Folk Tales

Folk tales are produced in the cultural and humanistic context of the time, and have a strong cultural significance. The following are a few folk tales I recommend for you.

Folktales 1: Matchmaker

In ancient times, there was a Su matchmaker known as the world's first mouth, she boasted that she could not guarantee the matchmaking, pull the line.

One day, a poor young man came to ask Matchmaker Su for a match. The woman's head was not raised and her eyes were not open, and she asked: "What does the young man see in the girl of that family? The first thing you need to do is to get your hands dirty.

? The first time I saw a girl, she was a woman who had a daughter of the richest man in the world. The young man's sentence is amazing.

? The first thing you need to do is to get your hands dirty. Matchmaker Su raised her eyes up and down, left, right and left to measure the young man a turn, said: ? You, don't want toad to eat swan meat, you are poor, but also want to marry the richest Yang outside the gold, what do you daydream in broad daylight?

The young man did not say anything and went forward to tear down the plaque of the world's first mouth on the head of the Su matchmaker.

The woman was in a hurry to stop him and said: "I don't know how to do this, but I'm not sure if I can do it.

The first time I saw this, I was in the middle of a conversation with a man who had been in the middle of a fight.

The young man said: "I'm trying to help you. I am trying to help you, you said yourself that there is no such thing as a bad match, no such thing as a bad line. And now I want to marry the Yang Qianwai gold you can not do it, is not to tear down the signboard?

Matchmaker Su heard that it makes sense! I'm not sure if you're going to be able to do it yourself, but you can't blame others for tearing down their signboards. She thought for a moment and said: "I'm not going to be able to do that.

The first time I saw the woman, I was able to get her to do the job, but she didn't want to.

Matchmaker Su first came to Mr. Yang's house and said: "I want to give your lady a chance.

The first thing that I want to do is to get a match for the young lady of your house.

Yang asked: "Who is the son of the family? The first thing you need to do is to get your hands on a new one, and you'll be able to do it.

Matchmaker Su smiled and said: "I'm not sure if you're a good matchmaker, but I'm sure you're a good matchmaker.

The first time I saw the movie, I saw the movie, I saw the movie, I saw the movie, I saw the movie, I saw the movie.

Matchmaker Su hurriedly said:? The poor man is the master of the governor, think about it, he has no money, but you have ah! And he has the power you don't have! So he married your daughter is a good match.

Yang seriously consider a moment, really good, save yourself always be bullied by the government, there is a good thing in the dynasty, he agreed to the marriage.

Su matchmaker from the Yangfu out straight to the governor's residence, see the governor, said: ? I have found a master for you, my lord.

The governor said angrily: ? What kind of person are you? How dare you dominate the court official, come on people, pull to chop.

Su matchmaker hurriedly said:?

The first thing you need to do is to find the right person to take care of you.

The governor listened to this and dismissed his men.

This is the first time I've ever seen a man with the same name. I have long wanted to pull the relationship with the richest man, is worried about the doorway. These rich and powerful people are very difficult to deal with, let them pay a little money and kill them the same, how their son-in-law became my master, is not it twice the result with half the effort?

So think of the Zhifu Lord immediately changed into a smiling face and said: ?

This is the first time I've ever seen a man with the same name, and I've never seen a man with the same name.

Su matchmaker from the governor's residence out, touched the sweat on his face, thought to go back and hurry to the world's first mouth of the sign down, although he was a day's work to facilitate this impossible marriage, but it may not be possible that day and then a madman wants to marry the emperor's daughter, ho! The first time I saw this, it was a very good thing that I was so happy to see you.

So, in the young man and Yang's gold after the wedding day, the famous Su matchmaker suddenly disappeared, the more you can not find her in person, the more her deeds spread all over the country, almost God.

Folk Tales 2: The Story of the King of Dumplings

The Dragon Boat Festival is an ancient and traditional festival in China, which began during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods in China and has a history of more than 2000 years. Legend has it that one day, Qu Yuan met a fisherman by the river. The fisherman said to Qu Yuan: ? Aren't you a great doctor of Chu? How did you get to such a state?

Qu Yuan said: ? Many people are dirty, only I am a clean man; will many people are drunk, only I am still awake. So I am driven here.?

The fisherman said in disbelief: ? Since you think everyone else is dirty, you should not pretend to be sober; since everyone else is drunk, why should you be sober alone!!!?

Qu Yuan objected: ? I have heard it said that people who have just washed their hair always pop their hats, and people who have just taken a bath always like to dust their clothes. I would rather jump into the heart of the river and bury myself in the belly of a fish than to take my clean body and jump into the sludge and get stained all over.

As Qu Yuan was not willing to live with the current, on the fifth day of the fifth month in 278 BC, he finally jumped into the Miluo River to commit suicide, holding a big stone.

The people around the crops, get this letter, all rowing boats to save Qu Yuan. However, there is a big ocean of water, where there is Qu Yuan's shadow. The people in Miluo River fished for half a day, but did not find Qu Yuan's body.

The fisherman was so upset that he cast the rice in the bamboo tube down to the river, as an offering to Qu Yuan.

On the fifth day of the fifth month of the following year, the local people remembered that it was the first anniversary of Qu Yuan's casting into the river, and rowed a boat to spread the rice in the bamboo tube into the water to pay tribute to him. Later, they changed the bamboo tube with rice into zongzi, rowing boats into dragon boat racing. This commemoration of Qu Yuan's activities gradually became a custom. People call the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar every year as the Dragon Boat Festival.

This story has been passed down for a long time, so every year on the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, every family has to dip glutinous rice, wash zongzhi leaves, package zongzi.

When it comes to making rice dumplings, people in the village will laugh and say: "I don't know how to make rice dumplings. The village has a king of rice dumplings, and he's the only one who can make them. The first time I've ever seen one of these, I've had to go to the hospital. He has a great deal to offer. If you don't believe me, you can buy one and try it, and you'll be guaranteed to eat one and want the next.

This is the first time I've ever seen a woman in the world with a baby. The king of the dumplings? is the nickname of Wang Zhongzi, one is his dumplings package is good, every year to make the dumplings in short supply. Secondly, he was born a little hunchback, fierce look extremely like a giant dumplings. Because of the poor image, and poor, there is no woman to look at him, so he has been playing bachelor, but also good for one person to eat, the whole family is not hungry.

By the way, the king of the dumplings so good package dumplings, the family should be good. The world's most important thing is the world's most important thing is the world's most important thing. Unfortunately, only one day of the year, only one day of the festival, the rest of the day how to do? I'm not going to be able to do that. The other days, the rest of the year, what do you do?

So the king of rice dumplings is most looking forward to the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar every year, other people take a day off to celebrate the festival, but he has to be busy with a lot of fun.

This year's Dragon Boat Festival is no exception, the king of the dumplings early in the morning to get up and busy. Suddenly heard footsteps, thought it was to buy dumplings, looked up to see the original is a beggar, that hair messy pile on the head, ragged rags broken not like the way, footsteps soft, as if at any time will faint look, because hungry, beggars smell dumplings scent rushed to his home.

The king of the dumplings carefully surveyed him, this beggar is full of black, a time to see men and women! The stench of the body made him eat the taste of a big step back, only to see the beggar stretched his neck to look at his dumplings, gurgling in his throat.

The king of the dumplings thought to myself that I have not opened this morning, the first to come to such a character, really unlucky. But also think of themselves have been hungry, know that taste, can not help but feel pity, so pick up a dumpling thrown to the beggar. Beggar nonchalantly sat on the threshold of his home to eat up, a moment a large dumplings disappeared. The beggar licked his lips and looked at the king of dumplings with expectations. The king of dumplings helplessly threw him another one. Thinking? Forget it, good people do in the end as well as once to give him enough to eat.

But never thought the beggar has not eaten for a long time, suddenly ate a few big dumplings, the stomach is difficult to bear. Only to see him suddenly rolled his eyes a few times, fainted. This can be the king of the dumplings to be frightened, he put down the hands of the dumplings, exclaimed? Bad, this outsiders do not know thought my dumplings eat dead that. Also can not care too much to save people to be important, he rushed back up beggar legs to the hospital run, fortunately went to the timely beggar is to retrieve a life.

The king of the dumplings led him back home so that he washed his head and face, did not think that the beggar clean head and face, to a young woman, the appearance is not difficult to look at, especially a pair of big watery eyes so that people see the birth of love. See her like this, the king of dumplings held in the heart of the ugly words alive swallowed back, some unnatural asked a sentence: ? How do you not look like a beggar?

The woman cried after hearing this commission, she said while crying: ? I was on the way to my aunt's house, the wallet was stolen. Money all lost, I was afraid to meet the bad guys had to look dirty, and then all the way back to begging. Just when I was starving, smelled your dumplings flavor, came to your home.?

The king of the dumplings to see her crying miserably said poor, for a moment do not know how to comfort her to be good, after a while to see her slightly calmer before saying: ? You also do not rush, or I send you home to go!

The woman listened to the king of the dumplings to send her back, said gratefully:? Brother you are really a good person, send me back on the trouble, if the big brother really have the heart to help me, just give me a little road fee, I go back on my own.

The dumpling king's heart some disappointment, but think of their own this looks, people can not rest assured and their own together? So think about the money out of the pain to the beggar, before getting on the car when the female beggar told him, later will come back to repay you.

The king of the dumplings waved his hand bitterly at the train that drove away.

This incident soon spread throughout the village, became the village joke, everyone laughed at the king of the dumplings naive, is obviously deceived, she will come back, ghosts believe.

The king of the dumplings heard just stifled bitter smile also did not squeak.

With the passage of time, this incident was soon forgotten.

In the blink of an eye, a year has passed, this day afternoon, the king of the dumplings idle is sitting in the courtyard cool. A small car suddenly stopped in front of his house, the former female beggar into a fair lady, she suddenly came, the king of the rice dumplings shocked dumbfounded, speak all stuttering, the yard will not be crowded with people who heard the news rushed to see the village, simply more lively than the New Year.

The female beggar first smiled and opened his mouth to say: ? Brother I came this trip is to take you into the city to go, you do dumplings good craft, I want to ask you to go back to do dumplings.

The king of the dumplings heard scratch his head and said: ? This? This? The first time I saw this, I was so happy to see you, and I was so happy to see you.

The female beggar smiled and said: "This you don't understand, the city is not a good place to buy rice dumplings.

The female beggar smiled and said: "This you do not understand, the city people regardless of whether it is not a holiday, as long as you do good, there is certainly a sales outlet.

The king of the dumplings heard the smile on his face like a flower bloomed open, no longer hesitate to sit on the car into the city.

Later, some village people went to the city and came back to say:? The king of the dumplings is now not simple, when the boss not to mention, but also married a beautiful daughter-in-law, a small life not to mention how beautiful.

The people who heard the envy of some people, some mouth, more old people do not believe that said:? The first thing you need to do is to get your hands on a new one, and you'll be able to do it. The ghost believe, lazy tower of a person, to the city changed? The city will not be a magic trick, can turn the poor man into a rich man?

Those who went to the city laughed and said:? I'm not going to be able to do that.

The first thing you need to do is to make the dumplings, and the second thing you need to do is to make the dumplings.

The old man still do not believe shook his head and left.

Since then every Dragon Boat Festival, the village people will think of the king of the rice dumplings when eating rice dumplings, will sigh a bit, there are some poor bachelors listen to the greedy straight mouth, hate such a good thing how not to smash into their heads.

Over time, the story of the king of the dumplings in the village became a legend, and became the annual Dragon Boat Festival must be turned out to say a story.

Folktales 3: The old man of the moon for marriage

Once upon a time, there were two couples, living next door to each other, often meet. Over time they began to envy each other's partners and even felt that the other's partner was more suitable for them. So they came together to the temple of the Moon Lord and complained, ? Our marriage was a mistake, I hope you can arrange a new partner for us to make us happy.

Their prayers were heard by the Moon Lord, who came to check the temple. Seeing that they were so dissatisfied with their marriage, the Moon Lord stroked his beard and said: ? Then you tell me, what kind of suitable candidate do you have in mind?

The two couples looked at each other's partners and said in unison: ? We think we could be happy with a swap between us.?

The Moon Lord smiled and nodded and said: ? I will give you three days to swap with each other. I give you three days to swap each other's partner, if you regret within three days can be changed back, but more than three days will never be changed back, what do you think?

The two couples nodded happily and thanked the moon lord, holding the hands of their new partners to go home.

The first couple, the husband led his new wife back home, before his wife can not cook, every day it is he who cooks and does housework. But today, as soon as he came home, he lay down on the sofa and waited for his wife to cook for him. Wife while cooking while muttering in her heart, he is not usually cooking and doing housework are covered? How come I don't do it anymore? Thinking about this wife's heart is a little uncomfortable. Eating time can not help but take some emotions, mouth chatter endless, the more the husband listened to the more upset, even if the meal was not finished left the table, in front of the wife feel very disappointed.

The second couple, the husband led his new wife back to the home, before he always ate ready-made, he knew that now his wife will not cook. But she talks little and is gentle and considerate. So as soon as he got home he rushed into the kitchen to try to make something good for his wife, but it was a failure, the food he made was so bad that she stopped eating after one bite. Wife disappointed to see him so manly before, but cooking is too difficult to eat. At this time can not help but think of their own husbands, although some of the things to do coy and small-minded, but cooking is very good, the mouth of her are fed grizzled, hey! Now she can only go hungry. Husband to his wife, while talking to the side of the food, if the previous wife would have been talking to him non-stop, but now his wife did not even a word to pick up his words, so he felt particularly awkward, as if he was a clown singing and acting.

So they went out of the house without a word, and found each other the original partner.

After the first couple met, the husband asked his wife sourly, ? How was it? He's very manly, you must be very happy with him?

The wife said with a sad face: "I'm starving.

The wife said with a sad face: "I'm starving, can you

help me make some food? The husband immediately made some simple meals for his wife, who wolfed down the food he made and said: "I don't want to go back. I don't want to go back. I'm not sure how much I'm going to be able to do this, but I'm going to be able to do it," he said.

After the second couple met, the husband said:? He must be very good at cooking, right? You must be very satisfied. The wife did not pick up his words, and nagged her husband's dirty clothes did not change, the face of a piece of dirty also did not wipe, said the hands of the husband to clean up. In the past, the husband listened to his wife's nagging voice is very annoying, I do not know why today, listening to a particularly pleasant. So the husband grabbed his wife's hand and said: ? Don't go back, I feel or you.?

The moon old man in the sky looked at their so the scene happily smiled.

The moon lord smiled happily in the sky as he watched them.