What is the folk story of China?

China Folk Tales is a set of comic books published by Shanghai People's Fine Arts Publishing House, with a total of 60 volumes.

Folk stories have been circulated orally among the people since ancient times. They are narrative stories with a wide range of themes and full of fantasy, telling the relationship between people in the form of strange language and symbols. At the same time, it is also a main theme of artistic creation. Folk stories are expressed in the form of comic strips, which are interpreted by different painters. Beautiful legendary stories are expressed with rich imagination and painting language, such as the story of Cowherd and Weaver Girl, Jigong Fighting Cricket, Autumn Weng Huixian, Yellow River and so on. These beautiful and magical folklore stories, in the romantic imagination with unique style, let the classics continue to be passed down in the picture.

From the comic books published since the early 1950s, Shanghai People's Fine Arts Publishing House has carefully selected 60 comic books related to folk stories, such as Peacock Flying Southeast, Cowherd and Weaver Girl, Pearl Girl, Swan Treasure Egg, Girl Chopping Snake, White Snail Fairy, The Story of the Yellow River, and Jigong Fighting Cricket, and re-published them in the order of publication.

Brief introduction of the author

Qian Xiaodai (1911-1965), a native of Funing, Jiangsu, is a famous cartoonist in China. He used to be the comic creator of Shanghai Xinhua Fine Arts Publishing House and Shanghai People's Fine Arts Publishing House, and was praised as one of the "four famous artists" in Shanghai by comic readers and publishers at that time. Representative works include Monkey King Thrice Defeats the Skeleton Demon, A Dream of Red Mansions and Pearl Girl. Good at classical themes, skillful line drawing and vivid characters. Also pay attention to the exquisite picture, unified style, composition and perspective changes; Especially the ladies in his works, with delicate brushwork and graceful figure, are deeply loved by female readers. At that time, the comic industry was unique and self-contained.