites, and separately studies the religious belief function of primitive youth rites; the coming-of-age rites of slaves and feudal societies and their patriarchal education function; and the coming-of-age rites of modern societies and their ideological, moral and cultural identity function.

9. The book "The Evolution of Ancient Chinese Worldview after Death" is not very well known.

10. Fine Arts in Ritual is a selection and translation of 31 essays published since 1985 by Prof. Wu Hong, a famous art historian. These essays discuss a number of artistic traditions and forms in the fine arts of ancient and medieval China, including pottery, jade and bronze ritual objects from prehistory to the Third Dynasty, tomb art from the Eastern Zhou Dynasty onwards, and Buddhism, centering on the basic concept of "fine arts in rituals. The Emergence and Early Development of Taoist Fine Arts, and more. The papers make extensive use of archaeological and documentary evidence to expand the breadth and depth of art historical research. Combining anthropological and sociological theories and methodologies, the authors explore the combination of visual images such as architecture, sculpture, portraiture, and artifacts, as well as their organic connection with human behavior and thinking. The object of analysis is no longer isolated objects and images. Instead, it includes the restoration of the visual environment as well as an examination of the motivation for the creation of the artwork, the social context, the ritual function, and the viewer's response. Discussions in the essays often take place on two levels, reflecting on the history of scholarship and research methods in addition to examining specific historical issues. A considerable number of essays explore the significance of the particular materiality and visual tradition of ancient Chinese art in rethinking the narrative structure of Chinese art history from the perspective of comparative cultural history.

11. Ms. Dong Xiaoping's The Culture of Talking stands at the forefront of the changes in Chinese folk culture, confronting the new fashions and changes that come to the forefront, and dialoguing with history and reality, demonstrating the author's keen observation. The book is particularly unique in dealing with the relationship between literature and reality, and between domestic and foreign folk culture. It breaks the boundaries of "one country folklore", and makes theoretical propositions take care of all aspects of history and reality, and vividly expresses the artistic performances, economic life, social basis, and connotations of festivals of the speaking culture in easy-to-understand language, guiding people to approach folklore.

The book is a guide to approaching folklore and recognizing the life around us and its meanings.

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