Interpretation of folk stories

[mín Jiān güshì]

Basic explanation

[mín Jiān güshì]

A story passed down orally by the people, especially a traditional folk story without the author's name, time and place.

Folk stories are one of the important themes of folk literature. Broadly speaking, folk stories are oral literary works in the form of fictional prose created and disseminated by working people, which are the general name of all folk prose works, and some places also call them "nonsense", "old sayings" and "ancient classics". Folk story is a kind of narrative story with a wide range of topics and full of fantasy, which tells the various relationships between people in strange language and symbol forms. Folk stories start from life itself, but are not limited to the actual situation and what people think is true and reasonable. They often contain natural and whimsical ingredients.

Chinese name

folk story

belong to

folklore

trait

Close to life, commonness and type

Classic story

Cowherd and Weaver Girl, Legend of White Snake, etc.

Main categories

Myths and legends, legends, talented people and beautiful women, etc.

quick

navigate by water/air

Main categories

trait

Expression form

Classic story

Related books

Inheritance and protection

major feature

1. has a long history, and it often endures with the growth of human beings.

2. Oral communication, folk stories are mostly spread in oral form.

3. The plot is exaggerated and full of fantasy, showing people's good wishes.

4. Symbolic forms are often used, and the content often contains supernatural and whimsical elements. Folk stories, like all excellent works, are based on life itself, but they are not limited to the actual situation and what people think is true and reasonable. [ 1]

Main categories

Myths and legends

Myths and legends are the earliest fantasy oral prose works of human beings. The product of human childhood and the precedent of literature. Myth is based on the low level of productivity in ancient times, and people actively demand to know and dominate nature in order to survive and improve productivity. The content includes gods, immortals, ghosts, monsters and famous figures in history.

romaunt

The origin of legendary stories is generally the result of "word of mouth", and the content is mostly chivalrous and honest, corrupt officials and other people who are concerned by the people. This kind of story has a common feature, that is, what ordinary people can't do can be done in the story.

biography

Life stories are all stories of little people. These stories are widely circulated among ordinary people, including love stories, witty human fund stories, philosophical stories and so on.

gifted scholar and fair lady

In ancient times, most people in China were illiterate, but they had a worship of talented people and beautiful women. There are many such stories among some lower-class literati.

A story of solving a case

The widespread spread of the case-solving story is closely related to the darkness of feudal society, and the people are looking forward to the birth of an honest official who speaks for the people, so the honest official story is widely spread among the people and has become a sustenance of people's lives. In modern times, the case-solving story has become a topic of conversation after dinner, and it has also been widely circulated among the people. Folk stories can be divided into five categories, namely: fantasy stories, animal stories, life stories, folk fables and folk jokes.

trait

1, close to life

Folklore, produced after myths and legends, is a long-standing style after people become masters of the objective world. Although the content of the story has different degrees of fantasy elements, it is based on real life, and its theme, characters and main plot all conform to the life logic when the story is circulated. From myths and legends to metamorphosis, animal stories, fables, life stories and jokes, the fantasy of their contents and artistic techniques is weakened in turn, and the reality is enhanced in turn. This is the main feature that distinguishes folk stories from myths. [ 1]

2. Most of them

Generally, it refers to the time and place where the story takes place, and the name of the hero of the story is often vague and uncertain. The narrative of the story pays attention to the narrative of the key plot, but does not describe all the details. The interest and attraction of the story mainly lies in the vividness of the plot. There are clouds (stories). This is the main feature that distinguishes stories from legends. Legends always try their best to implement the plot to some people, things and things, even if the plot is fictional. [