Is it difficult to take the postgraduate entrance examination in folklore?

Nowadays, many candidates for postgraduate entrance examination will choose to study folklore. Let's talk about the employment of folklore, hoping to help you.

Employment prospect and employment direction of folklore major in postgraduate entrance examination

1 Employment prospect of folklore major.

Objectively speaking, folklore employment is really difficult, especially now. Although there are many shortcomings in the development of folklore in China, the development prospect of this subject is not dark, and the development of folklore is still full of opportunities.

Broaden your horizons when looking for a job, and don't confine yourself to the positions corresponding to your major.

The protection of intangible cultural heritage (national folk culture protection) is in the ascendant in China today, and it needs a large number of talents in this field to persist for at least 20 years under the auspices of the government. "Intangible cultural heritage" is currently managed vertically by the Ministry of Culture. The departments involved mainly include the National Cultural Office of the Social and Cultural Library Department of the Ministry of Culture (responsible for the management of China's intangible cultural heritage) and the International Office of the Outreach Bureau (mainly responsible for the coordination with UNESCO, especially the application for heritage), but the workload is huge. Many experts are suggesting that the Ministry of Culture set up a special management organization, hoping that the government can adopt it. In this way, from the central government to the local government, everyone will be useful. On the other hand, the country is carrying out cultural system reform, and streamlining institutions is also a direction. This provides a valuable opportunity for the application of folk customs.

2 Folklore graduates employment direction

Although folklore is an unpopular major at present, it does not mean that it will be unpopular in the future. It depends on how you look at it. Before you do anything, you should have a clear goal and direction, and know why and how to do it.

The adjustment of industrial structure in China will make folk customs the beneficiaries of this adjustment. For example, tourism will play an increasingly important role in the future national economy. The further development of tourism will inevitably provide a place for folklore talents, and applied folklore, tourism folklore and other disciplines closely related to practical application will also play a greater role.

The great development of many industries (especially the tertiary industry) in China will create a good environment for the survival of folklore, provide a broad world for the applied research of folklore, provide employment opportunities for students who graduate from folklore, and promote the overall development of folklore to a certain extent.

3 popular institutions for folklore major postgraduate entrance examination

Name of the School Ranked by the Postgraduate Entrance Examination School for Folklore Specialty

1 China Renmin University

2 Beijing Normal University

Sun Yat-sen University

4 Shanghai University

5 East China Normal University

4 Introduction of Folklore Specialty

Folklore is a major of two disciplines under the first-class discipline of sociology, which is closely related to anthropology, ethnology and sociology.

Folklore is a social science, which mainly studies beliefs, customs, oral literature, traditional culture and thinking patterns to clarify the significance of these folk customs in time and space. Folk customs are closely related to all kinds of life phenomena around us.