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Why are the four great masterpieces so high?

My first contact with the four masterpieces, are watching the four masterpieces of the TV series on TV, yes, the profound is "Journey to the West", every year he will broadcast so many times. It is so watching TV that made me y remember the four masterpieces. The status of the four masterpieces can be said to be in China there is no creation can be shaken.

There were no long novels written in China at that time. These novels can be said to be the pinnacle of long novels. The four novels can be said to be the most brilliant chapter in Chinese literature, and have an unshakeable position as the peak in the history of Chinese literature. And for all times have a major wake-up call and revelation, after all, the four great masterpieces of the generation and the reality of the social stars at the time, can also be said to be the epitome of a certain social and historical period.

The four great masterpieces of the Journey to the West is considered a magical novel, which has created a new field of divine and magical novels in the history of Chinese fiction.

The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, depicting the history of the Three Kingdoms period, is China's first vernacular full-length historical novel, and the founding work of China's chapter book novels. It is one of the most highly accomplished and influential works of ancient historical novels, and it is widely circulated and has endless charms. It is a classic work of historical novel. Water Margin" with its outstanding artistic depiction, comprehensively show a peasant uprising from the occurrence, development until the end of the whole process, profoundly exposed the darkness of feudal society and the evil nature of the ruling class, has a very important historical research value, the tragic heroic legend. Before Dream of Red Mansions, there was Jin Ping Mei, which was the first novel of worldly affairs, and in people's impression, it was a novel with unknown color, and Dream of Red Mansions appeared instead of Jin Ping Mei. Dream of Red Mansions inherited the tradition of great literary works of ancient China, extensively reflecting the life of feudal society and historical trends, criticizing the society, and being the pinnacle of classical Chinese novels.

The cultural value in the four masterpieces is so rich that it is worth collecting and loving it. Other than that, the profound influence on contemporary readers has established the status of the Four Great Masterpieces.