What are the differences between Chinese and foreign folktales?

Chinese folk tales and foreign folk tales are in line with the national conditions and customs of different countries, and also show the core values of different countries.

Different. For example, Chinese folk tales generally show the excellent traditional spirit of China, such as Kuafu's daily performance of diligence and perseverance, and Nuwa's mending the sky showing great love and dedication in the world.

The soil of Chinese folk tales is in rural China, mainly reflecting the joys, sorrows and sorrows of farmers.

The protagonists of foreign folk tales are often princes, princesses, queens, and kings, and they mainly tell about their adventures.

Folk tales are one of the important themes in folk literature. Broadly speaking, folk tales are oral literary works in the form of prose with fictional content created and disseminated by working people, and are the collective name of all folk prose works, and in some places they are also called "nonsense", "ancient words", "ancient scriptures" and so on. Folk tales are a kind of narrative that has been passed down orally since ancient times, telling various relationships between people in the form of strange language and symbolism, and has a wide range of themes and is full of fantasy.

Folktales are based on life itself, but they are not limited to the actual situation and what people think is true and reasonable. They tend to contain natural, whimsical ingredients.

Chinese name. Folktale.

Belong. Folk literature.

Peculiarity. Close to life, general, typical.

Classic story. The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, the Legend of the White Snake, etc.

Main categories. Myths and legends, legendary stories, talented and beautiful women, etc.

Fast. Navigation.

Main categories: Characteristics: Expression: Classic stories, related books, inheritance and protection.

Key features: 1.The times are long, and they often endure with the growth process of human beings.

2.Oral transmission, folk tales are mostly transmitted orally.

3.The plot is exaggerated and full of fantasy, and most of them express people's good intentions.

4.It is mostly symbolic, and the content often contains supernatural and whimsical elements. Folktales, like all good works, start from life itself, but are not limited to what is actually and what people think is true and reasonable.

Chinese and foreign folk tales include the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, Lu Banzhi Fu Leaning Pagoda, Kuafu Chasing the Sun, Romeo and Juliet, Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai.

The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl are famous Han folk love stories in ancient China, and they are also one of the four major folk legends in China (the other three are "Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai", "Meng Jiangnu Crying on the Great Wall" and "The Legend of the White Snake", which are derived from the star names of Altair and Vega.

Legend has it that the ancient Emperor of Heaven's granddaughter, Weaver Girl, was good at weaving cloth and weaving colorful glow to the sky every day. She hated this boring life, so she secretly went down to the mortal world, married the cowherd of Hexi privately, and lived a life of male farmers and female weavers.

This angered the Emperor of Heaven, who took the Weaver Girl back to the Heavenly Palace, ordered them to separate, and allowed them to meet only once a year on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month on the Queqiao Bridge. Their steadfast love touched the magpies, and countless magpies flew over and used their bodies to build a magpie bridge across the Tianhe River, so that the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl could meet on the Tianhe.

Astronomical astrology

Ancient China's astrological culture has a long and profound history. In China's ancient star official system, the Pleiades star official is composed of 6 stars, located on the east bank of the Milky Way, like two inverted triangles, one up and down, very distinctive, but the triangle above is larger and brighter. The small triangle below is located exactly on the ecliptic, and these stars form a cow with two horns on its head but only three legs, so the ancients called it "morning glory".

To the south of this "cow" there are 9 small stars, which make up the "Amada", which is where it cultivates, and further south, near the southern horizon, is the "Jiukan" 9 stars, which are lowlands that store water and are used to irrigate farmland.

Immediately to the east of Niusu is the "Luoyan" 3-star, which is a water conservancy facility similar to a reservoir. The 3 stars of "Weaver Girl" are located in the north of Niusu, and the "Weaver Girl 1" star is the fifth brightest star in the whole day, second only to the "Arcturus" star, so it is often directly called "Weaver Girl". Therefore, the "Pleiades" and "Vega" are collectively called the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl.

"Meng Jiangnu Crying on the Great Wall" and "The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl".

Foreign folk tales include Lying Contest, The Farmer and the Devil, Lawn Mowing Contest, Three Fools, Lazy Jack, Golden Basin, Two Weather Forecasters, The Best Dream, etc.

The story of the Lie Race is about a nobleman who drives out on a car with two crappy horses. The Farmer and the Devil: It tells the story of a farmer who is about to return home after a long day of working in the field, when he suddenly finds a pile of coal burning in his field.

Grass mowing competition: There is a farmer named Hans. When it was time to mow the grass, Hans and the farmers were busy mowing the grass in the fields.

Introduction to foreign folktales

1. Lying Competition: The story tells of a nobleman who drives out and pulls the cart with two crappy horses. On the way he saw a farmer ploughing the field, and the two horses pulling the plough were very beautiful.

2. The Farmer and the Devil: It tells the story of a farmer who worked in the field all day, and was about to go home when it was dark, when he suddenly found that there was a pile of coal burning in his field, he was very surprised, so he went to look at it, and found that there was a little black devil walking on the burning coal pile.

3. Lawn mowing competition: It is recorded that there is a farmer named Hans. When it was time to mow the grass, Hans and the farmers were busy mowing the grass in the fields. One day, he was chatting and drinking with his drinking friends. Hans was drunk and boasted of his speed at mowing the lawn, which he could compete with the devil.

4. Three Fools: Tell that once upon a time there were three farmers, and others said they were three fools. But they think they are the smartest people, and they are always minding other people's affairs. They meet on a road and decide to travel the world and show off their ingenuity.