Folklore contains what

Folklore includes:

1. Folklore of material life

(1) Production folklore (primary production of material materials such as agriculture, fishery, extraction, hunting, breeding, etc.)

(2) Industrial and commercial folklore (processing of material material materials such as handicrafts, services and commerce)

(3) Folklore of life (clothing, food, housing and transportation, etc.)

3, Social Life Folklore

(1) Social Organization Folklore (family, village, community, association, etc.)

(2) Folklore of Festivals and Festivals (time frame of festivals and events)

(3) Life Rituals and Folklore (birth, birthdays, adulthood, marriages, funerals, etc.)

3. Folklore of Spiritual Life

(1) Folklore of Amusement (entertainment aspects such as games, competitions, social fires, etc.

(2) Folklore Concepts (the folk spiritual world represented by the worship of gods, legends, stories, proverbs, etc.

Extension Information:

Some people believe that the concept of "intangible cultural heritage" is more than "folklore", The concept of "folk culture" is richer and broader than the concept of "folklore" and "folk culture". I do not think so. On the contrary, the objects of study of "folklore" and "folk culture" are broader than intangible cultural heritage. The simple fact is that folklore studies not only intangible cultural heritage, but also tangible cultural heritage.

Material folklore, social folklore, and spiritual folklore are all subjects of folklore study. Such a view is not contradictory to the spirit of the UNESCO Convention on Intangible Cultural Heritage and the Declaration on Cultural Diversity.

Because of the collective nature of folk culture, in the final analysis, folklore fosters social coherence. Folk culture enhances national identity, strengthens the national spirit, shapes national character, is followed collectively, demonstrated repeatedly, and practiced constantly, which is the core element that enables folklore to take shape.