Understanding of the definition of traditional novels

In a word, China's novels are inseparable from folklore, and their forms have been inherited and developed by folk artists in different periods. Therefore, China's novels are not original by some novelists, but a collection of many creative versions by different artists in different times. Because China's novels are more the product of the collective and even the whole culture, and their existence lasted for two thousand years, there has never been a "sudden prosperity" in genetics like that in the West. In this sense, the content and narrative style of China's novels (which determines the form of China's novels) are more dependent on the local cultural heritage than western novels, and more intensively reflect the way of thinking of China people, especially the mentality of artists who tell or record legends.